Deion: 'Jackson State football will cause temperatures to change, teen pregnancy to fall'

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“I want these young men to be professionals,” Sanders said. “They can be great fathers, they can be community leaders, they can be great sons, they can be whatever they desire to be…. I want these young men to affect change. When a kid comes out of JSU and matriculates out of our program, I want you to know he’s there. He doesn’t even have to open his mouth. Just the way he carries himself — the way he rolls back his shoulders, the way he carries his head, the way he’s articulating himself. When he walks in, the temperature should immediately go from 74 to 72, 73. He should cool the whole situation.”

“I want to provoke change in every aspect of that community,” he continued. “I expect the crime rate to go down, my brother. I expect teenage pregnancy to decrease. I expect unity. I expect the white, the Black, the Hispanic, the Asian, everyone to see each other at a game and strike up conversations they wouldn’t normally have.”

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