J.J. Watt Behind the Football Have you ever wondered what football players do outside football. Well this is Justin James Watt or better known as J.J. Watt is an American football player for the Houston Texans. He plays on the defensive line, and he is so good he won three defensive of player of the year awards in five years playing. In addition to that he won a Walter Payton Man of the year award for what he did off field. Were what he does off the field makes him stand out more than everybody else. Watt is an outstanding player, but with that as a reputation and he uses it in ways people wouldn’t think about. Like his Fondation called the Justin J. Watt Foundation where they donate money to school athletics like uniforms, equipment, and materials for on field moments. He also made Times Top 100 most influential people for what he did off field away from his fame. Watt is an influential advocate of helping others through his actions including hurricane…show more content… “What really moved the big hearted athlete was seeing Carapia's tweet about how distraught the little boy was over losing his favorite jersey”(Vivinetto). Watt saw that doctors had to rip this kids jersey to have surgery. So the parents tweeted the terrible news out and Watt later saw the tweet, so he tweeted out he will come there the next day and deliver him a new watt jersey, but what they didn’t see was several jerseys and one of them being autographed with a message. This wasn’t the first time Watt surprised a kid with a visit. This kid named Will made a wish were he wanted to have dinner with J.J., so what does the big fella do, visit the kid. This isn’t just your ordinary kid because this kid was also suffering from Leukemia. These things that he does for kids are so remarkable, he said in an article he would visit all of them but he can’t because of football and family. So again with bad things Watt strides from
