In addition to enjoying a productive 15-year NFL career – including seven seasons in Foxborough – former New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson has long been an outspoken voice about the issues of the day, from racial injustice to education reform.
He even gained national attention for his writings on the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the subsequent lack of charges for the officer who shot him. The next year, he turned those reflections on racial injustice and police violence against Black Americans into a book titled “Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race – and Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.