Swayze Bozeman and T.Q. Newsome took some time to learn what Strickland is all about and more importantly what some of the kids go through inside the walls.
“There’s not a lot of positive influence in here. You guys coming in you just don’t know what that means,” said Naman.
Both players and their team chaplain took a tour of the center from the gym all the way to the cells which the players say really hit home for them. “They said they spend 12 to 14 hours in a cell a day. It’s amazing it opens your eyes to what really happens. It breaks my heart to know this is where they have to stay for a while,” said linebacker Swayze Bozeman.
Then it was time for the most important part of the trip. Both players spent about a half hour with around 18 kids sharing some of the challenges they faced and how they were able to overcome them. “They look like me and it could have easily been me. I relate to them so much in so many different ways, so I feel like it was important to show my face and get in front of them and offer them some encouragement,” said inside linebacker T.Q. Newsome.“For them to know people like them can be successful, can get out, can live a life that doesn’t require this, that doesn’t have this as the end goal that brings hope and inspiration,” said Bozeman.“This is what I want to continue to do.
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