— Thomas Morstead (@thomasmorstead) March 30, 2020 “I would say my big thing is -- even things that I’m selling, they have to feel like I’m providing value to people or else I’m just not interested in doing it,” said Morstead, who was selected as the Saints' Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee in 2014. Then when I walked on [at SMU], ‘Oh maybe I could play on a Saturday one day.’ And every step of the way, I’ve just always tried to put my best foot forward. And that’s carried me pretty far. He’s been the last person on the field between the goal line and the returner a bunch of times, and he usually comes up big in those situations. The Minnesota Vikings discovered this when Morstead, who had been injured making a tackle after a punt, still made his way back onto the field when the winning catch by WR Stephon Diggs required an obligatory extra point kick and the entire Saints team had already made its way to the locker room. He said it was “crazy” to open the first box of books with his animated likeness on the cover. The NFL has many great players who shine both on and off the field, but Morstead definitely deserves his place among that elite group.I remember watching the draft back in 2009 when in the 5th round the Saints picked a punter I had never heard of out of SMU. Out of sight, out of mind.Morstead loves New Orleans, and New Orleans loves Morstead. His career average of 49.6 yards per punt ranks third in NFL history, and his onside kick at the start of Super Bowl XLIV propelled the Saints to their first championship.But the other part is Morstead’s off-field contributions.Morstead arrived in 2009, and he and his wife, Lauren, began their foundation in 2014. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Thomas Morstead has carved out special place in New Orleans’ heart Morstead even came out to line up as a defensive tackle on the Vikings’ final two-point conversion kneel-down when most players had already left the field.Morstead’s charity wound up receiving $221,143 in donations -- mostly from Vikings fans -- which he wound up presenting to Minnesota Children’s Hospital.Among Morstead's other endeavors: He is in his third year as a member of the National Football League Players Association’s executive committee; he owns minority stakes in the Main Squeeze Juice franchising company and the Mizzen+Main clothing company; he is a volunteer coach at Kohl’s Professional Kicking Camps; he has filmed some public service announcements with his local public school system; and he joined former teammate Jed Collins for a series of daily online videos to promote financial literacy month.Oh, and he and Lauren are parents of four children, ages 1 through 6 -- as he has chronicled on social media throughout the PSA- Punting in the street can cause damage to personal property.
Toughness, guts and big time class. "And I’m always trying to find creative ways to give back.”Helping children became Morstead’s cause of choice when he met a teenager named James Ragan with a “one-in-a-million personality” earlier in his career in New Orleans. “What jumped out to me about Thomas was his character. And as they got to know each other, Jensen decided that Morstead would be perfect for his series of books that also has featured WNBA player Skylar Diggins and former NFL players Brian Urlacher, Charles Tillman, Jamaal Charles and Vontae Davis.“I’m not just looking for household names,” Jensen said. The “What You Give Will Grow” foundation has donated more than $2.5 million to a variety of causes and programs, according to the organization’s official website, via Teope.“You almost feel obligated to give back in really the best way you possibly can because people in New Orleans, they’ll give the shirt off their back,” Morstead said. Scroll below and check our most recent updates about Thomas Morstead Biography, Before Fame, Trivia, Family life, Net Worth, Salary, Age, Profession and Zodiac. The history of drafting kicking specialist hasn’t been spectacular so when it happened to say I had mixed feeling would be an understatement. He also successfully pulled off However, Morstead gained as much attention as ever in 2018 when a random act at the end of the Saints’ gut-wrenching “Minneapolis Miracle” playoff loss at the It started when one Vikings fan suggested on social media that donations should be made to Morstead’s charity out of respect for the way he played through the pain of torn cartilage in his ribs. “I mean, they will do anything for you, and that type of support when you’re making the money I’m making doing the job that you couldn’t have imagined ever having, you just feel like, hey, you better pay it forward.“You better help out the people that support you, so that’s the big thing for me.
Salute!Does not take much to love a great guy when most of the NFL players in the press are beating women and breaking arms of children.Morstead is also one of the best open field tacklers on the Saints too. Saints DE Cameron Jordan discusses the moves the Falcons, Panthers and Buccaneers made this offseason and what it will be like to face Tom Brady twice a year. Not only has he been a great punter and has held the position for over a decade but you could not ask for a better ambassador off of the field.
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