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Dec. 27, 2008 -- Maryland’s Jordan Steffy and Nevada’s Luke Lippincott receive Student Humanitarian Awards at Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl
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Warrick Dunn
Inducted: 2008
Induction Class: Vlade Divac (Basketball), Warrick Dunn (Football), Jimmie Heuga (Alpine Skiing)
Sport: Football
Years Active:
Born: January 5, 1975
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Community Focus: Homelessness
Foundation: Warrick Dunn Foundation
Warrick Dunn, a three-time Pro Bowl running back and 1997-98 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and advocate for struggling single parent families, was inducted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame as a part of the Class of 2008 which included Olympic skiing pioneer Jimmie Heuga and international basketball legend Vlade Divac.
At the time of his induction, Dunn was entering his 12th NFL campaign, having rejoined the Tampa Bay Bucaneers. He played college football at Florida State, and was later drafted by the Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. In his career, Dunn has been named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and has earned three Pro Bowl selections. He played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2002 to 2007 between stints in Tampa Bay.
Off the field, Dunn has dedicated himself to the community through the Warrick Dunn Foundation and its Homes for the Holidays program, which he established during his rookie year in Tampa as a way to honor his mother’s dream of owning her own home. His mother, Betty Smothers, a Baton Rouge police officer, was killed in the line of duty while working a second job to provide for her six children and never realized her dream of home ownership.
The program aids economically-disadvantaged single parents by providing down payments on homes and creating affordable homeownership programs. Through 2007, Homes of the Holidays has assisted 78 single-parents and 205 children and dependents in Tampa and Tallahassee, Florida; Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Atlanta, Georgia.