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DEC 2016 | ISSUE 5 IN THIS ISSUE: Upcoming League Events Recap of 2016 Legends Homecoming Weekend Dennis Byrd Tribute Joe McKnight Tribute Konrad Reuland Tribute Legend Spotlight Erik Coleman and Adrian Murrell Dear Jets Legends, I wanted to thank you all for joining us for this year’s Legends Homecoming Weekend. As part of the Jets family, we are always excited to have each and every one of you return. Our Legends Community is what make us so strong – whether you were with us throughout your career or just for one season, it gives me great joy to see you and your families back with our fans. For those of you that couldn’t make it, this year’s homecoming provided us with a chance to remember all of our great Legends. It also gave our Legends in attendance a chance to catch up with old teammates and an opportunity to run out of the players’ tunnel to be honored on field. We also celebrated the memory of Dennis Byrd, who passed away just a week prior. He will always be an inspiration and a part of our family. Whether it be at our next Legends Homecoming Weekend or during one of our many events throughout the year, we hope to see you again soon. I hope you and your families enjoy the holiday season and have a Happy New Year! Sincerely, Woody Johnson Owner and CEO UPCOMING NFL Events Healthy Body & Mind Screening Program February 1-3, 2017 Houston, TX - 8AM-2PM 1 FEB PCF Healthy Body & Mind Screening Program April 21-22, 2017 Palm Beach Gardens, FL - 8AM-2PM 21 APRIL JETS EVENTS Jets vs. Dolphins MetLife Stadium - Kickoff at 8:25PM 17 DEC Jets at Patriots At Gillete Stadium - Kickoff at 1:00PM 24 DEC Jets vs Bills MetLife Stadium - Kickoff at 1:00PM 1 JAN PAGE 1 Let us know if you want to join us at any of these events! The Pro Bowl is headed to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium on January 29, where the NFL will celebrate its brightest stars of today and tomorrow. Pro Bowl week will honor all levels of football – from former NFL players to high school to the NFL’s best today. As part of the NFL Legends Community, we are offering you access to an exclusive hospitality experience at Camping World Stadium on Pro Bowl game day. Please RSVP to [email protected] as two (2) tickets per person will be allocated on a first come-first served basis. Availability is limited and tickets must be picked up in person on game day with a valid photo ID. Additional opportunities to engage in this experience, including Open Practice and a Lunch and Learn, will be highlighted in the December newsletter. COMPLIMENTARY PRO BOWL EXPERIENCE RSVP HERE WATCH: SIGHTS & SOUNDS PHOTOS: BOWLMOR EVENT WATCH: LEGENDS PREGAME PHOTOS: PREGAME LOCKER
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DEC 2016 | ISSUE 5
JETS LEGENDS NEWSLETTER
IN THIS ISSUE:Upcoming League Events Recap of 2016 Legends Homecoming Weekend Dennis Byrd Tribute Joe McKnight TributeKonrad Reuland TributeLegend SpotlightErik Coleman and Adrian Murrell
Dear Jets Legends, I wanted to thank you all for joining us for this year’s Legends Homecoming Weekend. As part of the Jets family, we are always excited to have each and every one of you return. Our Legends Community is what make us so strong – whether you were with us throughout your career or just for one season, it gives me great joy to see you and your families back with our fans. For those of you that couldn’t make it, this year’s homecoming provided us with a chance to remember all of our great Legends. It also gave our Legends in attendance a chance to catch up with old teammates and an opportunity to run out of the players’ tunnel to be honored on field. We also celebrated the memory of Dennis Byrd, who passed away just a week prior. He will always be an inspiration and a part of our family.
Whether it be at our next Legends Homecoming Weekend or during one of our many events throughout the year, we hope to see you again soon. I hope you and your families enjoy the holiday season and have a Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Woody JohnsonOwner and CEO
UPCOMING NFL EventsHealthy Body & Mind Screening Program February 1-3, 2017 Houston, TX - 8AM-2PM
1FEB
PCF Healthy Body & Mind Screening Program April 21-22, 2017 Palm Beach Gardens, FL - 8AM-2PM
21APRIL
JETS EVENTS
Jets vs. Dolphins MetLife Stadium - Kickoff at 8:25PM 17
DEC
Jets at PatriotsAt Gillete Stadium - Kickoff at 1:00PM 24
DEC
Jets vs BillsMetLife Stadium - Kickoff at 1:00PM 1
JAN
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Let us know if you want to join us at any of these events!
The Pro Bowl is headed to Orlando’s Camping World Stadium on January 29, where the NFL will celebrate its brightest stars of today and tomorrow. Pro Bowl week will honor all levels of football – from former NFL players to high school to the NFL’s best today. As part of the NFL Legends Community, we are offering you access to an exclusive hospitality experience at Camping World Stadium on Pro Bowl game day. Please RSVP to [email protected] as two (2) tickets per person will be allocated on a first come-first served basis. Availability is limited and tickets must be picked up in person on game day with a valid photo ID. Additional opportunities to engage in this experience, including Open Practice and a Lunch and Learn, will be highlighted in the December newsletter.
