The NFL Needs More Players Like Dhani Jones

I have become fascinated by anything I have seen about Dhani Jones.

He is a pretty damn good football player and has a booming personality.  Along with his bow tie suits, he seems just like an overall fun guy.

An NFL linebacker, fashion entrepreneur, environmental philanthropist, community volunteer, and all-around Renaissance man, Dhani Jones now includes Travel Channel host on his lengthy resume.

A travel eccentric, Dhani has incorporated two of his greatest passions, travel and sports, for his television show Dhani Tackles the Globe, where he tours the world and explores the ways in which traditional sports help to characterize the culture.

Dhani is probably better known for his career in the NFL, where, over the previous eight years, he has played for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and, at the moment, the Cincinnati Bengals.

Off the field, Dhani usually can be found dressed in one of his signature bow ties. In fact, he founded Five Star Ties in 2005, his own line of men’s accessories.

With hobbies such as writing poetry, oil-painting, wood-working, fashion design, photography, and playing classical music, Dhani’s passion for the arts comfort him during the football offseason.

Dhani is a native of Maryland. He attended the University of Michigan. He currently lives in both Cincinnati and San Diego.

Selected as one of People magazine’s “50 Hottest Bachelors of 2005,” Dhani is not a newcomer to the limelight.

In increment to hosting and appearing on numerous television programs that comprise The Colbert Report, Carson Daly Show, and ESPN’s Cold Pizza and Timeless, Dhani has collected many decorations for his charity work for former Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Change Project and the United Nations' World Food Program.

He also represented the New York Giants at a press conference for the “Gift of New York,” a Sept. 11 philanthropy organization designed to give victims’ families free access to New York's theatrical, artistic, cultural, sports, and live entertainment venues.

Dhani Jones is an educated, intellectual, eccentric person whose qualities off the field define him more than while he's on it.

In the NFL today, when a player is in the news because of something he did off the field, it usually is in a negative regard.

However, Dhani Jones is portraying a positive image by trying to teach us and enlighten us with his new show on the Discovery Channel.

The NFL would love to have more players follow the trend of Dhani Jones and be positive role models to the community.