Quarterback Josh Allen explains what he hopes to do once he's done playing football

One of the hardest transitions to make for many professional athletes is the move from the court or the playing field to retirement, but Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen already has a pretty good idea how he plans to live once he hangs up the cleats.

And you might not see much of the star quarterback once he calls it a career.

“Honestly I think about this all the time, like especially after I’m done playing, which hopefully isn’t for another 10-15 years, whatever it is,” Allen said on the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast. “I kind of want to do the Tim Duncan route. I’m just going to disappear. I don’t want to be too much in the spotlight. I’m a homebody.”

As a quarterback, Josh Allen is one of the most productive players in the NFL. He has been named to multiple Pro Bowls in his career already, while leading the Bills to the playoffs in each of the last four years.

Buffalo reached the AFC Championship under Allen’s watch during the 2020 campaign.

So before he hangs up the cleats, Allen would surely like to finish things off in style by pushing all the way through to a Super Bowl appearance, hopefully winning a ring in the process. He’s still got plenty of time to do that, headed into his fifth year in the league in 2023.

Still, he’s had time to think about life after football.

“Traveling is one thing I definitely want to do. I’ve only been across the pond once, when I went to Monaco for the Grand Prix, which was really freaking cool,” Allen said. “I was there for two and a half, three days, then bounced right back to Buffalo. I haven’t spent much time.

“I want to go to Ireland, Scotland, play some golf courses there. I really want to go to Japan. I’ve never been there. (For) the food, I’m a big sushi guy. And like the architecture there is really cool. It seems super futuristic with the technology they’ve got. So I think that would be pretty cool, too.”

Allen noted his desire to play golf in the future, too. It’s something he’s already very passionate about.

Rather than represent as the Buffalo Bills quarterback, Josh Allen turned down a 2022 Pro Bowl invite to play in the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He finished 55th out of 156 while paired with professional golfer Keith Mitchell.

Allen also played in ‘The Match’ in a pairing with Patrick Mahomes, playing against Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers.

“I’ve vowed to myself that I’m going to play the top 100 courses in the world, and I’ve got 10 down,” Allen said. “You could do one on the Hamptons trip and knock out three or four. But Australia, sneaky good golf. There’s like five or six in the top 100, so if you make a trip out there I’d probably spend two or three weeks out there and just try to go to all of them and knock them all out. And my brother-in-law is from Australia, the Gold Coast, so I’ve got to get out there.”