Jamestown's Jake Sisson has made a career playing football all across the globe.

"I mean obviously my dream is to play football, my career is to play football and so the fact I am not playing football right now when I should have been is killing me bad. It is hurting me bad on the inside,” said Sisson.

Sisson is currently an American football quarterback in Sweden's elite league while the coronavirus has filled his thoughts, life, and career with uncertainty.

"To still be practicing every day, to get out there two hours a day, put the pads on, throw the ball around, to see my guys still is tremendously big for my own life,” added Sisson.

That said, Sisson understands this is way bigger than himself, than simply playing the game he's loved since being a child in Chautauqua County – as a pro athlete he recognizes the blessing in front of him to be part of the healing, maybe not today, but eventually....

“I really believe if we can play it will be a huge stepping stone like the NBA, NHL, if they can finish off their seasons it will help society as a whole and get past this global pandemic," said a hopeful Sisson.

That global pandemic also expands one's world view. Sisson has played in 13 countries but never has he thought about the viability of returning home.

"That is what scares me. The thing is over here I have a visa, so I am in a safe area to stay for a little while, but if that runs up and all of a sudden I can't get back in the states, what happens to me? That is a big fear for me, I'd be stranded almost," added Sisson.

Despite being over 4,000 miles from home and having his own season postponed twice already, Jake's thoughts and prayers have never left Western New York.

"The fact back home that a lot of people are in a tough spot right now, losing their jobs, not getting paid, stuck inside all day. To see what I am doing through here and to see back home, it hurts. It hurts to see how bad it has gotten, and that is where I hope it turns the corner soon and they can get back to living like we are over here," said Sisson.

Soon can't get here quick enough.