Keith Towbridge’s pro football path’s been winding its first two years.

Undrafted, signed as free agent by the Bills, injured reserve, Bills practice squad and then the Alliance of American Football.

“My expectation was to just go in there and ball, honestly. Just go in there and do what I need to do, no if, ands, or buts about it,” said Towbridge.

The eight-team league had many guys with NFL ties, with hopes this 10-week showcase could push them back where they once were and want to be.

“For me it just gradually took off to where I started to get comfortable and I started to get my wind back and playing in a real game because I hadn’t played in a real game in two years, two-three years. So it was kind of trying to get that wind back and playing in a game. So it was a nice little journey,” he said.

Towbridge caught 17 passes for 196 yards in seven games for the Atlanta Legends, when everything came to a sudden halt in the middle of a walk through in a hotel parking lot.

“The special teams guys, the punter and the kicker, they don’t do much in a walk through because what can they do? They had their phones out and were looking and got the ESPN alert and was like, ‘Oh, the league folded.’ So they told everybody. Our coaches said, ‘We’re going to have a team meeting. Don’t do anything right now. We’re going to have a team meeting. We’re going to talk.’ It was weird. Honestly it was weird. It was like, what now?” he said.

What now was the AAF filed bankruptcy in mid-April, just two weeks after folding, with its players not compensated as contractually promised.

Jon Scott: “So you didn’t actually get everything you were supposed to.”

Keith Towbridge: “No.”

Jon Scott: “And at this point, are you going to try to get what was deserved?”

Keith Towbridge: “Oh yeah. Most definitely. I don’t know how many guys are in the AAF, we should all try to do so in the first place. That’s money involved. You can’t just take the money and throw it away. It’s money. A lot of guys need that money to function and to take care of their families and stuff like that and I would hate for all of us not to get the money that we deserve. It’s kind of one of those things that when I get some free time and really look into it to actually go forth with trying to sue or take matters into my own hands and talk to my agent, talk to an attorney or lawyer and go forth with that, but I feel like we all should get our money, honestly, if we all got the power to do so.”

But for now Towbridge has all his focus on being back, and trying to stay, with the Bills. An opportunity he believes is because of his time in the AAF.

“Before the AAF I really didn’t have any teams besides the Jaguars that wanted to work me out. Got to the AAF, did what I needed to do, took care of business, and ended up getting calls from teams. So I’m guessing the AAF did its justice, which it did. I’m back where I belong back in the NFL. So it did its justice. Teams were mentioning and everything, yeah we watched a couple games and you did pretty well and stuff like that. Tell me stuff I didn’t do and I need to do and work on…and it did its justice. I’m grateful,” said Trowbridge.

With still some justice to be had from the AAF.