Making it big and giving back to his hometown has always been on Jamon Brown’s “to-do” list. The 6’4 – 323 lbs professional football player is beast on the football field but a gentle giant in real life.
At 25 years-old, Brown has already accomplished many of his childhood goals. He excelled in college football at the University of Louisville and graduated with a degree in Justice Administration in 2014. In 2015, he was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the NFL draft. In 2016, he married his childhood sweetheart and fathered his daughter Micayla.
Despite all of his professional and personal accolades, Brown still cherishes returning to his hometown of Louisville, KY during the off-season and giving back to the community. Much of his giving back is via the Jamon Brown Foundation whose mission statement is:
To impact the lives of those struggling with Poverty, Violence, and Youth Homelessness, and to improve upon the Education and Healthy Living issues that are typically prevalent in at risk areas, while influencing others to do the same.
This past weekend the Jamon Brown Foundation held three separate events that would help empower and inspire the people of Louisville.
On Friday night, youth were invited to a skate party at the Outer Limits Fun Center from 7pm – 10pm. On Saturday nearly 200 youth attended the free football camp for ages 6-high seniors – at DeSales High School. The weekend would conclude with a 5K run at Pope Lick Park on Sunday morning at 9am, with all proceeds going to the Jamon Brown Foundation.
“Any event the Jamon Brown Foundation tries to put on for the kids will be free. This [Louisville] is where it started for me. The biggest thing for me is that I wanted to come back and give these kids a picture of, ‘If I work hard enough, I can do it”… Because I don’t know if the kids believe that they can come out of Louisville and they can make their dreams come true, so what I try to do is make myself visible and touchable, so they can see it – they can believe it – they can touch it – they can ask me any question… So that inspires them to chase their dreams.” – Jamon Brown
The football camp featured exercises and drills that allowed participants to experience the type of training they would likely encounter at all levels of football, if they decide to pursue the sport.
In addition, the event was sponsored by the Louisville Metro Police Foundation, who provided backpacks full of gifts for the youth, Kosair Charities and food was sponsored Chef’s Cut Pizzeria.
This was the second year that the Jamon Brown Foundation held a free football camp for the youth of Louisville. Last year’s camp took place at Fern Creek High School. Brown says that his foundation plans to bring the camp back every summer.
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