Kirksey most recent traveled to Uvalde, Texas following the tragedy at Robb Elementary School to surprise the Uvalde High School football team at their team dinner, provide players with new Nike uniforms and make meaningful connections with the young men. Kirksey and the Texans players donated $200,000, matched by the McNair family, for a total of $400,000 to the Robb School Memorial Fund to provide financial assistance to the community.
“That’s an experience that I will forever be grateful to have the opportunity to make that trip,” Kirksey said Tuesday. “Roland (Ramirez), our head trainer, that’s home for him. So, to be able to experience that, I always tell him thank you for allowing me to go back to his hometown in such a vital part of these young men’s lives that were part of that football team I got a chance to meet.
“It was one of those experiences where it’s very humbling. It’s one of those things where you have to be there to really understand it and really feel what was going on. I’m just appreciative that I was able to go and be somewhat of a mentor to the guys. I can’t imagine being in that situation, where something as bad as that happened. I’m a parent myself, and when you have kids that are involved, I can’t imagine being a parent and having to pick up a phone call or go to the school and not have your kid there by your side. It’s something I can’t imagine. I was just taking it all in and being wherever I needed to be for them. It was definitely a humbling experience.”
In recognition of this nomination, Kirksey will wear a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year helmet decal through the end of the 2022 Season.
“Kirko is as respected a player I would say that we have in the building wherever he’s been, whether it’s in Cleveland or Green Bay,” General Manager Nick Caserio said. “He’s been one of the more well-respected players on the team, so a certain level of toughness and his leadership I would say is as good as any that we’ve had. His actions and people…
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