Visit www.therams.com/community/mycausemycleats for Information About All 30 Players’ Causes
On Sunday, December 16, Los Angeles Rams players will showcase their personal causes on-field during the Sunday Night Football matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the NFL’sMy Cause, My Cleats campaign.
NFL players will again have the chance to share the causes that are important to them from Week 13-15 as part of the league-wide campaign. Now in its third year, the initiative is a culmination of collaborative work between the NFL and players across the league. More than 800 players are planning to showcase their causes on-field from Weeks 13-15.
Below are the 30 Rams players participating in this year’s My Cause, My Cleats campaign and the causes/organizations they support:
PLAYER |
CAUSE/ ORGANIZATION |
DESCRIPTION |
Mark Barron |
Launched by former President Barack Obama to address opportunity gaps faced by people of color and ensure that all young people can reach their full potential. | |
Austin Blythe |
Provides opportunities to young adults through scholarships, maintains facilities, and spreads the message of God’s word. | |
Michael Brockers |
Promotes solutions for the needs of individuals with autism and their families through advocacy and support. | |
Pharoh Cooper |
Offers adolescent and family services designed to treat victims of abuse and neglect, substance abuse, homelessness, and other behavioral and mental health issues. | |
Blake Countess |
Provides stroke education and programs to stroke survivors, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. | |
Aaron Donald |
Dedicated to improving the lives of everyone affected by Huntington’s disease and provides a seamless connection for help, education and outreach to families; LLS is dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and myeloma while improving the quality of life for patients and their families. | |
Samson Ebukam |
Dedicated to saving and transforming the lives of the poor and vulnerable in Africa. | |
Gerald Everett |
(Blood Pressure) |
The nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. |
Dante Fowler Jr. |
(Cancer Awareness) |
Funds and conducts research, shares expert information, supports patients, and spreads the word about prevention. |
John Franklin-Myers |
Raises money to privately fund grants for sarcoma research and conducts education and advocacy efforts for sarcoma patients. | |
Jared Goff |
Organized to help all families affected by the recent devastation throughout California for years to come. | |
Todd Gurley |
Transforms the lives of children in need by creating equal access to quality education – making everything from brand new, high quality books and educational resources, to sports equipment and more. | |
Rob Havenstein |
Saves lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer. | |
Johnny Hekker |
Unites players and fans from across the NFL to bring life-sustaining well water to East African communities in need; World’s largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with the mission of transforming lives through the joy of sport. | |
Tyler Higbee |
World’s largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with the mission of transforming lives through the joy of sport. | |
Troy Hill |
Offers a safe and nurturing environment for our community’s impoverished children by providing funding and resources to create a sense of purpose and accomplishment. | |
John Johnson |
The foundation adds quality of life to children with cancer by providing them with exciting, positive group activities. | |
Ogbonnia Okoronkwo |
Provides pediatric health care and helps their patients more than 528,000 times each year in a setting designed just for their needs. | |
JoJo Natson |
Everytown is a movement of Americans working to end gun violence and build safer communities; ACS funds and conducts research, shares expert information, supports patients, and spreads the word about prevention. | |
Marcus Peters |
Focused on the underserved youth and aims to build new generations of innovative thinkers to create solutions for the future of Oakland, CA and the World. | |
Josh Reynolds |
(Multiple Myeloma) |
Funds and conducts research, shares expert information, supports patients, and spreads the word about prevention in a mission to free the world from cancer. |
Nickell Robey-Coleman |
(Heart Health) |
The nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. |
Rodger Saffold |
The nation’s largest donor-and volunteer-supported mentoring network that develops positive relationships between adult volunteers and children in communities across the country. | |
Tanzel Smart |
Provides educational tools and resources that enable individuals with Down syndrome to be fully included. | |
Ndamukong Suh |
This Bar Saves Lives has a mission to end childhood malnutrition worldwide. The program works with experts in the field who deliver nutrition where it’s needed most, both domestically and abroad. | |
Aqib Talib |
Encourages kids to pursue their dreams and provides them a blueprint to accomplishing their goals by facilitating college visits, professional Q&A sessions, and counseling. | |
Mike Thomas |
Empowers student-athletes of all ages and gives them a platform to showcase their academic and athletic success. Creates opportunities for athletic exposure, academic success and molds leaders in our society. | |
Ethan Westbrooks |
Youth football program coached by LAPD officers that works to positively change the minds of youth by challenging, guiding and teaching all their student-athletes to be positive leaders, not only in Watts, CA, but around the world. | |
Andrew Whitworth |
Program designed to address the challenges that combat veterans and professional athletes face when transitioning towards a new mission in their civilian life. | |
Robert Woods |
Works to grant the wish of every child diagnosed with a critical illness. |
On Wednesday, December 12, the Rams revealed the customized cleats for the first time. Video of the Rams players catching their first glimpse of their cleats can be viewed here:www.therams.com/community/mycausemycleats