Tom Brady sends heartfelt message to Devin McCourty for Uncornered Champion award

“There could certainly not be a better recipient or someone that embodies everything that this award means.”

Tom Brady may be on another team, but his love for former New England Patriots teammates won’t dissipate.

He showed an insane amount of love for Devin McCourty, who was honored by Boston Uncornered for being a role model and fighting against social injustices. Boston Uncornered specifically aims to break the “cycles of poverty, street-level violence and a widening gap of economic inequality” in low-income neighborhoods.

Patriots owners Robert Kraft and Jonathan Kraft donated $100,000  in McCourty’s name for social justice causes. This donation was the first of ten installments the Patriots vowed to send — with $1 million total going toward social justice causes.

Here’s what Brady had to say to McCourty.

“Devin, I just wanted to wish you congratulations on Boston’s 2020 Uncornered Champion Award,” Brady said, transcribed be NESN. “There could certainly not be a better recipient or someone that embodies everything that this award means. You’re an incredible man, you’re an incredible teammate and an incredible friend.

“I’ve known you for quite a while and seen you grow from a young man who came in with high expectations, didn’t say much, just wanted to listen to everyone else that was a little bit older than you and learn from them, and you took everything that those people taught you and you made even more of it as you grew older to be one of those guys that everyone else looked up to.

“I know sometimes you wouldn’t think that I would be looking up to you because I’m a lot older than you, but the reality is, I have, and I’ve learned more from you than you probably ever learned from me. You’re a wonderful man. You mean a lot to me, you mean a lot to our team, and now as you’re growing older into a different role, you’re meaning a lot to others in the community, and you’re using all the wonderful things that pro football has brought you to bring a voice to those who don’t quite have the voice that we have.

“You fight for people that can’t often fight for themselves. It’s a very endearing quality about you among many other things, but the way you attack this aspect of your life is the same way that you became an All-Pro and champion in our great sport. And our great sport means very little compared to what happens in our great communities, and that’s where really, you’re making a difference. “

I couldn’t be prouder of you. I’m a friend of yours for life. You can always count on me, and I just wanted to say congratulations. I’m happy other people are seeing the incredible man you are, the incredible man you’ve become, and I know you’re going to continue on with great work, year after year, because that’s who you are.

“Take care, man. Love you and I’m proud of you.”

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