If you have paid any attention to former Notre Dame tight end Kyle Rudolph since he left campus you’re probably aware of a couple things:
1. He’s still a red-zone weapon now nine years into his NFL career, having scored 47 touchdowns to date, six of which came this past season.
2. He’s an infinitely better person off the field.
Point number two played itself out yet again Monday as it was announced that Rudolph is yet again helping out his community. This time the former Pro Bowl MVP is donating 82,000 meals to families hit the hardest by the COVID-19 outbreak in the Minneapolis area.
“Growing up, I never had to worry about not having meals if we didn’t have school, and that’s not the case for a lot of kids around our community,” Kyle told Vikings.com. “There’s a lot of families who are going without meals because mom and/or dad aren’t able to work right now … so we wanted to do something here for the families in our community that we know are being directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.” – Kyle Rudolph to Vikings.com
Rudolph is also heading “Rudy’s Meal Plan” where he hopes to raise $200,000 dollars for Second Harvest Heartland, a foundation with the goal of eliminating hunger.
If you’d like to help Rudolph reach his $200,000 goal you can do so here.
It’s not why he does it but I really do hope that Rudolph ends up winning a Walter Payton Man of the Year Award at some point. That’s not to take anything away from the great work countless NFL players do annually but you can see how much giving back means to Rudolph and his family regularly.
Now enjoy this picture of Rudolph back in his high school days that the All-American Bowl tweeted out Monday evening.
2008 All-American Kyle Rudolph (@KyleRudolph82) and his family are donating 82,000 meals to citizens in Minnesota affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. #AllAmericanBowl 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/qjaCkZZgau
— All-American Bowl (@AABonNBC) March 24, 2020