{"id":15203,"date":"2023-12-20T10:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=15203"},"modified":"2023-12-20T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:15:30","slug":"falcons-punter-fights-child-poverty-god-put-me-in-this-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/12\/falcons-punter-fights-child-poverty-god-put-me-in-this-position.html","title":{"rendered":"Falcons Punter Fights Child Poverty: ‘God Put Me in This Position’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Atlanta Falcons punter Bradley Pinion is working toward big goals on and off the field. As the Falcons battle for the NFC South, Pinion is also fighting another cause. He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview, “I firmly believe that\u00a0God put me in this position\u00a0to help people and to use this platform to share His light and to share His word.”<\/p>\n

Pinion and his wife Kaeleigh started “Punts for Purpose” alongside Compassion International with the goal of supporting child survival centers in the developing world. For his part, $1,000 will be donated to the charity for every one of Pinion’s punts that falls within the 20-yard line this season.\u00a0 According to the Falcons, Pinion has raised $20,000 through Week 13. The initiative has garnered attention throughout the league, with 12 other punters joining him by Week 14. It has also led to him being named the Falcons’\u00a02023 Walter Payton Man of the Year.<\/p>\n

Pinion said of his nomination, “It’s a huge honor, and I’m very humbled to be selected. Something that you don’t take lightly. And it’s one of those things that you just \u2013 I’ve said it a few times already, but you don’t set out to win. You just kind of set out to use the platform that God’s given you in the best way possible, and this is a byproduct of it. It’s one of those \u2013 I’d call it kind of the best award in football, honestly, because it’s not always about the play on the field but what you use your platform for. And this kind of embodies that. So it’s a huge honor. And I’m just proud to represent the Falcons as a nominee this year.”<\/p>\n

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