It’s a huge day for Detroit Lions doing charity work in their island homelands. First Cliff Avril is building 12 homes in Haiti for hurricane-displaced families, and now former linebacker Stephen Tulloch building a schoolhouse in Jamaica:

Tulloch, who like Avril was born in the U.S. but had family on the islands, played five of his 11 NFL seasons in Detroit. During that time he compiled 340 tackles, 145 assists and 10 sacks. But as fan-favorite at a key position, he wasn’t quite the same after he ruptured his ACL celebrating a sack in 2014.

It seemed the relationship between Tulloch and the organization would sour after a protracted 2015 contract standoff — but Tulloch retired as a Lion earlier this year.

CBS Detroit’s coverage of the announcement included details on how much Tulloch’s mother means to him.

“Inspired by his mother, Mercedes, a single mother who raised Stephen and his seven older brothers and sisters while working as a nurse, Tulloch began the Stephen Tulloch Foundation (Tulloch55.com) in 2009.”

Tulloch’s tribute to his mother, a preschool building with her name on the side, is truly a gift that will keep giving back to kids like him.

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