year, $37 million contract with the st. louis rams. and at one point, he decided it was all meaningless and just walked away from football. >> my agent, you know, he said, "you're making the biggest mistake of your life." and i looked right back at him and i said, "no, i'm not. no, i'm not." >> reporter: so what could possibly trump the nfl? you wouldn't believe. jason brown quit football to be a plain, old farmer. even though he'd never farmed a day in his life. how did you learn even to do what you're doing? >> get on the internet. watch youtube videos. >> reporter: so you learned how to farm from youtube? >> yeah. >> you can still plant your crops. >> reporter: thanks to youtube and some good advice from other farmers here in louisburg, north carolina he finished his first five-acre plot of sweet