Matthew and Kelly Stafford surprise the Pasadena High Football Team with new uniforms and brand new equipment for the 2025 season

The gesture comes five days after Stafford approved the contract adjustments with the RAMs.

“I'm looking forward to being back,” said Stafford. “I look forward to doing things in a community in which I've been for four years and hopefully staying for a long time. I'm definitely looking forward to the opportunity.”

Stafford recognized the “unique situation” with the fires and how the area and the school had gone through a lot, and said that he, Kelly and the Rams all worked together to do something for the Pasadena High program and these youth teams in the region.

“It is important to me,” said Stafford. “I love the football game. It brings us all, you know, a team where we can be a part, and it's fun to be a bit part of your team now … You were excited about what was fun.”

Pasadena High head coach Ron Jones said it was “a blessing, a big surprise” and “said the world” that the rams and Staffords had in mind.

The Staffords not only made these gestures, Matthew also stayed around and took photos and spoke to the Pasadena High program with every player, coach and support with the Pasadena High program, which asked the opportunity -also with the Super Bowl LVI Lombardi Trophy of the Rams. Kelly volunteered to take these photos on their telephones

“To get to our city, Pasadena, you know, we are not in LA, we are a suburb outside of LA,” said Jones. “It is a real big deal to look at us and ask us what we need and actually get through and deliver and actually presented us personally.”

“When I saw Matthew Stafford, I said: 'Oh yes',” said Josiah Rucker's return, who also played Line Backers and defensive for the bulldogs. “I was just happy.”

When it comes to returning the greater Los Angeles area, since they have become part of the community, Stafford said that there are people who could benefit from help in any city or in a city. This cause was “as obvious to me,” he said, noticing the local, national and global scale of how many people watched the tragedies caused by the fires in January.

“And to have a group of young men and families who were affected by such a difficult business, it just felt right to make football equipment available for a number of people who wanted to play football,” said Stafford. “And come from where I come from and what I do, it just felt right, and that's why we are here.”