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Braylon Edwards, NFL Star, sends 100 kids to college

This year New York Jets wide receiver, Braylon Edwards will be sending a 100 Cleavland High School student to college.
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Braylon Edwards (Marines from Recruiting Station New Jersey meet with Braylon Edwards, #17 wide receiver, New York Jets, and David Clowney, #87 wide receiver, during a tour of the team's practice facility Nov. 13. The team invited service members to their practice and Sunday the Jets will honor military veterans during their military appreciation day. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Randall A. Clinton | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BraylonEdwards_Cropped.jpg#mw-jump-to-license))

This year, New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards, will be sending a 100 Cleveland High School students to college.

In 2007, when playing for the Browns, Edwards promised a group of eighth  graders he would pay their college tuition if they maintained a 2.5 GPA.

Braylon Edwards kept his promise and gave $1 million in scholarship money.

“As the 2nd most hated man in Clev. & a man of my word,” Edwards tweeted, “today I will honor a promise made to 100 students in Cleveland years ago. The last of my Advance 100 students will graduate from my program and head off to college on scholarships that I will provide them with. Guys enjoy & embrace your new beginnings and remember your promise to me, to reach back & help someone else along the way.”

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Keith Covin is a computer scientist and college professor turned social entrepreneur. Keith founded Unheard Voices in 2004 as he felt there was a need for voices in his community to be heard. He is an alumnus of Rutgers University and Farleigh Dickinson, where he holds a Bachelors in English & African Studies and Master of Science in Computer Science. Due to his dedication to getting the voiceless heard, Mr. Covin has been recognized by the NAACP as an Unsung Hero, the State of New Jersey and Neptune Township, and received the 2019 Man of Distinction Award for his contributions to the community. "The cultural media difference today just doesn't allow the current media out there to genuinely give the common everyday people a voice. Unheard Voices is an online magazine that gives a sense of unity to all people whether they are black, white, orange, red or green. Everybody deserves a voice! Remember our voice is your voice and your voice is ours! Speak Up and Be Heard! Remember never be scared to voice your opinion!" -- Mr. Covin

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