Jason Brown, a former NFL lineman, has big dreams to give back

Posted Nov 28, 2013
Last spring, former UNC and NFL lineman Jason Brown surveyed massive dairy barns, a silo, newly tilled fields, four large ponds, and a large white house gleaming with fresh paint from atop a hill and said it was the prettiest place on earth. He walked away from a multimillion dollar pro football career so he could see it every day. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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