A few miles apart in South Fulton County, Ga., you could pass a sign touting it “The Home of 2010 Heisman Trophy Winner Cam Newton” … and another declaring Fairburn “HOME OF ERIC BERRY, NFL COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR.”
As it happens, there’s room for both at once there.
The overlap will be in focus on Sunday, when the Chiefs and Berry play at Carolina against Newton and the Panthers in the latest installment of what Berry calls a “fun rivalry” now enhanced by “seeing each other grow over the years.”
“I just like to see him play ball,” Berry said, adding that between the two of them holding annual local camps and thriving in the NFL, “We’re doing a lot for South Fullerton … giving kids a visual that it is possible to reach your dream.