NFL players show off 2022 'My Cause, My Cleats' footwear

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The NFL's yearly #MyCauseMyCleats play has arrived. It's the 1 play of the play wherever players tin deterioration shoes that are not team-specific and wrong the NFL's azygous rules.

Denver Broncos backmost Russell Wilson volition beryllium supporting the V Foundation with cleats successful Denver's crippled against the Baltimore Ravens connected Sunday. Like galore others, Wilson's beingness has been touched by cancer. Wilson's person and concern spouse Trevor Moawad died from crab successful 2021.

Wilson and his wife, Ciara, are besides connected the V Foundation's board. His cleats, which besides enactment Wilson's ain Why Not You Foundation, features a portion of Jim Valvano's iconic ESPYS code with "Don't ever springiness up," written connected the toes of the shoes.

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton is besides wearing cleats to enactment the V Foundation. He volition deterioration 1 pinkish cleat and 1 grey cleat to symbolize bosom and encephalon crab awareness. Bolton's parent and sister are some crab survivors. The dates connected the shoes are the days his household members were declared crab free.

For the Houston Texans, their wide receivers are honoring idiosyncratic successful their ain locker room. John Metchie III was an All-SEC receiver for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He had 14 vocation scores and won the 2021 College Football Playoff Championship. In July, Metchie announced helium would beryllium retired his rookie play aft being diagnosed with leukemia.

The Texans' 2022 second-round prime was diagnosed successful precocious July with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) anterior to grooming camp. Despite not playing, Metchie is inactive astir the Texans' facilities grooming adjacent arsenic helium undergoes treatment.

His teammates volition deterioration customized orangish cleats connected Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Orange is the colour which represents leukemia awareness.

"When you travel into the locker room, and fixed everything that you're going through, man, each we tin bash is conscionable extremity our hat," Texans receiver Brandin Cooks said of Metchie. "Any mode we tin combat this conflict with you, we conscionable privation to bring consciousness and conscionable archer you 'thank you' from the bottommost of our hearts. We don't accidental that lightly. We emotion you, and support inspiring america successful everything that you're doing. You cognize we've got your back, each measurement of the way."

11 Texans players made WR John Metchie III and his conflict with leukemia (Leukemia Awareness) their absorption for the NFL's yearly My Cause My Cleats run including Brandin Cooks, Thomas Booker and Jalen Pitre. pic.twitter.com/rT1kW6zUgy

— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) November 29, 2022

Here are immoderate of the different cleats and causes for this weekend's games:

Thankful for the accidental to correspond @PPAdvocacyMA and to enactment women crossed America successful the combat against the regularisation of their bodies. #HerBodyHerChoice pic.twitter.com/u6D2WNEBhP

— Damien Harris (@DHx34) November 30, 2022

For @iamSauceGardner's rookie twelvemonth My Cause My Cleats, we teamed-up with @MACHE275 to make the archetypal cleats designed utilizing sauce. Stay tuned for details connected however you tin bid connected them to payment The Boys & Girls Clubs of America @BGCA_Clubs pic.twitter.com/79rJ68NoRK

— Buffalo Wild Wings (@BWWings) December 1, 2022 — Everytown (@Everytown) November 30, 2022

Feet vigor for large causes 🔥🔥#MyCauseMyCleats pic.twitter.com/UH7NK17EHB

— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) November 30, 2022 — Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) November 29, 2022

Cleats with purpose.@JalenHurts is supporting @eaglesautism and The OneMindset Foundation for his cause.#MyCauseMyCleats | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/Y0AfLrAhQn

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) November 30, 2022

As portion of the NFL's yearly My Cause, My Cleats campaign, #Lions rookie Aidan Hutchinson volition beryllium wearing these customized cleats for the Week 13 crippled vs. Jacksonville. His origin is home violence. He's supporting the Project InPower program. See details: https://t.co/UGoEI2G68r pic.twitter.com/sS1QOojKvv

— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) November 30, 2022

I'm arrogant to enactment the @HoustonFoodBank for #MyCauseMyCleats this twelvemonth to assistance them combat hunger successful our community. pic.twitter.com/MiZBvBhdfg

— Davis Mills (@Millsions) November 30, 2022 — San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) December 1, 2022

ESPN NFL Nation newsman DJ Bien-Aime contributed to this story.