On a lazy Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, with no practice the following day and a world of temptation beckoning downtown, the Washington Redskins' 25-year-old starting quarterback never left his neighborhood. Instead, Jason Campbell took his girlfriend to a barbecue down the street before challenging some local kids at a nearby bowling alley.
You can take the millionaire quarterback out of Taylorsville, Miss., but taking Taylorsville, Miss., out of the millionaire quarterback is another matter entirely.
Campbell enters the Redskins' three-day minicamp, which begins today, as the team's undisputed leader on the field and an in-demand presence on Washington's black-tie circuit, yet remains an unassuming, polite Southerner. Whether playing video games with neighborhood kids in Loudoun County or accompanying his girlfriend -- Miss District of Columbia Mercedes Lindsay -- to an event at the Versace mansion in Miami Beach, Campbell remains modest. He seems incapable of declining any autograph request and is accommodating with the media and the team's community relations department.
"Jason is too nice. He really is," said tackle Chris Samuels, who often ventures out with Campbell. "He just can't help it. He doesn't know how to say no."
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I've never been this hyped up for a QB in years. Hope he pans out.
