CENTERED

Why would a top NFL defensive center leave a lucrative career to uproot his family and become a farmer--a life he knew absolutely nothing about?

NFL lineman Jason Brown had everything he could ever want. He was the highest-paid center in the game, lived a life of luxury, and was admired by millions of people every week. Then, in 2012, Jason heard a call from God that changed everything. Jason turned his back on an incredibly successful career in football to pursue a new dream: ending hunger.

Through third-party mismanagement and bad luck, Jason lost most of his savings from the NFL--the same money he'd planned to use to start his new career. He desperately needed the miracle that soon came.

Today, Jason and his family run First Fruits Farms in Louisburg, North Carolina, a state where one in four children don't know where their next meal will come from. Since 2014, the Browns have donated more than 1.6 million servings of fresh produce to their community. With powerful and deeply personal insight, Centered is an inspiration to embrace the joy of following where God leads--no matter how crazy it sounds.

Jason Brown grew up in Henderson, North Carolina. He went on to attend the University of North Carolina, where played both guard and tackle before moving to center. He was drafted in the fourth round by the Baltimore Ravens in 2005. Brown left the NFL and bought a 1,000-acre farm nearly Louisburg, North Carolina. Brown has been farming full-time since 2013, and he gives everything that he grows (mostly sweet potatoes) to the poor.