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“We want to show (the kids) there’s hope coming out of (that area), that they can become a professional athlete,” said Harris, who remembers meeting local legendary basketball players Juan Dixon and Steve Blake at camps when he was younger. “To meet and talk to them, it was so influential on me. I didn’t know if it was going to be basketball or football, but I knew I wanted to go pro. Now that I have a platform to have that same kind of influence, it’ll be cool to be that person that’s an inspiration to youth.

“I’ve wanted to host this football camp for a couple of years. It’s always been my goal to do it in my hometown, I wanted to do something big and positive for the community. But I’d been turned off the idea because I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. I didn’t want to hold it and have only five or six kids show up. This year, I thought, don’t think about the outcome, just give it my all and do it. To have Donald Trump (tag me in a tweet) and get all of that free promotion from one of the most powerful people in the U.S., it was like the stars were aligned to do the football camp.”

It’s important to Harris that the camp (to sign up, go to http://elitestarr.stonealley.com) is co-ed.

“People have it in their minds that football is just a guy’s sport,” he said. “But girls can come out and learn. Even if they’re not into football, there are a lot of drills and fundamentals – things like footwork — they might be able to carry into other sports like basketball or soccer. I have a little girl (Malani who’s 2 1/2). I would like for her to be able to come to my camp when she gets older.”