Stewart Speaks at Grad Celebration

Carolina Panther and running back extraordinaire Jonathan Stewart has more than proved his worth in the NFL, and now he’s taking his star power as a football player and applying it to the real world, as Stewart was tapped to speak over the weekend at grad festivities in his home state of Washington. Yesterday, Stewart spoke at a Community Baccalaureate Celebration at the New Life Baptist church in Lacey, Washington, where he was asked to participate in the merriment by Cecil Daniels, Stewart’s youth pastor.

Jonathan Stewart, the 2008 rookie who rushed for 836 yards last season, recently shared his topic of speech for the high school graduates in Lacey, saying, “I’m going to encourage them to continue their walk with integrity. I’ll talk about their walk with integrity and how important it is to stick with their morals and beliefs as they go into the next phase of their lives.”

Stewart grew up around Lacey, Washington and set rushing records in high school at Timberline High School. The star running back had a phenomenal college career at the University of Oregon, and was plucked from the Ducks to join the ranks of John Fox and the Carolina Panthers after his junior season at Oregon.

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