Kenneth Gainwell went home and gave back with a football camp in Yazoo City, Miss. that revealed his passion. 'Keep your head down, keep working, and be yourself. You don’t have to be nobody else. You don’t have to be like him or her or nobody else.'
YAZOO CITY, Miss. — While seated in front of a crowd of roughly 200 kids, Eagles running back Kenneth Gainwell emphatically pounded his chest multiple times while he delivered a heartfelt message from inside Yazoo County High School’s wooden gymnasium.
Yazoo City, famously known as the Gateway to the Delta, is affixed on the thick of Mississippi’s country side. The city’s population is 10,806, and Gainwell estimates his graduating class was barely more than 100. However, Yazoo City will forever be home to Gainwell, and he made sure to pay his respects by hosting his first camp.
“Kenny is so consistent,” Davis said. “He’s persistent in everything he does, even leading these kids at his camp. You can see how much this means to him.”