Notes: Lions players share family stories on Father's Day

Several Detroit Lions players shared their appreciation for their fathers this weekend.

By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Jun 19, 2016, 12:30pm EDT

ESPN's Michael Rothstein has a great article on what Father's Day means to Lions receiver TJ Jones. Jones tragically lost his father to a brain aneurysm back in 2011.
Tahir Whitehead is spending his Father's Day weekend running his second annual football camp for kids:

2nd Annual Tahir WhiteHead football camp Detroit Lions #JerseyFootball #Newark #HomeTownHero thank you for all u do pic.twitter.com/fFsnIUWEDj
— bigbody_nas (@NasirGaines) June 18, 2016

Geoff Schwartz celebrated Father's Day with a tribute to his father and a dad joke:

#HappyFathersDay dad! Always my biggest fan and supporter. Thank you!

A photo posted by Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) on Jun 19, 2016 at 4:36am PDT

.@MitchSchwartz72 sent me a text "Happy FATher's Day". . It's so corny but I can't stop laughing. So funny.
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) June 19, 2016
The Detroit Lions shared pictures of several Lions players who are also full-time fathers:

Happy #FathersDay!

More s: https://t.co/oUcfnYuMbg pic.twitter.com/AqsuwbOckO
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) June 19, 2016
Eric Ebron shared his thoughts on the importance of fatherhood:

Happy Father's Day To Those That Stuck With Their Responsibility As A Man To Help Mold Better Men. #ThankYou
— Eric Ebron (@Ebron85) June 19, 2016
Jeremy Kerley loves being a dad:

Being a father is one of the greatest gifts I could have ever received! Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there! pic.twitter.com/HxxkRL1eb5
— Jeremy Kerley (@JKerley_11) June 19, 2016
So does Darius Slay:

What I love doin the most is being a good role model to my boys.... Happy Father's Day everyone pic.twitter.com/vhHKyeqzqT
— Darius slay (@_bigplayslay23) June 19, 2016

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