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Fil-Am NFL star Camryn Bynum brings football and faith to Philippines

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Steve Angeles | TFC News Los Angeles

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9kOux2bVvz0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>Camryn Bynum is one of the brightest young safeties in the National Football League.With his big plays, he&#x27;s also big on representing his Philippine roots. The third-year Minnesota Vikings player is becoming one of the NFL&#x27;s most celebrated Filipino players.As he proudly flies the flag on the field, Bynum is also doing what he can to uplift fellow Filipinos.&quot;It&#x27;s just a blessing to be able to represent our people,&quot; he said. &quot;It&#x27;s pretty rare for us Filipinos to be in professional sports, especially football [which] is not popular in the Philippines or in Asia overall. So it&#x27;s a blessing to put us on the map and hopefully, expand the game to the country also.&quot;The Inland Empire-born and raised Bynum recently returned home to Southern California to share words of wisdom with Asian American youth athletes at the AMAZN HQ showcase.He did this in between a pair of visits to the Philippines, where he got married and set up football camps while doing some humanitarian work.&quot;I lived there in the offseason so I was able to bring a lot of footballs to the kids,&quot; Bynum said, &quot;do a lot of the outreaches and help the typhoon victims.&quot;He added: &quot;My main thing is really to go out there and help. While we do it, we share God&#x27;s words, share the Gospel, and just help bring our love and resources from the States to the Philippines.&quot;While Las Vegas Raiders&#x27; running back Josh Jacobs and Seattle Seahawks&#x27; kicker Jason Myers received all-pro honors last season, other Filipinos have been making their name in the league.A handful of teams have also signed Filipino talents during the draft, including Bynum&#x27;s Fresno State teammate Nikko Remigio, now a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs.&quot;We&#x27;re growing,&quot; said Bynum. &quot;I know there&#x27;s quite a few of us now in the league and it&#x27;s growing every single year. I think we&#x27;ll be able to share the game of football [not] just to Asia but overall, eventually.&quot;Bynum, who traces his Filipino roots to Leyte Province, will get a chance to tackle a few Filipinos, including Remigio, when they host the Kansas City Chiefs.He also has a big showdown when the Vikings visit Jacobs&#x27; Raiders on December 10.

NFL's rising star Camryn Bynum brought football and humanitarian work to the Philippines in a pair of visits.