Landon Young isn’t just a great football player; he’s a pretty great human being as well. This morning, UK announced that the junior offensive tackle has been named to the 2019 Allstate AFCA (American Football Coaches Association) Good Works Team, an annual honor given to college football players for the impact they make off the field.
The team of 22 student athletes (11 from FBS) was narrowed down from a list of 137 nominees by a panel of judges, which includes Kirk Herbstreit and Tim Tebow. Check out Landon’s impressive list of community service projects from UK:
- Visited a local nursing home for a pre-Super Bowl party to give joy to the residents
- Guest speaker at local churches and elementary schools on seven different occasions, talking about life lessons, fighting through adversities, faith and football
- Volunteered at Habitat for Humanity
- Helped decorate Lexington’s Hope Center – a recovery program for women, with Christmas decorations
- Volunteered with Lexington Christian Church to do yard work for members not physically able to take care of their yard
- As an animal science major, has volunteered his time for eight straight years at a veterinary clinic in Cynthiana, Kentucky
- Participated in a one-week service trip to the Ethiopia in May where he helped deliver essential nutrition, supplies, hope and love to families living in Korah, a slum made up of all the trash accumulated in Addis Ababa … Visited an orphanage with approximately 80 children and took teenagers from Korah to play arcade games and see the Avengers movie.