--- description: His reasoning? "The only thing better than NFL money is more money" title: Miami Dolphins Defensive Tackle AJ Francis Wants to Drive for Uber image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14f5d6ba5dcaf701/6987ec79e20a87f971a89060/a-j-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This NFL Player Wants to Moonlight as an Uber Driver by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 23, 2015 11:53 AM CUT  A.J. Francis playing for the Maryland Terrapins in 2012. A.J. Francis playing for the Maryland Terrapins in 2012.G Fiume—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 23, 2015 11:53 AM CUT A.J. Francis is a defensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins, but is he also a defensive driver? We only ask because the Miami Dolphins player is on the hunt for an off-season job where that skill will come in handy. The 24-year-old former University of Maryland Terp wants to be an [Uber](https://www.uber.com/cities/miami "undefined") driver. > [](https://twitter.com/AJFrancis410/status/591032899081764864) The tweet generated some buzz with handfuls of Francis’s 8,000 followers wondering, understandably, why a NFL player would need the extra cash. Francis’s response: the only thing better than money is more money. > [](https://twitter.com/AJFrancis410/status/591033418378563585) Washington _Post_ sports columnist [Des Bieler](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/04/23/dolphins-a-j-francis-says-he-wants-to-be-an-uber-driver/?tid=sm%5Ftw "undefined") also says given the fickle nature of the NFL, Francis may need the cash soon, too. He was cut from the Patriots in 2013 before the Dolphins picked him up and reportedly spent the 2014 season on injured reserve. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3832674/nfl-player-uber-driver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3832674/nfl-player-uber-driver/"},"headline":"This NFL Player Wants to Moonlight as an Uber Driver","datePublished":"2015-04-23T11:53:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:01.837Z","description":"His reasoning? \"The only thing better than NFL money is more money\"","url":"https://time.com/3832674/nfl-player-uber-driver/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","drivers","Uber"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14f5d6ba5dcaf701/6987ec79e20a87f971a89060/a-j-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt14f5d6ba5dcaf701/6987ec79e20a87f971a89060/a-j-francis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"North Carolina State v Maryland","caption":"A.J. Francis playing for the Maryland Terrapins in 2012.","creditText":"G Fiume—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3832674/nfl-player-uber-driver/","name":"This NFL Player Wants to Moonlight as an Uber Driver"}}]}] ```