"What does it mean to Daniel Graham to be able to work with all those Denver-area kids at his annual football camp? You didn't have to ask him Friday morning. All you had to do was look at him.
The Denver kid who graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and played at Colorado and owns Nuggets season tickets and followed his dad's footsteps to the Broncos was wearing . . . what else? . . . a Rockies cap. No word on whether he had an Avs license-plate holder on his car.
"I don't really recall any football camps growing up around here," Graham said. "It's just something I wanted to do to give back, to help these kids, especially in my hometown. I was fortunate to have a father who played in the NFL, someone I could look up to and model myself after. I wanted to show my support for these kids, just like he did for me."
If you know the Grahams, you knew Camp DG was going to be a family affair. Tom, the patriarch, played linebacker for the Broncos and a few other NFL teams in the '70s. He was there, as was Daniel's mother, Marilyn, and his twin brother, Joshua, among others.
Then there was Daniel's honorary uncle, George Martin, the former Giants defensive end who played with Tom at Oregon back in the day. Not that Martin is the giving type, but he spent nine months in 2007-08 walking from New York City to San Diego on a Journey for 9-11, raising $5 million for the heroes of the post-attack calamity. "
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