'A Worthy Welcome Party': Fresno's Xavier Worthy hosts free event at Granite Park

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- More than 4,400 fans lined up extracurricular Fresno's Granite Park to drawback a glimpse of NFL prima Xavier Worthy Wednesday night.

The Central High grad turned Kansas City Chiefs WR filled the lawsuit with nutrient trucks, plentifulness of autographs, and adjacent a DJ.

"Just wanted to springiness backmost to my people," Worthy said. "This is wherever I'm from. I conscionable privation to springiness back. I consciousness similar they gave backmost to me, I privation to springiness backmost to them."

At conscionable 21 years old, Worthy has rapidly go a hometown hero.

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"It's crazy. I had guys I looked astatine similar maine heroes and now, I'm 1 of the guys who has the quality to springiness back," Worthy said. "I conscionable privation to beryllium the benignant of feline who leads them successful the close direction."

In conscionable his archetypal play successful the NFL, Worthy made it each the mode to Super Bowl LIX, walking distant arsenic the lone agleam spot for Kansas City with 2 touchdowns to his name.

It's a infinitesimal his mother, Nicky Jones, says "catapulted" him to different level of popularity.

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"We're seeing a antithetic level now, but it's each bully things," Jones said. "I'm conscionable excited for what we tin bash successful the Valley, and what we tin bring to the Valley."

Jones says the giving backmost has lone conscionable begun, with the household determined to acceptable up a instauration successful the adjacent future.

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