Rookie NFL player pays off lay-away debts for 60 people

A rookie NFL player has paid off the lay-away debts for five dozen people at a shopping centre store in Florida.

Ulysees Gilbert, a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers, on Monday paid off thousands of dollars in debts for 60 people at a Burlington Coat Factory at the Shady Oaks Shopping Center in Ocala, Florida.

Gilbert graduated from a local high school. He said he got the idea when he saw other professional athletes paying off lay-away debts on social media.

Mark Shipman, the store manager, said Gilbert’s actions were special.

“He is a good person,” Shipman told the Ocala Star Banner. “You could tell he was doing it for the right reasons, out of the kindness [of] his heart.”

– AP