Xavier Worthy holds 1st foundation event in hometown of Fresno

Xavier Worthy whitethorn play successful Kansas City but the Valley autochthonal hasn't forgotten his roots. "Kansas City is work, Fresno is home," helium jokingly said.

Worthy is coming disconnected a rookie play wherever helium scored 9 touchdowns and a showing successful Super Bowl LIX with 157 receiving yards (5th astir successful SB history). Saturday saw a antithetic benignant of past with his 'Xavier Worthy Foundation' holding its archetypal lawsuit successful his hometown of Fresno.

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More than 400 section shot players were welcomed, not astatine his alma mater of Central High School, but astatine Edison HS. "This is wherever I played small league truthful it's important to springiness backmost to wherever my roots came from," helium said.

The campy featured food, mentorship, and football. "Most of them unrecorded close present successful the assemblage to spot them travel close backmost here," said Edison's diversion manager Dave Wheeler. "Dreams. This is dreams retired present contiguous for our kids. If helium did it they tin bash it."

Worthy says helium didn't be person a accidental to be a campy similar this arsenic a kid but that gathering his idol Desean Jackson was a stepping chromatic successful his travel to the NFL. "You ne'er cognize who's going to beryllium the adjacent 'me' oregon who needs those words of encouragement to beryllium capable to spell retired determination and bash that," Worthy said. "I conscionable privation to beryllium that spark for them."

Supporting that ngo was his caller teammate successful KC Mac Dalena. "We were successful the aforesaid people truthful him doing what helium did each done simple school, precocious schoolhouse and past 7 connected 7 together," said Dalena, a Fresno State and San Joaquin Memorial grad. "Now what he's done successful the league - if you cognize him - what he's came from and what he's done it's not a surprise."

Xavier's foundation, built successful concern with him ma Nicky. "The Worthy 1's" is built to assistance azygous mothers and their children interruption what they telephone cycles of conflict to unlock generational success. "it's the signature of the moms that enactment successful the clip and effort to beryllium the dada and the ma and the azygous parent's retired determination being the ace hero," Worthy said.

Also showing enactment was erstwhile Edison large Ickey Woods who played 4 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. "I've got a fewer nieces and nephews retired here," Woods told Action News. "It's large to travel spot them person an accidental to conscionable idiosyncratic similar him...they tin support their dreams live knowing that they tin besides marque it being from Fresno."

A full-circle shot infinitesimal that's Worthy of an encore. "It's important for america to travel backmost and springiness that instauration for the kids and amusement them you tin marque it - we each came from the aforesaid spot," helium said.