Warrick Dunn’s mom served in the Baton Rouge Louisiana Police
Department. Two days after his eighteenth birthday, she was ambushed and killed
by three armed men. Warrick, a high school senior, suddenly became the head of
his family. He raised his two younger sisters and three younger brothers while he
attended college, graduated with a bachelor's degree in information studies, and
joined the NFL. He played professional football for twelve years, with the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons. Warrick created Homes for the Holidays,
a program in partnership with Habitat for Humanity that helps single-parent
families achieve first-time home ownership. Warrick believes that with a stable,
positive home environment, children are more likely to thrive educationally,
socially and economically. One of the hundreds of homes Warrick has helped to
build went to the family of Deshaun Watson, who later grew up to play football
for the Houston Texans.
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