INTENTIONALLY HELPED HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS IN NEED. >> IF YOU TOOK IN A MERRIMACK FOOTBALL GAME LAST FALL, YOU SAW NUMBER MAKE SOME BIG PLAYS, 12 JARED DYER WAS A THREE-SPORT ATHLETE FOR THE TOMAHAWKS, HE ALSO STOOD OUT IN BASKETBALL AND TRACK. >> IF I HAD TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT I WOULDN’T, I WOULD HAVE PLAYED ALL 3 SPORTS ALL 4 YEARS, I LOVED ALL MY COACHES AND TEAMMATES. I MADE FRIENDSHIPS BONDS WITH PEOPLE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE HERE. >> JARED’S HEART IS AS BIG AS HIS 6’5" FRAME. THAT’S WHAT REALLY SEPARATES HIM FROM THE PACK, THIS WINTER, THE 18-YEAR-OLD HELD A JEANS FOR TEENS FUNDRAISER. HE COLLECTED CLOSE TO 800 PAIRS OF JEANS FOR THE HOMELESS AND TEENAGERS IN NEED. >> I LIKE GIVING BACK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE BECAUSE I’VE LIVED A VERY GOOD LIFE AND I KNOW THAT AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH TOUGH STUFF. ITS NICE TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE OUT NOW. >> IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDRAISER, JARED WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HAND, FOR EXAMPLE, HE WAS PART OF THE READING BUDDIES PROGRAM, HE READ TO KIDS AT LEDGE STREET SCHOOL IN NASHUA DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. >> YOU START TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOU TEAMMATES WHEN WE WOULD GO AS A GROUP AND WE WOULD START TO BOND OVER HELPING SOMEONE ELSE. IT HELPED US EVERYWHERE. IT HELPED US ON THE FIELD, IT HELPED US BECOME BETTER FRIENDS, IT HELPED US BECOME BETTER PEOPLE. >> JARED WAS A TWO-YEAR CAPTAIN FOR THE MERRIMACK FOOTBALL TEAM AND LEAVES THE PROGRAM WITH 35 TOUCHDOWNS. HE’LL CONTINUE HIS FOOTBALL CAREER AT HOLY CROSS IN THE FALL WHERE HE IS LEANING TOWARD PURSUING A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. JARED DYER IS THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN HERO,