With Thanksgiving coming up on Thursday and The Game coming up on Saturday, Ohio State football players C.J. Stroud, TreVeyon Henderson, Denzel Burke and Ryan Watts had two things on their mind Monday: giving back and beating Michigan.
Stroud, Henderson, Burke and Watts were among the Ohio State players who participated in TownHall’s Feed the Need event on Monday, when the Short North restaurant closed its doors to regular business and instead spent the day serving free meals to people in need with the help of some Buckeye football players.
Eleven Warriors was on hand for the event and caught up with those four Buckeyes after they helped serve some meals to talk to them about the importance of giving back to the community, how their respective freshman seasons (redshirt freshman years for Stroud and Watts, true freshman years for Burke and Henderson) have gone and their excitement to play in their first rivalry game against the team up north on Saturday.
Of note: Burke said his shoulder is good to go after he had to leave this past weekend’s game against Michigan State, and he “can’t wait” to play in The Game for the first time.
“I’ve seen the documentary, I’ve seen everything, so I just can’t wait to live the hype, for real,” Burke said. “365 days we live that rivalry, every day we’re at least doing something for Michigan – or that team up north.”
You can hear the rest of what Burke, Stroud, Henderson and Watts had to say in the videos above and below.
If you’re in Columbus and you or someone you know is in need of a free meal, TownHall’s Feed the Need event – which Dawand Jones, Ronnie Hickman and Cameron Martinez were also scheduled to attend later in the day – is ongoing until 5 p.m. at 792 North High Street. TownHall’s original location in Cleveland (1909 West 25th Street) will be hosting its Feed the Need event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, featuring Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and his wife Emily.
If you’d like to donate to the cause, TownHall has also set up a GoFundMe to raise funds that will donated to Cleveland’s St. Augustine Hunger Center to help feed more people in need. The company is also collecting outerwear donations at both of its TownHall locations as well as at REBoL in Dublin (6608 Longshore Street).
