A Louisville family expressed gratitude toward Atlanta Falcons guard Jamon Brown for helping pay for the funeral expenses for 1-month-old De'Anthony Lee Trice.
Police said Trice died last week after his father hit him in a post-video game rage. Brown, a Louisville-area native who attended the University of Louisville, used funds from his foundation to assist the family, who buried the boy at Louisville's Green Meadows Cemetery on Monday. The father, Anthony Trice, faces first-degree murder and criminal abuse charges.
Alvena Smith, the child's great grandmother, praised Brown.
"I'm very thankful and grateful to Jamon,'' Smith told ESPN via email.