Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph hails from Orlando, Florida—where he became an athletic standout at Jones High School. This past weekend, he spent his entire weekend giving back to the community that helped spark his football career.
On Friday, he helped open a MedHealth Clinical facility that now bears the name “Kerby B. Joseph Center.” Joseph told ClickOrlando.com that the motivation to open a medical center spawned from his mother suffering a stroke and a desire to give back to his community.
“I feel like the best thing is to help everybody else’s mom because I have the ability to do that,” Joseph said. “I love to give back to the community. I’ve got a couple of friends, and their mom is in the same boat. Just taking care of people and making sure the community is good is the main reason why I opened the clinic.”
During the event, Joseph also received the symbolic keys to the city.
“A key to the city is pretty lit,” Joseph told Spectrum News. “This is a blessing, man. I just keep smiling and keep laughing because I’m really joyful and thankful.”
The following Sunday, Joseph held a youth football camp in his hometown.
“Just to show the kids there is more to Orlando,” Joseph said. “There’s more to do outside of Orlando. When you become successful, it’s important to give back because you’re also inspiring the youth that follow in your footsteps.”
Here are some sights and sounds from “Kerby Joseph Weekend.”
And here are some looks at the camp, which featured cameos from Terrion Arnold, Brian Branch, and Ifeatu Melifonwu—among other NFLers.
What a difference a decade makes:
This is the kind of highly entertaining offseason content I’m here for:
A couple non-Lions football things I found interesting to close out this Notes roundup. First, I thought this was excellent investigative work by Pablo Torre. He unearthed a 61-page arbitration document that breaks down kinda/sorta collusion between NFL owners when it comes to denying fully-guaranteed contracts—and why the NFLPA may have tried to bury the results of their own complaint.