Brandon Copeland

Brandon Copeland’s foundation, Beyond the Basics, brought together is doing his part, along with 19 other former and current players.

New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Copeland is helping to change the “dumb jock” narrative. “Unfortunately, there is that negative stereotype of the quote-unquote ‘dumb jock,’” he said. In addition to his position with the Patriots, Copeland teaches finance at the University of Pennsylvania in the offseason. “I’m a New England Patriot right now, and when you look at the...