Former NFL RB Warrick Dunn gave Deshaun Watson his childhood home

Ex-NFL RB Warrick Dunn gave Deshaun Watson his childhood home.
Former NFL RB Warrick Dunn gave Deshaun Watson his childhood home
Former NFL RB Warrick Dunn gave Deshaun Watson his childhood home /

Former NFL running back Warrick Dunn has been building and remodeling homes for single-parent families for over two decades.

One family that he helped just happened to be center stage in college football's biggest game on Monday.

A photo with Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson and his family went viral, showing Watson and his family in front of a home that they were able to purchase with the assistance of the Warrick Dunn Charities foundation.

In 2006, when Watson was 11 years old, his family moved into a four-bedroom home donated by Dunn's charity near Atlanta, as detailed in this Oct. 2015 ESPN story. The new home was furnished, came with a television and a computer, plus cabinets full of food and a lawn mower.

Watson closed his career at Clemson with a performance for the ages against Alabama on Monday, throwing for 420 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Tigers to a 35–31 victory and securing the school's first national championship since 1981.

- Scooby Axson


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