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POUNCEY has quiet passion to help others

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When Maurkice Pouncey says something, he says it with authority. He says it with passion. He says it with meaning.

So when he said he wanted to work to make the Pittsburgh community a better one, a closer one, he didn’t just sit back and wait for something to happen. He did something himself.

Pouncey’s mission was to bring together the community and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, something talked about in a meeting with police and several players a few years ago. He wanted to do something to build trust and develop a relationship that will hopefully last and will improve relations long term.

That drive, that desire to always work for something better, is one of the many reasons Pouncey was selected as the Steelers Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee,

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