Deonte Harris can be counted in the group of New Orleans Saints players doing their part to help their communities. The second-year returns specialist out of Assumption College had an electrifying rookie season, leading the NFL in punt return yards and earning a spot on the Pro Bowl roster, as well as recognition on the All-Pro first team list from the Associated Press. Not bad for someone who went from playing in front of crowds maybe 2,800-strong to the Mercedes-Bez Superdome, which regularly seats more than 73,000 roaring spectators.
But Harris’s most important contributions came in the offseason, when he donated over 10,000 meals for local food banks in New Orleans and Baltimore, his hometown.