Role
Retired NFL Player
Position
Defensive End
Career Highlights
Retired 2019
2× Super Bowl champion (LI, LII)
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2018)
WHY WATERBOYS
“I realized the platform I had as an NFL player to affect change is something you need to take advantage of.”
“I thought about the best way that I could change the world, and I think the easiest and effective way to do that is clean water.”
“For me, it’s like ‘I have this window to do something, and if I don’t, then I kind of wasted my opportunity.”
“Clean water is a basic human right that everyone deserves.”
“I think that our collaborative effort with this initiative is one-of-a-kind in pro sports in that it’s player-driven, there are no decision-makers outside of the players, and I and my peers are driving this thing.”
-Chris Long
Each new Conquering Kili class accepts the challenge to embark for the summit, a walk that represents the miles that many African women journey on a daily basis to fetch water for their families. While training for the climb, each team member works to raise funds and transform communities through the gift of clean water.