Kamerion Wimbley should play a perfect role for the Browns’ 3-4 defense when the season starts full throttle in August. For now though, Wimbley is focusing on much more than just his role in the Browns’ defense.
Mary Kay Cabot of The Plan Dealer wrote just after the draft about Wimbley’s plans on being a solid role model for young children in the city of Cleveland. His plans are to work with juvenile delinquents and show them a different path in life.
Kamerion’s life has been a series of ups and downs since he was a child. His parents divorced when he was real young and then when he was eight; his mother (Yolanda) was arrested for possession of drugs with the intent to sell.
Kamerion and his siblings were shuffled into foster care before being adopted by their grandmother.
“I definitely think the adversity helped me get to where I am today and helped me adjust under stressful situations,” said Wimbley.
It also helped formulate his life’s work.
“There were a lot of people who were influential in helping me get to where I am today,” he said. “I’d just like to show my appreciation by giving back to the youth or the underprivileged who are in situations similar to myself when I was coming up.”
After she was released from prison, Yolanda cleaned up her act and moved down to Florida, where Kamerion played for the Florida State Seminoles. Since then, they have had a solid mother-son relationship that is still growing today.
Now with the Browns, Kamerion would love to teach kids the strength and courage that he had growing up.It sounds like the Browns got much more than another cog in their 3-4 defense.
