NFL players are encouraged to reveal their passions beyond the game and wear their hearts on their feet through the league’s My Cause My Cleats campaign. The players can pick an important cause and represent their chosen organization on custom-designed cleats.
Kansas City Chiefs LB Nick Bolton is participating in the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative for Week 13 this weekend vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. ESPN is celebrating V Week across the network’s platforms through December 11th, and Bolton has chosen to support the V Foundation with his cleats. The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State college basketball coach and ESPN commentator.
Bolton will be wearing one pink & one gray cleat to symbolize breast & brain cancer. His mother, Jalunda, battled breast cancer and was declared cancer free on 12/2/15, and his sister Jaz, battled brain cancer and was declared cancer free on 3/10/10. One cleat represents Bolton’s mother, while the other his sister, with their names and the date they declared victory over cancer.
The Chiefs’ starting linebacker has had a breakout second season leading the team in tackles and becoming a defensive leader this season. The strength and courage he displayed on the field are secondary to the energy he’s given to help his family and bring awareness to many fighting cancer.
