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The Atlanta Falcons’ Running back, Devonta Freeman was out one morning when he ran across one of his elder neighbors outside.
Freeman saw his 82-year old neighbor Eleanor Szendel unloading her lawnmower so he ran over to help her out.
After his assistance Freeman posed for an IG selfie with the neighbor and her daughter-in-law who later posted it on her Instagram.

bryanszendel@devontafreeman takes a stroll in the neighborhood, sees my mom and grandma working hard in the yard and stops to help them finish up. Thank you for being a stand up guy Devonta! #ATL#falcons #FSU #seminoles

Freeman discussed it all when the media contacted him about it with saying, “I was just walking in the neighborhood and I saw this old lady, and it was motivation to me because she was out there cutting her grass and trying to [remove] the bag from the lawnmower. So, I was like, ‘You can just get my number and call me Whenever you need your grass cut, I’ll do it for you.'”
He also said, “The lady’s daughter’s got kids, and her kids– I think she’s got like [four] kids who went to FSU — so they knew me. We took a picture and she went it to them. But I didn’t know they were going to put it on Instagram and it would go big how it is.”
The former Florida State player is known for having these kind of stories being told about him.
Even the right tackle, Ryan Schraeder said, “It doesn’t surprise me; he has a big heart. He has a passion for people. Going back to the neighborhood he grew up in during the offseason, talking to kids, being a positive role model, he understands what it is all about. He lives it. We all admire the person he is.”
The Falcons’ tight end, Jacob Tamme said, “One thing you can tell very quickly as soon as you get around Devonta is that he has a great heart. He cares about treating people right, so that story [with the elderly woman] doesn’t really surprise me. He’s a great teammate and a great kid.”
The nose tackle Joey Mbu said, “He’s just a good person overall. Throughout all the success [last year], he was the same down-to-earth, humble dude.”
via:espn