NFL Inspiration for Sachem's Cabble Family

A couple of months ago Joe Haden was walking the halls of Sachem High School North. At first you’d wonder why a defensive back from the Cleveland Browns would be walking around the Lake Ronkonkoma school building with no clear connection to the area or Long Island from an outside view.

Enter Sachem alum Sean Cabble, his confidant and manager. What started as a way for Sean to have his younger brother Jake, a senior football and lacrosse player at North, to meet and look up to a successful athlete at the University of Florida, where he and Haden attended, turned out to be a life-altering move.

“I wanted him to be a role model to Jake,” said Sean, who graduated from Sachem in 2005. “Then he and I became friends.”

Haden, a first-round pick by the Browns in 2010 and a National Defensive Player of the Year by the time he graduated from Florida, is a native of Fort Washington, MD.

Cabble’s everyday activities include scheduling events and meetings, handling Haden’s day-to-day schedule, and “pretty much being the quarterback of his operation.”

He resides with him in Cleveland, which is only about 90 minutes from Robert Morris University, where Jake will play college lacrosse next year.

“It’s great for me,” said Jake, who often sports his Joe Haden jersey around school. “He’s a big brother to me. I don’t see him as just an NFL football player. I feel like he’s a part of our family.”

When Jake tore his first ACL during training camp prior to the 2010 football season, Haden was upset like the rest of Black & Gold Country and ordered him seven brand new pairs of sneakers for school.

“I was miserable at the time,” said Jake. “He helped pick me up.”

Of course Cabble tore his other ACL during the pre-season of the 2011 lacrosse season too, but he’s been on the sidelines cheering on Sachem during its improbable run at a county title.

As for Sean, the wild run is only beginning. He planned on becoming a history teacher, but going to NFL games, hanging with LeBron James and other celebs, and riding in Bentleys is a nice trade off.

“Working with Joe, it’s taken me to new places I’ve never been able to get,” he said. “He’s changed my life, my family’s life, everything.”

They’ve partnered on some real estate to flip houses in the Baltimore area and in Cleveland. Sean would like to start his own management firm and financial group at some point.

Haden, who is in the midst of the NFL lock out, was unavailable to comment for this story.