The Detroit Lions have a few rookies mature beyond their years in Teez Tabor and Jarrad Davis.

Both Tabor and Davis have wasted no time getting involved in the community, as both were key participants at a recent Lions event for the Detroit PAL this offseason involving youth football in the Motor City.

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Each player showed maturity beyond their years in talking about the event with reporters.

"I love being out here in the community, I was just like these kids not too long ago, five or six years ago just looking for a way out. Football was my way out. Every time I get to get out here and give back to these kids I love it," Tabor said.

On the field, Tabor went at the kids as if he was competing in college or the pros, all part of what he said was a learning process.

"You gotta compete, there's only one way to play football. You gotta instill that in them if they want to go somewhere," Tabor said with a grin.

Davis said he enjoyed giving back thanks to the fact that he never got to have experiences like working with top players when he was growing up.

"That's what makes this so much fun. My home town was a little small town. I wasn't fortunate enough to have NFL players come out and run a camp with me," Davis said. "I knew I wanted to meet NFL guys. For me to put the work in I put in, knowing exactly what I wanted as a kid, to come out here and give this to these kids is the least I can do."

The rookie linebacker said that it's hard not to lose sight of what makes youth football and kids in general so special to him.

"It's funny because you remember lacing up your little cleats out there and having fun and running around and cutting loose," he said with a smile. "This is the root of the game. These guys out here play because they love it and enjoy it. I got the same stuff flowing through my veins right now."

Clearly, bet on both Tabor and Davis continuing to get involved in the community in the future.