David Nelson is a free agent wide receiver who spends a lot of his offseason time doing humanitarian work in Haiti. You’d think that would be the kind of thing that would make NFL teams proud to have him on their roster, but Nelson says that’s no the case.
In fact, Nelson wrote on his website that he remains unsigned as training camps are opening in large part because teams look at all the time he spends doing charity work and wonder if he’s fully committed to football.
“No one’s questioning my abilities,” Nelson wrote. “Instead, I’m hearing questions about my commitment because I’m outspoken about my nonprofit, and I do a lot to make it successful.