GREEN BAY (NBC 26) -- Local food pantry, Paul's Pantry, said the Packers' new inside linebacker Christian Kirksey recently gave a big donation.
"He purchased peanut butter, tuna and bottled water to help make a difference right here at Paul's Pantry," the food pantry wrote in a Facebook post Thursday.
The Facebook post shows a large collection of bottled water, peanut butter and canned food.
According to the Packers organization, Kirksey (6-2, 235), is a seventh-year player out of the University of Iowa that was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round (No. 71 overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft, has played in 73 games with 54 starts. He has registered 463 tackles (289 solo), 11.5 sacks, two interceptions, 16 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. Kirksey served as a team captain each of the last three years and was the Browns’ nominee for Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2018. He registered the second-most tackles (281) in the NFL from 2016-17 per press-box totals, including a career-best 143 in 2016.
Kirksey will wear No. 58 for the Packers.
