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FYI.....Tim Spencer was on 610 this morning and mentioned that Tyler is on the Bears practice squad.
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Unheralded Bear the star Rookie, mascot push healthy living at school
By Corrinne Hess
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Tyler Everett spent Tuesday afternoon signing autographs.
Afterward, he entered the gym of Transfiguration School in Wauconda and was greeted like a movie star.
It didn?t matter that Everett has never played a second of meaningful NFL football and has virtually no chance of doing so this year.
All that matters is he is a Chicago Bear. In a city that has Super Bowl fever before December, that is good enough.
?We heard a football player would be here ? and a Bear on top of it ? and everyone was excited,? said parent Angela Mooney, who coordinated the event Everett attended Tuesday. ?It is insignificant that he hasn?t played. He will. And besides, these are the Bears.?
Everett, 23, is a rookie safety on the Bears practice squad. He was in Wauconda Tuesday with mascot Staley, speaking to students about the importance of healthy living. The assembly was the kickoff event to First Goal, a six-week health program at the school.
This was Everett?s first appearance at a school as a Bear, and on the way to the event he talked to his 14-year-old brother in Ohio on the phone about how cool it was he had been invited.
?This has been great,? he said. ?I?m where everyone wants to be, on a winning team.?
Everett said his first year in the NFL is reminiscent of his first year at Ohio State University, where he played on the team that won the national championship.
After graduating from Ohio State, Everett signed with the Denver Broncos and was released at the end of the preseason. He then signed with the Bears.
With a 7-2 record this year, Denver wouldn?t have been a bad place to be. But Everett is in an even sweeter spot with his 8-1 Bears.
?Everybody has a dream,? he said. ?I know only a small percentage of high school athletes play in college and an even smaller percent make it to the pros. But you?ve got to follow that dream.?
Everett said that while being greeted by 250 screaming students at Transfiguration School feels good, he is relatively comfortable being unknown.
?Some guys get mad and expects everyone to recognize them,? he said. ?But this isn?t like basketball where our face is on the screen the whole time. We?re wearing helmets so unless we are one of the key players or one of the superstars, people aren?t going to recognize us. And I?m OK with that.?
Unheralded Bear the star Rookie, mascot push healthy living at school
By Corrinne Hess
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Afterward, he entered the gym of Transfiguration School in Wauconda and was greeted like a movie star.
It didn?t matter that Everett has never played a second of meaningful NFL football and has virtually no chance of doing so this year.
All that matters is he is a Chicago Bear. In a city that has Super Bowl fever before December, that is good enough.
?We heard a football player would be here ? and a Bear on top of it ? and everyone was excited,? said parent Angela Mooney, who coordinated the event Everett attended Tuesday. ?It is insignificant that he hasn?t played. He will. And besides, these are the Bears.?
Everett, 23, is a rookie safety on the Bears practice squad. He was in Wauconda Tuesday with mascot Staley, speaking to students about the importance of healthy living. The assembly was the kickoff event to First Goal, a six-week health program at the school.
This was Everett?s first appearance at a school as a Bear, and on the way to the event he talked to his 14-year-old brother in Ohio on the phone about how cool it was he had been invited.
?This has been great,? he said. ?I?m where everyone wants to be, on a winning team.?
Everett said his first year in the NFL is reminiscent of his first year at Ohio State University, where he played on the team that won the national championship.
After graduating from Ohio State, Everett signed with the Denver Broncos and was released at the end of the preseason. He then signed with the Bears.
With a 7-2 record this year, Denver wouldn?t have been a bad place to be. But Everett is in an even sweeter spot with his 8-1 Bears.
?Everybody has a dream,? he said. ?I know only a small percentage of high school athletes play in college and an even smaller percent make it to the pros. But you?ve got to follow that dream.?
Everett said that while being greeted by 250 screaming students at Transfiguration School feels good, he is relatively comfortable being unknown.
