A Georgia High School Football Hall of Famer and former NFL running back is one of five former players to receive a presidential pardon on Thursday.
Jamal Lewis, who played for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns and was born in Atlanta, was pardoned along with Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Travis Henry and Billy Cannon, according to “White House Pardon Czar” Alice Marie Johnson.
“As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again. So is our nation,” Johnson said in a Feb. 12 post on X.
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