Meet the Founder

Kevin was born February 5, 1982 in Port Arthur, Texas was a tight end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted out of the University of Miami by the Bills in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft.

On September 9, 2007, in week one of the 2007 NFL Season, Everett sustained a neck injury while attempting to tackle Denver Broncos' kickoff return man Domenik Hixon that resulted in his transport to Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital. The injury was described as a cervical spine injury. Following the lengthy surgery, Everett's agent, Brian Overstreet, expressed hope that the injured player would be able to walk but also reported Everett's movement as "sparse."

In a televised press conference on September 10, 2007, Buffalo Bills team medical director Dr. John Marzo described Everett's injury as a fracture and dislocation of the cervical spine resulting in injury to the spinal cord. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Andrew Cappuccino of Buffalo Spine Surgery and member of the Buffalo Bills medical staff was Everett's attending surgeon. He described the injury to Everett's spinal cord as a "scissoring" or "pinching" injury caused by dislocation of the third and fourth cervical vertebrae. Cappuccino originally stated that he believed Everett would sustain "permanent" neurological damage and used terms such as "bleak" and "dismal"; terms to describe the outlook for a case he frankly described as "life-threatening" and giving Everett less than a 5-10% chance of regaining full utilization of his physical capabilities.

WIVB-TV, the CBS affiliate in Buffalo, reported on September 11, 2007 that Everett had regained voluntary movement in his arms and legs which was a huge improvement compared to the prognosis given the previous day. Dr. Barth Green, Neurological Surgery Department Chair at the University Of Miami School Of Medicine, said "based on our experience, the fact that he's moving so well, so early after such a catastrophic injury means he will walk again." When asked about Everett's chances for full recovery, Green replied that, while "not 100 percent predictable," it was "feasible that he could lead a normal life," and credited the hypothermic treatment of intravenous ice-cold saline administered within minutes of Everett's injury as having been a significant factor in minimizing the damage. Green referred to this method as an "ice-pack for his spinal cord." On October 16, Kevin Everett took his first steps and on December 7th Kevin was able to walk on his own power.From the moment that Kevin began to recover, he started to envision his foundation and how it would assist those who have suffered from spinal cord injuries.