The first thing Jacquez Jones noticed about TJ was his smile.
Then, the 6-year-old boy asked the Kentucky linebacker a question: "You want to see how many push-ups I can do?"
"He started knocking out push-ups," Jones said.
Jones met TJ in the fall of 2021, when he and other Wildcats delivered Thanksgiving food baskets to families around Lexington through a partnership with Southland Christian Church. While the group visited the home of TJ's grandparents, Jones learned about the boy's connection to an organization called Amachi Lexington, which supports children affected by incarceration.