OT - Braylon Edwards

[shandeezy7]

Saw this on ESPN the other day and thought it was a really cool story. Apparently when Braylon was a rookie in Cleveland, he agreed to give $10,000 each in college scholarships to 100 area 8th graders if they could graduate high school with over a 2.5 GPA and complete 15 hours of community service. 5 years later, 79 of them completed the criteria, and Braylon was a man of his word, shelling out $790,000 this year, as well as buying all the kids laptops and other supplies for school. The kicker is that his salary is "only" $1 million this year, so after taxes he is paying more than he made this year.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...ve-79-students-10-000-for-col?urn=nfl-wp14415

P.S. this story made me think of The Office episode with Scott's Tots

 

[SaltineWarrior]

Just became a fan. Its one think to wish somebody would give money because it would be the fair thing to do; its another thing to go and do it.

Better than the fate those poor kids in Scranton faced...

 

[ImperialOrange]

What an awesome thing to promise and follow through with!

Glad to see a pro athlete that is more concerned with helping others vs buying another Bentley, etc.

 

[orangepassion]

I wish the Jets would have resigned him instead of that clown Santonio Holmes.