Gulfport High School alumnus and current Seattle Seahawk Derick Hall ready to make an impact on the community that raised him

Former Gulfport high school football star and current Seattle Seahawk Derick Hall was back in Harrison County Thursday to spread the message of his One Percent Foundation during the foundation’s first-ever community event.

“As I’ve always said…if you love Gulfport, Gulfport will love you back.”

The foundation works to combat childhood obesity, food insecurity and support premature babies. Something that hits close to home for the Hall family since Derick was born four months early and only had a 1% chance of living. Although starting a foundation can be difficult at first, Hall has the foundation he needs to do it the right way.

“I think Gulfport is home,” Hall said. “I know I’m in Washington now – and people ask me: Are you going to live here when football is over? Yeah, it’s beautiful, but do I really want to live there? No, I’m going home. I am returning to Gulfport, Mississippi, where I belong and where my roots are.

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