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Fox News
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Jaguars should put Travis Hunter to the test as he chases 2-way dreams, Super Bowl champ says
Travis Hunter will come into the 2025 season with heightened expectations around his first year because of his pursuit to play both sides of the ball for the Jacksonville Jaguars. As Hunter and the Jaguars get set for training camp, Super Bowl champion Willie Colon said on Friday that his teammates should put him through the wringer to prepare him for what's to come during the season. "I know how I would approach a guy like this. I'm going to test his armor," Colon said on FOX Sports' "Breakfast Ball." "I'm going to see how tough you really are. If you want to be a two-way player in the NFL, I'm going to see if you're strong enough to be a two-way player. So, when I'm pulling around that corner, I'm going to test that 12 on your chest. "And so, for me, if I'm the Jacksonville Jaguars, listen to what the players are saying. They're curious if he can finish an 18-week season going both ways. I promise you he won't. They'll move him to one side of the ball, and that's cornerback, and allow him to be the best cornerback he can be. Because not only will you have to make tackles, you're going to have to withstand getting hit, too." Colon won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008. He played six seasons with the Steelers and three for the New York Jets. The Jaguars traded up to get Hunter in the draft — the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner who starred at Colorado as a wide receiver and cornerback. He was a two-time All-American at Colorado. He had 86 catches for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also had 36 tackles with four interceptions. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon Drives Discovery at 2025 Annual Lupus Research Alliance Golf Fundraiser
Over 300 attendees raised $450,000 to fuel research breakthroughs for those living with lupus SUMMIT, N.J., June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lupus Research Alliance, the world's largest private funder of lupus research, partnered with Super Bowl Champion and current Fox Sports 1 co-host Willie Colon on the 11th Annual Willie Colon Golf Outing – raising an incredible $450,000 for lupus research. The sold-out event on June 23 brought together over 300 golfers in honor of Colon's late mother Jean Davis, who had lupus, a chronic, complex autoimmune disease that affects millions worldwide. To date, the event has raised nearly $3 million to help the LRA fund and fuel innovative breakthroughs that aim to improve the lives of those living with lupus. "Eleven years ago, my family chose to partner with the Lupus Research Alliance with this golf outing – all in the hopes of supporting lupus research that can improve treatments and find a cure," said Colon, a long-time and highly committed LRA board member. "Although my mother died before a cure was discovered, I have confidence that future generations will benefit from the research the LRA is funding now. While no one individual, no one family, and no one organization can conquer lupus, together we can, and we will." A host of sports stars joined Colon, the former Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets lineman, aiming to score a hole-in-one for lupus research. Those in attendance included Craig Carton (FS1), Greg Giannoti (WFAN), Brian Custer (ESPN), and Connor Hughes (SNY). Former New York Jets players in attendance include Ryan Fitzpatrick, Brandon Marshall, David Harris, Erik Coleman, Fred Baxter, Dave Szott, Matt Simms, and Chris Ivory. Other sports celebrities supporting the event include Darnell Stapleton (Pittsburgh Steelers), Brandon Hunt (Las Vegas Raiders), Adalius Thomas (Baltimore Ravens), Kendall Simmons (Pittsburgh Steelers), Chris Canty (New York Giants), and Mike Adams (Carolina Panthers). At the event, Colon thanked the five chairs who helped organize the outing -- Xavier V. Goss, at (Capital Group), Ted Knauss (The PNC Financial Services Group), Daniel LaVecchia (Cantor Fitzgerald), Nidhi Patel (BlackRock), and Julius D. Williams (Invesco). Thanks also went to primary sponsors: Tito's Handmade Vodka, Tunnel to Towers Foundation, and the Willie and Aikisha Colon Foundation. About Lupus Lupus is a chronic, complex autoimmune disease that affects millions of people worldwide. In lupus, the immune system, meant to defend against infections, produces autoantibodies that mistake the body's own cells as foreign, causing other immune cells to attack organs such as the kidneys, brain, heart, lungs and skin, as well as blood and joints. Ninety percent of people with lupus are women, most often diagnosed between the ages of 15-45. Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander people are disproportionately affected by lupus and more likely to experience severe lupus symptoms. About the Lupus Research AllianceThe Lupus Research Alliance is the largest non-governmental, non-profit funder of lupus research worldwide. The organization aims to transform treatment by funding the most innovative lupus research, fostering scientific talent, and driving discovery toward better diagnostics, improved treatments and, ultimately a cure for lupus. Because the Lupus Research Alliance's Board of Directors funds all administrative and fundraising costs, 100% of all donations goes to support lupus research programs. For more information or to donate to lupus research, visit the LRA at and on social media at: X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Lupus Research Alliance
