Buchtel's Wilson Stars On and Off Field
Posted on 12/10/2019
When Jaguars S Jarrod Wilson steps on the field Sunday at TIAA Bank Field, he won’t be alone. His new friends Ayianna, Ka’Mari, Joey, Jarael, and Zion, to name a few, will be along for the ride.
Jarrod is participating in this week’s My Cause My Cleats campaign alongside 58 other members of the Jaguars roster. The annual collaboration between the NFL and players allows athletes around the league to showcase a charitable cause of their choosing through artistically-designed shoes to be worn in-game.
Jarrod selected Jacksonville’s own Wolfson Children’s Hospital as his cause, and on Tuesday he brought his cleats to patients on its fourth floor to put the finishing touches on the rainbow splatter paint design: the signatures of kids who will be watching from the hospital this Sunday.
Nine-year-old Logan was the first to sign Jarrod’s cleats, and the two wasted no time chatting about their favorite video games. For Logan, being in the hospital has its ups and downs. Read more here >>.