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It was the same park where he excelled in football
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Jul 10, 2017
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As Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl running back Devonta Freeman offered instruction to a group at his free football/cheerleading camp, a boy decked in a sleeveless Freeman Foundation T-shirt gazed at Freeman with eyes stuffed and mouth wide open, almost like his favorite superhero was standing a few feet in front of him.
The boy's reaction was the same giddy feeling Freeman desperately wanted to experience as a child growing Cheap baseball Jersey up in the tough Pig n' Beans projects of Miami. But none of his Movies Football Jersey favorite athletes back then ever published such an event.
That was all the more reason College Basketball Jersey for Freeman to come back to Charles Hadley Park Weekend to interact with 540 campers, cheerleaders included. It was the same park where he excelled in football as a youth playing for the Liberty City Optimist Warriors.
"It means a lot, just to give back, inches Freeman said. "It's a good thing to see laughs on the faces of the parents and the kids. I think it's important because we motivate so many kids and kids get to come out and see us compete.
"At this same park coming up, we didn't have nobody to throw camps. I was researching to a lot of guys. I won't name them. I wondered why they didn't do those camps. Knowing what I know now, guys get busy. Guys travel. Guys have endorsements they have to handle. But at the end of the day, it doesn't take much. It takes half a day. I'm just happy i always have the Cheap Hockey Jersey opportunity to work with these kids. inches
Saturday's camp evolved into a star-studded event before Movies Basketball Jersey all was said and done. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, both Miami natives, dropped by to show support. So did retired four-time Pro Bowl running back Edgerrin James, who starred for the Miami Hurricanes before shimmering with the Indianapolis Colts. Tampa Fresh Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David, Freeman's NFC South rival, jumped in for a few. And new Falcons defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel, who still calls Miami home, made a cameo appearance and ran some of the campers -- including his own son -- through cone drills.