More than 60 Indianapolis Colts players – as well as the Irsay family, General Manager Chris Ballard and Interim Head Coach Jeff Saturday – will wear customized cleats and shoes that highlight charitable organizations in Indiana and across the country during this season's My Cause My Cleats game this coming Sunday at Dallas.
The player-led campaign began across the NFL in 2016 and has provided a platform to bring causes they are most passionate about to the forefront on gameday. As such, players may wear specially painted cleats during this game to support the charitable organization of their choice.
This year, the Colts worked with Indianapolis-based artists Omar Rashan, Rebecca Robinson, Bryan Head and Cody Shelton, as well as Soles by Sir of Miami, Fla. and Rodney Jackson of the Washington DC area, to customize the cleats.
My Cause, My Cleats celebrates the positive impact that players make in their communities by providing them with a unique opportunity to highlight the charitable partners that they are passionate about on their cleats. On December 4 at the Dallas Cowboys, 58 members of the Colts organization, including players, interim head coach Jeff Saturday, General Manager Chris Ballard, and the Irsay family will sport custom-designed cleats.
39 CB Darrell Baker Jr. - Autism Speaks
Chris Ballard General Manager - Hands of Hope
52 DE Ben Banogu - Kicking The Stigma
32 S Julian Blackmon - Kicking The Stigma
97 DT Curtis Brooks - Kicking The Stigma
99 DT DeForest Buckner - kNOT TODAY
1 WR Parris Campbell - I Promise Foundation
92 DE Kameron Cline - The Adam Jr. Smile Movement
20 S Nick Cross - Kicking The Stigma
42 CB Marcel Dabo - Kicking The Stigma
57 LB JoJo Domann - Team Jack Foundation
16 WR Ashton Dulin - National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
84 WR Ethan Fernea - No Kid Hungry
44 LB Zaire Franklin - Shelice's Angels
62 C Wesley French - Operation Gratitude
75 G Will Fries - Manhattan Cup
5 CB Stephon Gilmore - Gilmore Family Foundation
83 TE Kylen Granson - KG's Kids
6 P Matt Haack - Every Kick Counts/Count The Kicks
James Irsay Owner and CEO - Kicking The Stigma
35 RB Deon Jackson - National Breast Cancer Foundation
Kalen Jackson Vice Chair/Owner - Kicking The Stigma
55 DE Khalid Kareem
73 OT Dennis Kelly - FARE
78 C Ryan Kelly - Every Kick Counts/Count the Kicks
53 LB Shaquille Leonard - Lupus Foundation
94 DT/DE Tyquan Lewis - Alzheimer's Association
7 K Chase McLaughlin - Every Kick Counts/Count the Kicks
56 C/G Quenton Nelson - American Cancer Society
91 DE Yannick Ngakoue - Kicking The Stigma/Coburn Place Safe Haven
59 LB Ifeadi Odenigbo - Kicking The Stigma
54 DE Dayo Odeyingbo - Turner's Heroes
61 T Carter O'Donnell - Red Dress Project
58 LB Bobby Okereke - Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis
50 LB Segun Olubi - The Leela Project
10 WR Dezmon Patmon - The Adam Jr. Smile Movement
51 DE Kwity Paye - TUFF (The Uniform Funding Foundation)
14 WR Alec Pierce - The Cleveland Foundation - #WePlayFor3 Ally Sidloski Memorial Fund
63 G Danny Pinter - National Fallen Firefighters
# 69 T Matt Pryor - Kicking The Stigma
79 T Bernhard Raimann - Riley Children's Foundation
46 LS Luke Rhodes - Damar Services
47 LB Forrest Rhyne - Huntington's Disease Society of America, Inc
34 CB Isaiah Rodgers Sr. - Ronald McDonald House
2 QB Matt Ryan - Riley Children's Foundation
8 P Rigoberto Sanchez - American Cancer Society
Jeff Saturday Interim Head Coach - Kicking The Stigma
72 T/G Braden Smith - Christopher Kids
45 LB E.J. Speed - Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
90 DT Grover Stewart - Bloom Project
17 WR Mike Strachan - American Cancer Society
Chris Strausser Offensive Line - Coach Knapp Memorial Fund
41 LB Grant Stuard - Herren Project
