Daily News | From Yazoo to the NFL: For cousins Kenny Gainwell and Fletcher Cox it started in the Mississippi mud
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. – A cacophony of barking, baaing, and neighing reverberates across an acre of farmland that represents the backyard of’s trailer home. Standing from the middle of his family’s yard, the second-year Eagles running back is sporting a beat-up pair of team-issued Nike trainers. The once-white sneakers are now dusty and brown, full of dirt and dried-up mud.
Following this hectic sequence on a steamy afternoon in mid-July, Gainwell rejoins the rest of the animals near the center of the yard. While chewing on a toothpick, he hops on top of an old, rusty tractor. He kicks his feet up on the steering wheel. “When I pull up to them dirt roads, I know I’m back at home,” Gainwell said. “It’s like I’m a kid again. I just try to keep a humble mentality. You know where you come from, but at the end of the day, IAccording to recent data, Yazoo City’s population is about 11,000. Gainwell estimates his high school graduating class was about 100 students. He guesses less than half of his peers attended college.
“I look at Fletcher and Kenny and think, ‘If somebody like them made it, I can make it, too, if I keep grinding.’”that he hosted in July at his alma mater, Yazoo County High School. Gainwell is following his older cousin’s lead. Upon Cox’s arrival into the NFL as a 2012 first-round pick, he incorporated his own offseason youth camp at Yazoo City High School.
“Wow, to have that ability to just be able to pick the brain of somebody that’s super talented and been super productive for a long time like Fletch, that’s huge,” coach Nick Sirianni said. “How great is it to have Fletch explain [defensive concepts] further because you’re the one who’s done it at a high level. It’s a huge, huge advantage to have the players like Fletch ... to be able to give the insight of what’s worked for them the past 10-plus years in the NFL.
“Kenny is the type of guy who will never really show his frustration,” his father said. “You’re never going to know he’s upset or he’s sad about something. But that day Curtis had his stroke ... oh, man, it crushed Kenny. “Then, one day, I told myself, ‘You know what, I’ve got to turn this into a gift that I have so I can motivate others.’ I was tired of being heartbroken for myself. I have to think about the next person: ‘How can I help them?’”Inside Eagles: Jordan Mailata’s parents have traveled nearly 10,000 miles to see him play in the NFL
Whenever Gainwell steps onto the football field, he represents his older brother, whom he counts as his biggest inspiration.
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