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Excerpted from the Richmond Times Dispatch

By Paul Woody
Published: May 22, 2009

Farrior was a star football player at Matoaca High School and the University of Virginia.

The linebacker has been a significant player in the two Super Bowl victories claimed by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the past four years.

The James Farrior Foundation raises thousands of dollars to help underprivileged young people in the Richmond area.

JFF has provided hundreds of backpacks, filled with school supplies, to area students. The foundation provides college scholarships, each worth $6,000 over four years, to several high school students.

Farrior is active in the national bone marrow registry, and has a goal of having 5,100 people sign up in the Richmond and Pittsburgh areas this year.

He is honorary chairman of the Challenge for Champions, which seeks to find the right homes for children in foster care in the Pittsburgh area.

Farrior does his job on the field and tries to help his community off the field.