Warrick Dunn’s mother was shot and killed when he was a 18-year-old senior in high school. Suddenly, the player who later became Falcon became the head of a household.
“That became my focus,’’ Dunn said, “and it was taking care of my family. It was like a blur back then. It was very emotional and difficult.’’
Dunn would go on to star at Florida State and in the NFL with the Falcons and Tampa Bay, but still to this day marks the memory of his mother and does it in a very special way.
Living in east Atlanta and working through his nonprofit, Warrick Dunn Charities, Dunn said just recently that they provided the 139th home to a single mom.