Prince Amukamara of the Arizona Cardinals made more than 300 deliveries working for DoorDash when he was on coronavirus lockdown.
The following written content by Josh Weinfuss
PHOENIX — Back in the spring, when Arizona was in lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, Arizona Cardinals cornerback Prince Amukamara was looking for something to pass the time.
He was isolating with his wife, two children and five sisters in his home on the west side of greater Phoenix, and it seemed as though the only thing he could do was hike. No one was allowed in gyms or restaurants. Boredom was setting in and it was getting harder for Amukamara to just sit around after his daily workouts.
He and two of his sisters — Promise and Princess — were brainstorming things to do and the conversation turned to working for food delivery apps. Why not, they thought? So each picked a different app to work for, and Prince upped the ante: a contest to see who could make the most money. Princess started working for Postmates, Promise started working for Instacart and Prince for DoorDash.
Winner gets bragging rights.
“We come from a very competitive family,” said Promise, who plays professional basketball for French club Charnay. “But, he was like, ‘Oh, I can make more money than you doing this.'”
For the next six months in Arizona and Las Vegas, where Amukamara was a member of the Raiders from May to August, he made more than 300 deliveries working three to four days a week, usually three to five hours a day — but sometimes up to 10 hours a day. He plotted the most efficient routes and knew the best times to make the most money. It started as a game but it became a cause. The money each of them earned became earmarked for their Others Foundation, whose mission “is to be an outpost of hope by providing aid, service and support to those in need,” with causes that include raising money for cancer, for children and for schools.
He treated it seriously — he treated it like football.
“You have to have great attention to detail,” Amukamara said. “And then, also, just being on the other side of it, just knowing that, like, when I order stuff, I want them a certain way.” Read more from ESPN.
Here’s an amazing interview with Prince Amukamara from a few years back:
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