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Vikings’ Locke Emphasizes Hard Work To Students At Winter Park

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Vikings Jeff Locke is enjoying quite a season as the team’s punter. He also visits kids every Tuesday morning on his off day to talk about the importance of sports, school and nutrition.

This week he invited those students to Winter Park.

It’s more than football to Locke — he creates an emphasis on school work.

“Just learning how to work together. We emphasize that at the curriculum we have at ACES, too,” he said. “They have to work in groups, work in teams, to come up with answers and solutions.