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Falcons' Devonta Freeman helps 82-year-old woman with yard work

Related Topics: Devonta Freeman, Jogging

An Atlanta resident got a pleasant surprise Monday when a man jogging by offered to help her unload her lawnmower.

That jogger turned out to be Falcons running back — and former Florida State star — Devonta Freeman.

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Eleanor Szendel and her daughter-in-law, Denise Szendel, were trying to wrap up their yard work when Freeman came up and asked if he could help.

“My mom recognized him because she’s had all four of her kids, a daughter-in-law and son-in-law go to FSU over the last 12 years, and so she was like, ‘You’re Devonta Freeman,’” Bryan Szendel, Eleanor's grandson and Denise's son, told the Tallahassee Democrat.