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Pair of NFL players to sport cleats for Gainesville-based cancer group

Thumbs Up Mission inspired by Flowery Branch player Keaton Coker, who died in 2014

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky holds a pair of cleats bearing the Thumbs Up Mission logo he plans to wear in today’s game against San Francisco. The organization honors Keaton Coker, the brother of Trubisky’s former University of North Carolina teammate, Kanler Coker. - photo by For The Times

12032017 CLEATS THUMBS UP — Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky holds a pair of cleats bearing the Thumbs Up Mission logo he plans to wear in today’s game against San Francisco. The organization honors Keaton Coker, the brother of Trubisky’s former University of North Carolina teammate, Kanler Coker. - photo by For The Times

In family photos through the years, Keaton Coker can be seen giving a thumbs up to the camera. To his father, Miles Coker, the gesture is “positive and uplifting.”

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