(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin (3) leaves the field after an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Foxborough, Mass. Hamlin was in critical condition early Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, after the Bills say his heart stopped following a tackle during the Monday Night Football game, which was indefinitely postponed. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Buffalo Bills safety and McKees Rocks native Damar Hamlin went back to the high school that he attended yesterday to launch a new scholarship initiative. Hamlin went to Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and his Chasing M’s Foundation announced that ten $1,000 Heroes Scholarships will be given each year to qualified Central Catholic students and five more scholarships will go to area high schoolers looking to attend a trade or vocational school. The Heroes Scholarship program already exists in Buffalo, which is where Hamlin plays, and Cincinnati, which is where he went into cardiac arrest after collapsing on the field during a “Monday Night Football” game on January 2nd, 2023 while playing against the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin is proud of what Central Catholic High School has given him and what he is giving to it, and he expressed that giving back to his alma mater is something he’s always wanted to do.