COMPLIMENTARY PRO BOWL EXPERIENCE
RSVP HERE
WATCH: SIGHTS & SOUNDS PHOTOS: BOWLMOR EVENT WATCH: LEGENDS PREGAME
PHOTOS: PREGAME LOCKER
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PG. 3JETS CONTACT INFO
Erik Coleman and Adrian Murrell Even when he was still buckling his chinstrap, Erik Coleman always thought of himself as more than a football player. Coleman embraces the role of helping others, serving as a union rep for five years in his career. About a month ago, he joined the NFL Alumni Association as
director of chapter relations.
“I’d like to spread the word to former players about the benefits of joining the NFL Alumni,” he said. “Being part of the organization, I’d like to assist the chapters in being more active in the community, getting younger former players involved. I think that when you first leave the league, it’s tough to engage in football activities because a lot of the time you get fired from playing the job and you don’t want to go back to that area.”
Stationed in Mount Laurel, NJ, the NFL Alumni Association’s mission is to help enrich former players’ lives when their days on the gridiron are over by offering numerous benefits and teaming up with different organizations to raise money for kids throughout different communities. Their motto: Care for the kids and care for our own. “The great thing about the NFL alumni is you can go through one training camp and be a member,” Coleman said. “You can be a former coach or a cheerleader. We even have executive memberships, so if you’re a businessman, a businesswoman or a fan of the game, you can join the NFL Alumni and make a difference in your community and be a part of what we do here.”
Coleman joins Adrian Murrell, who’s been with the NFL Alumni for 10 years and now serves as president of the Carolinas chapter.
“Erik’s role is a little bit different than mine. His is more along the lines of trying to figure out how chapters are doing, making sure they’re healthy,” said Murrell, a Jets tailback for five seasons and the starter from 1995-97. “My goal is to get more members in our community to be active in our Care for Kids program. A big part of that program is a golf tournament that we hold annually. There’s some exciting things that the Alumni Association does offer, but we’re just trying to get the word out to guys in the community and have them participate in the Alumni itself.”
Murrell has revived a once dormant Carolinas chapter, putting together its first golf outing in three years. Moving forward, the chapter will host more tournaments and other events, but Murrell is particularly excited about a barbecue in partnership with the Ada Jenkins Center, which aims to help underprivileged kids and adults.
“My goal is to have this chapter back in the community, giving our guys a purpose to be a part of some our programs because they’re noteworthy programs,” he said. “I want to leave it in better shape than what you found it. I think that guys want to be active, guys want to figure out how they can be more involved with the Alumni, and I think that’s really what my next year’s goal is, to have these two or three tournaments come to fruition and have the kids in the community benefit from what we’re doing.”
We Remember
Dennis Byrd
by: By Jets Seasonal Team Reporter, Ethan Greenberg
Joe McKnight1988-2016
READ: DENNIS BYRD ARTICLE WATCH: ON FIELD TRIBUTE WATCH: WEBSITE TRIBUTE
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Konrad Reuland1987-2016
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Even when he was still buckling his chinstrap, Erik Coleman always thought of himself as more than a football player. Coleman embraces the role of helping others, serving as a union rep for five years in his career. About a month ago, he joined the NFL Alumni Association as
director of chapter relations.
“I’d like to spread the word to former players about the benefits of joining the NFL Alumni,” he said. “Being part of the organization, I’d like to assist the chapters in being more active in the community, getting younger former players involved. I think that when you first leave the league, it’s tough to engage in football activities because a lot of the time you get fired from playing the job and you don’t want to go back to that area.”
Stationed in Mount Laurel, NJ, the NFL Alumni Association’s mission is to help enrich former players’ lives when their days on the gridiron are over by offering numerous benefits and teaming up with different organizations to raise money for kids throughout different communities. Their motto: Care for the kids and care for our own. “The great thing about the NFL alumni is you can go through one training camp and be a member,” Coleman said. “You can be a former coach or a cheerleader. We even have executive memberships, so if you’re a businessman, a businesswoman or a fan of the game, you can join the NFL Alumni and make a difference in your community and be a part of what we do here.”
Coleman joins Adrian Murrell, who’s been with the NFL Alumni for 10 years and now serves as president of the Carolinas chapter.
“Erik’s role is a little bit different than mine. His is more along the lines of trying to figure out how chapters are doing, making sure they’re healthy,” said Murrell, a Jets tailback for five seasons and the starter from 1995-97. “My goal is to get more members in our community to be active in our Care for Kids program. A big part of that program is a golf tournament that we hold annually. There’s some exciting things that the Alumni Association does offer, but we’re just trying to get the word out to guys in the community and have them participate in the Alumni itself.”
Murrell has revived a once dormant Carolinas chapter, putting together its first golf outing in three years. Moving forward, the chapter will host more tournaments and other events, but Murrell is particularly excited about a barbecue in partnership with the Ada Jenkins Center, which aims to help underprivileged kids and adults.
“My goal is to have this chapter back in the community, giving our guys a purpose to be a part of some our programs because they’re noteworthy programs,” he said. “I want to leave it in better shape than what you found it. I think that guys want to be active, guys want to figure out how they can be more involved with the Alumni, and I think that’s really what my next year’s goal is, to have these two or three tournaments come to fruition and have the kids in the community benefit from what we’re doing.”
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