Matthew Stafford penned a powerful essay for The Players' Tribune website Friday in which he detailed racist behavior he experienced while with some of his teammates this spring and urged everyone to continue fighting against racial injustice.
Stafford said his proudest day as a Detroit Lion came in August when the team called off practice to demonstrate against the Jacob Blake shooting.
Blake was shot at least seven times by Kenosha, Wisc., police, and the Lions' protest sparked other demonstrations across the sports world, with some games in the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball being canceled.