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Lions' Levy takes big step, selling shoes for charity

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DeAndre Levy is no longer a sneakerhead, but he's found a way to put a past obsession to good use.

The star Lions linebacker, who recently signed a four-year, $33.7 million contract extension, is selling several of the shoes from his collection on eBay and plans to donate the funds to a few Detroit charities.

"The reasons why I invested time, money and energy into acquiring 150 pairs of shoes at one point no longer aligns with the human I want to be," Levy told AOL.com. "There's more important things that I can direct that towards.