Safety Ja'uan Holland of the Norfolk Seawolves took part in a game of pickup basketball as a part of a charity fundraiser back in his hometown of Portland Oregon. The game was for a local homeless shelter, and because Holland's father was homeless for a bout of time, he felt partially responsible to try and help anyone who needed the help. The way the charity worked, people would offer to pay per player's stat lines per game. So someone could walk up and offer 50 cents per point made, 5 dollars per block, a buck for an assist, etc. You could place these lines on any player you liked, and at the end of the day, the charity raised over $15,000 dollars. Ja'uan himself played basketball alongside football growing up, so he was someone to look for. As a highly-touted ISFL prospect in this year's draft, a lot of media buzz helped with the attention he wanted for the charity game. He posted a 26 PTS 10 REB 4 STL 1 BLK game, raising a good chunk of the money donated, as a lot of people chose to place their money on the hometown hero.
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