Staffords putting up $1M to build Detroit education center

Before they depart Detroit for Los Angeles, Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, have pledged $1 million to build a new education center in Detroit, according to Slone Terranella of the Detroit Free Press.

Stafford spent the first 12 years of his career with the Lions, but Detroit agreed to trade the quarterback to the Rams in a deal that will become official when the new league year begins in March.

Kelly Stafford announced the plans to build the education center in a thank-you post on her Instagram page.

"Detroit has supported our family not only by showing up on Sundays, but also through our most difficult times. You took us in as your own and made Detroit feel like home and that is what it became, our home," she wrote. "It has been our goal to always give back to the city."

The 20,000-square-foot facility will be built on the grounds of a play center founded by journalist Mitch Albom.