Six Christians Playing in Super Bowl LI
3. Julio Jones,27, Atlanta Falcons Wide Receiver
Aside from identifying himself as a "young Christian man" on social media, Julio Jones has taken time off of the field to encourage believers in need. After the killing of nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, at the hands of a lone gunman in 2015, Jones made it his mission to offer support.
Jones explained why he wanted to encourage those who were youth members of the church.
"It was kind of a national experience that everybody went through, in their own kind of way," he previously said in an ESPN report. "This could have happened anywhere. I look at it like it could have happened back home in Alabama. You just have to show people that you support them and you're here for them."
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