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His numbers don’t command staggering attention. His coach even conceded that the team needs to improve running the football. But Colts running back Donald Brown has already made an immeasurable impact – not just on the playing field for his Super Bowl-bound team but on the world around him.

He thinks before he speaks, striking some as guarded and others with the notion he’s got wisdom beyond his years. It’s not often you meet a 22-year old who turns down a Christmas gift, matches it dollar for dollar and donates it to a soup kitchen in his hometown.

“He is something special,” said his agent Jamey Crimmins, who took notice of the prolific running back after discovering that both were from New Jersey. “My first impression was that he’s a polite and articulate young man who says things like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. Clearly, his parents raised him the right way.”

UConn’s all-time leading rusher with 3,800 yards, Brown entered the draft as a junior, becoming the Colts’ first-round pick in 2009.

But before he could pound the line of scrimmage and help the Colts to an AFC Championship, Brown set out to attack a more pressing issue – mentoring the youth in his community.

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-- JENNA LAINE