Lions' DeAndre Levy Selling Sneaker Collection with Proceeds Going to Charity

Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy, like many professional athletes, has bought his fair share of shoes over the years.

However, he no longer wants to be a sneakerhead. Instead, he wants to help those who are less fortunate.

Per John Dorn of AOL.com, Levy decided to sell his shoe collection because the sneakerhead life "no longer aligns with the human [he] want[s] to be." After thinking about how much money, time and energy he has spent on his shoe collection, the 28-year-old decided that he would rather focus more on doing good than buying material things.

Levy had a realization around two years ago that there are more important things in life than having an awesome shoe collection. The seventh-year linebacker revealed that he had 150 pairs of shoes at one point and was so into being a sneakerhead that he even spent most of his Pell Grant on a pair of Vegas Sole Collector Dunks.

Now, Levy wears the same pair of Nikes just about everywhere he goes and plans to wear them until they are no longer wearable. Even though his teammates may now give him a hard time about sporting the same pair of shoes over and over, he is doing some good by selling his sneaker collection.

Levy is donating the proceeds to Detroit Workers and Builders, Empowerment Plan and another charity that has yet to be determined. By doing so, he is helping those who are homeless in Detroit.

Being a sneakerhead is a lifestyle that some athletes take very seriously. It may have been tough for Levy to give up that lifestyle, but when he realized that he had a chance to help society, he did what he had to do.

[DeAndre Levy, AOL]