?Some guys get mad and expects everyone to recognize them,? he said. ?But this isn?t like basketball where our face is on the screen the whole time. We?re wearing helmets so unless we are one of the key players or one of the superstars, people aren?t going to recognize us. And I?m OK with that.?
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Everett, who grew up in Canton, Ohio, and went to Ohio State, said he would have loved to have met a professional athlete when he was a child. Like most of his fellow rookies, he was introduced to charity work in college. Tuesday night was a natural progression. But it won't stop there.
At 23, Everett is starting his own foundation in Canton and he has big plans.
One of his first projects is going to be called "On my Own," in which he will sponsor one single mother for an entire year.
"I'm only on the practice squad, so I don't have a lot of money," he said shyly, "but I'm going to get corporate sponsors to help and I'm going to pay her rent and utilities for a year. I had a lot of friends who had mothers and not fathers. It's going to be hard to select someone but it's going to be someone who absolutely needs it, who without it wouldn't last much longer."
His other project he has dubbed "First Day," and just talking about it gets him excited.
"I'm going to sponsor 20 boys and 20 girls and get them haircuts for school and school supplies, book bags, school clothes," he said. Everett is getting a pretty good idea of what his influence alone can mean.
"I visited a school [in Wauconda] last week and I walk in and the kids were cheering, some were even yelling out my college stats," he said. "It's amazing for a guy like me who doesn't get to play. These kids see Devin Hester and Danieal Manning on TV, but just to see a guy like myself makes them feel so good."
Everett, who grew up in Canton, Ohio, and went to Ohio State, said he would have loved to have met a professional athlete when he was a child. Like most of his fellow rookies, he was introduced to charity work in college. Tuesday night was a natural progression. But it won't stop there.
At 23, Everett is starting his own foundation in Canton and he has big plans.
One of his first projects is going to be called "On my Own," in which he will sponsor one single mother for an entire year.
"I'm only on the practice squad, so I don't have a lot of money," he said shyly, "but I'm going to get corporate sponsors to help and I'm going to pay her rent and utilities for a year. I had a lot of friends who had mothers and not fathers. It's going to be hard to select someone but it's going to be someone who absolutely needs it, who without it wouldn't last much longer."
His other project he has dubbed "First Day," and just talking about it gets him excited.
"I'm going to sponsor 20 boys and 20 girls and get them haircuts for school and school supplies, book bags, school clothes," he said. Everett is getting a pretty good idea of what his influence alone can mean.
"I visited a school [in Wauconda] last week and I walk in and the kids were cheering, some were even yelling out my college stats," he said. "It's amazing for a guy like me who doesn't get to play. These kids see Devin Hester and Danieal Manning on TV, but just to see a guy like myself makes them feel so good."
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GREAT to hear him doing something like that with his money. It's a shame a story like this will probably go no further than the article you posted, but if he got arrested it would be on the ESPN Ticker........
GREAT to hear him doing something like that with his money. It's a shame a story like this will probably go no further than the article you posted, but if he got arrested it would be on the ESPN Ticker........
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The Bears assigned safety Tyler Everett from their practice squad to the 53-man roster and waived cornerback Derrick Strait from the regular roster. Everett signed a three-year deal.
Everett entered the NFL with Denver as an undrafted free agent in 2006 out of Ohio State. The 5-foot-11, 202-pound safety was signed to the Bears' practice squad Sept. 4, released Oct. 10 and re-signed to the practice squad Oct. 19.
Strait played in one game for the Bears after signing with the Bears Nov. 8.
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Everett entered the NFL with Denver as an undrafted free agent in 2006 out of Ohio State. The 5-foot-11, 202-pound safety was signed to the Bears' practice squad Sept. 4, released Oct. 10 and re-signed to the practice squad Oct. 19.
Strait played in one game for the Bears after signing with the Bears Nov. 8.
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OregonBuckeye
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I just recently saw a bunch of pics of her. She's gotta' great ass.
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