J.J. Watt Charity Classic Raises Over $1 Million

J.J. Watt’s comeback from football’s medical rock bottom has been scintillating to watch and experience with no shortage of triumphant returns, the most astounding of which, of course, was Watt’s own return to the first team All Pro squad in 2018, with 16.5 sacks. However, underrated in its return was Watt’s signature charity event, as the J.J. Watt Charity Classic returned to Minute Maid Park on Saturday night after a one year hiatus.

The annual softball game, pitting offense versus defense on the diamond, and Watt against several of his teammates in a pregame home run derby, took last year off as Watt focused on rehabbing his gruesome leg injury suffered in Week 5of the 2017 season. The return was thunderous, as the game raised more than $1 million for the Justin J. Watt Foundation, which has raised over $5 million for after-school athletics for middle-school aged students.

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