80 TE Jelani Woods - Kicking The Stigma
28 RB Jonathan Taylor - No Kid Hungry
33 CB Dallis Flowers - National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
20 S Nick Cross - Metchie Stong
11 WR Michael Pittman Jr. - Kicking The Stigma
23 CB Kenny Moore II - Mighty Mason
23 CB Kenny Moore II - VOICES Corp
Colts participating this year include:
| No. | Name | Nonprofit or Cause |
|---|---|---|
| Irsay, Jim | Kicking The Stigma | |
| Irsay-Gordon, Carlie | Kicking The Stigma | |
| Foyt, Casey | Kicking The Stigma | |
| Jackson, Kalen | Kicking The Stigma | |
| Ballard, Chris | Hands of Hope | |
| Saturday, Jeff | Kicking The Stigma | |
| Strausser, Chris | Coach Knapp Memorial Fund | |
| 39 | Baker Jr., Darrell | Autism Speaks |
| 52 | Banogu, Ben | Kicking The Stigma |
| 36 | Black, Henry | iGiveGlobal |
| 32 | Blackmon, Julian | Kicking The Stigma |
| 97 | Brooks, Curtis | Kicking The Stigma |
| 38 | Brown, Tony | Caregiver Action Network |
| 99 | Buckner, DeForest | kNot Today |
| 1 | Campbell, Parris | I Promise Foundation |
| 92 | Cline, Kameron | The Adam Jr. Smile Movement |
| 20 | Cross, Nick | Leukemia Awareness |
| 42 | Dabo, Marcel | Kicking The Stigma |
| 43 | Denbow, Trevor | Kicking The Stigma |
| 57 | Domann, JoJo | Team Jack Foundation |
| 16 | Dulin, Ashton | National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation |
| 31 | Facyson, Brandon | National Foundation for Transplants |
| 84 | Fernea, Ethan | No Kid Hungry |
| 33 | Flowers, Dallis | National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation |
| 44 | Franklin, Zaire | Shelice's Angels |
| 62 | French, Wesley | Operation Gratitude |
| 75 | Fries, Will | Manhattan Cup |
| 5 | Gilmore, Stephon | Gilmore Family Foundation |
| 83 | Granson, Kylen | KG's Kids |
| 6 | Haack, Matt | Every Kick Counts/Count The Kicks |
| 35 | Jackson, Deon | National Breast Cancer Foundation |
| 55 | Kareen, Khalid | Bimini Biological Field Station |
| 73 | Kelly, Dennis | Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) |
| 78 | Kelly, Ryan | Every Kick Counts/Count the Kicks |
| 53 | Leonard, Shaquille | Lupus Foundation |
| 94 | Lewis, Tyquan | Alzheimer's Association |
| 7 | McLaughlin, Chase | Every Kick Counts/Count the Kicks |
| 26 | McLeod Jr., Rodney | Change Our Future Foundation |
| 23 | Moore II, Kenny | VOICES Corp |
| 56 | Nelson, Quenton | American Cancer Society |
| 91 | Ngakoue, Yannick | Kicking The Stigma , Coburn Place |
| 59 | Odenigbo, Ifeadi | Kicking The Stigma |
| 54 | Odeyingbo, Dayo | Turner's Heroes |
| 61 | O'Donnell, Carter | Red Dress Project |
| 58 | Okereke, Bobby | Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis |
| 50 | Olubi, Segun | The Leela Project |
| 10 | Patmon, Dezmon | The Adam Jr. Smile Project |
| 51 | Paye, Kwity | TUFF (The Uniform Funding Foundation) |
| 14 | Pierce, Alec | The Cleveland Foundation / #WePlayFor3 Ally Sidloski Memorial Fund |
| 63 | Pinter, Danny | National Fallen Firefighters |
| 11 | Pittman Jr., Michael | Kicking The Stigma |
| 69 | Pryor, Matt | Kicking The Stigma |
| 79 | Raimann, Bernhard | Riley Children's Foundation |
| 46 | Rhodes, Luke | Damar Services |
| 49 | Rhyne, Forrest | Huntington's Disease Society of America |
| 34 | Rodgers Sr., Isaiah | Ronald McDonald House |
| 2 | Ryan, Matt | Riley Children's Foundation |
| 8 | Sanchez, Rigoberto | American Cancer Society |
| 72 | Smith, Braden | Christopher Kids |
| 45 | Speed, E.J. | Leukemia & Lymphoma Society |
| 90 | Steward, Grover | Bloom Project |
| 17 | Strachan, Mike | American Cancer Society |
| 41 | Stuard, Grant | Herren Project |
| 28 | Taylor, Jonathan | No Kid Hungry |
| 80 | Woods, Jelani | Kicking The Stigma |
For more info, visit Colts.com/mycausemycleats.
