It started as a bit of competition.
In 2021, edge rusher Jaelan Phillips had extensively trained with former Miami Dolphins receiver Mack Hollins. At the time, Hollins was on the board of the Dolphins Cancer Challenge and decided to pose a test of strength, if you will, between him and Phillips.
“Mack is a psychopath when it comes to training,” Phillips told Dolphins HQ host Travis Wingfield. “So he was like ‘Come do the 100-mile bike ride with me.’ And so I was like ‘Sounds good, sounds like a challenge.’”
Added Phillips: “After doing the ride, being around DCC, seeing the incredible community support that’s around it — the 1000s of riders, all the people coming and just supporting — it was kind of a no-brainer for me to get involved in any way that I could.”
The result? Phillips joined the DCC board, a position that he still holds to this day. And as South Florida gears up for the 15th Annual DCC on Saturday, the goal to raise enough money to eventually find a cure for cancer remains has prominent as ever.
Miami Dolphins Jaelan Phillips talks to reporters during the Dolphins Challenge Cancer XIV event at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, Saturday, February 24, 2024. The DCC unites the community with 100 percent of participant raised-funds going towards life-saving cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. SAM NAVARRO Special for the Miami Herald
