DeAngelo Williams was a member of the Carolina Panthers from 2006-2014 and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2015-2016.

DeAngelo is dedicated to fighting breast cancer.  DeAngelostarted covering the cost of mammogram screening for women in 2015 through his nonprofit organization, The DeAngelo Williams Foundation.

Since then, the foundation has covered the cost of over 500 mammograms at hospitals located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Memphis, Tennessee; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Williams is a staunch supporter of breast cancer awareness. In 2014, his mother Sandra Hill died from breast cancer when she was just 53 years old. Williams also lost his four aunts to the disease, all before the age of 50.

Williams began sponsoring the free mammogram screening in honor of his mother through the “53 Strong for Sandra” program. At each event, the foundation sponsors mammograms for 53 women. The foundation eventually hopes to host a free mammogram screening event in every state.

“To be able to help all these women is amazing. This can be life-changing for these women,” Williams said in a statement to TODAY recently. “We are enabling them to get this care that no one should ever be denied or not have access to.”

“DeAngelo wants to ensure that no woman (or man) fights breast cancer alone,” Risalyn Williams, his wife and executive director of The DeAngelo Williams Foundation, told TODAY via email.