Notes: 15 Lions participating in My Cause My Cleats

The “My Cause My Cleats” campaign in Week 13 is an opportunity for NFL players to represent an organization they support on the field via custom shoes worn during games. This annual event draws a lot of participation by Detroit Lions players each December, and like last year there are many great designs this time around. The league’s site for the program has a slideshow of the 15 Detroit Lions participants and their causes. Also on that web page is a table laying it out, which we’ve replicated below:

The official Detroit Lions team site is hosting a photo gallery of 60 pictures showcasing the custom designs. In addition to that gallery, the team’s social media team tweeted out a number of short videos allowing the players to explain why these causes are important to them and describe the design elements of their cleats.

S Jalen Elliott

WR Kalif Raymond

WR Trinity Benson

DE Charles Harris

S Tracy Walker

It’s terrific to be able to hear it from the players themselves. Also available on the team’s site is a video of offensive tackle Matt Nelson talking about his cause. There’s nothing quite like letting the passion they have for the causes they are trying to help raise awareness for shine through directly.

As a reminder, you can see the causes for all players participating across the league on the NFL’s site for the program. The cleats are eventually auctioned off by the league to support the players’ selected organizations. The auctions happen throughout the season, and you can browse any auctions that are currently live in a special section of the NFL Auctions site.

Now, on to the rest of today’s Notes:

• You know which Dumb and Dumber reference this demands:

• Tim Twentyman at the official team site wrote about the nicknames used among the secondary players for Amani Oruwariye.

• Justin Rogers at the Detroit News described a pretty cool drill the team ran:

• According to Dave Birkett at the Detroit Free Press, the team is finalizing plans to do a number of tributes on Sunday to the victims of the recent Oxford High School shooting.

• Also from Birkett is this interesting picture of Jeff Okudah:

• Dan Miller’s quick one-on-one interview this week was with UDFA sensation Jerry Jacobs. You can watch the video on Fox 2’s site.

• This week’s Detroit Lions Cheerleaders spotlight featured Alison, one of the squad’s captains.