Robert Griffin III returned to the D.C.-area gridiron on Wednesday, nine years after he last played quarterback for the Washington Redskins, to lead a football camp for the country’s “hidden heroes”: military families.

On Monday, it was announced that Robert Griffin III would be joining Netflix for its Christmas Day livestream, marking the ex-quarterback's first formal NFL gig since getting the boot from ESPN. After the news was first reported,

After being laid off by ESPN in August and spending three years with the network, Griffin is now embarking on a new career venture with Netflix. Griffin had two years remaining on his ESPN contract before being laid off, but a slew of cuts around the network had the former NFL quarterback packing his bags.