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Elsmere 6-year-old frontrunner for Russell Wilson’s Youth Athlete of the Year
A youth football team in Erlanger has a rising star on its hands.A 6-year-old running back for the Erlanger Lions is now a front runner in NFL star Russell Wilson’s Youth Athlete of the Year Championship Experience.If he wins, he’ll take home a life-changing prize.Deonte Pinnell is small but mighty, and he’s ready to take the football world by storm.His mother, Charissa Pinnell, says she submitted him for the championship experience after seeing a post online. Now, he’s in first place.”When he was a baby, we dressed him up as a football; he’s always loved football, not really any other sport. This is just always the one he wanted to play,” Charissa said.If he wins, he’ll take home a $25,000 prize and get to be the star of a Sports Illustrated Magazine shoot.Charissa said this would change his life.”There’s only been one of us to go off to college, so for him that’s really big for me,” Charissa said. “This would help us a lot.”From a college career to following in the footsteps of his idols, Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, this little guy has big dreams.Deonte is competing against 45 other kids from all over the U.S. He needs to stay at the top for at least another week to move onto the top 20. To vote, click here.
A youth football team in Erlanger has a rising star on its hands.
A 6-year-old running back for the Erlanger Lions is now a front runner in NFL star Russell Wilson’s Youth Athlete of the Year Championship Experience.
If he wins, he’ll take home a life-changing prize.
Deonte Pinnell is small but mighty, and he’s ready to take the football world by storm.
His mother, Charissa Pinnell, says she submitted him for the championship experience after seeing a post online. Now, he’s in first place.
“When he was a baby, we dressed him up as a football; he’s always loved football, not really any other sport. This is just always the one he wanted to play,” Charissa said.
If he wins, he’ll take home a $25,000 prize and get to be the star of a Sports Illustrated Magazine shoot.
Charissa said this would change his life.
“There’s only been one of us to go off to college, so for him that’s really big for me,” Charissa said. “This would help us a lot.”
From a college career to following in the footsteps of his idols, Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, this little guy has big dreams.
Deonte is competing against 45 other kids from all over the U.S. He needs to stay at the top for at least another week to move onto the top 20. To vote, click here.