It is a time of thanksgiving, and Washington Redskins tackle Ty Nsekhe is giving back to his home state of Texas in a meaningful way.
According to the Washington Post, Nsekhe is donating 10 tickets for Thursday's Redskins game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium to Dallas police officers and families who were affected in last July's shootings.
The plan began when Nsekhe's friend, Adrian Jackson, and Jackson's cousin and business partner, Larry Spencer, reached out to him about giving back to Dallas police officers.
They initially planned to donate the 10 tickets with thanks from one Redskins player, Nsekhe, and one Cowboys player, specifically Dez Bryant. However, when Bryant received news of his father's death on the day that they had planned to reach out to him, they opted out of contacting him out of respect.
Now struggling to choose another player to reach out to, Nsekhe stepped up and decided to pay for all the tickets himself.
Nsekhe told the Post that he felt the need to give back and make a lasting impression with this charitable act.
"You've just got to respect the next man," Nsekhe said. "At the end of the day, we're all humans. If everybody can get that basic fundamental that everybody is human first, we can make major steps forward. That's the biggest thing. Everybody has to recognize that we are all on this planet together. Hopefully, I can do my part. I plan on trying to do more, because it is a lot of tension, to try to ease some of this tension up."
Nsekhe will meet with the police officers and their families for the first time on Wednesday night. The Redskins will kick off with the Cowboys in Arlington at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving. He graduated from Bowie High School in Arlington and played collegiately at Texas State and Tarleton State, the latter located in Stephenville, Texas.
-- Courtney Schellin