As part of the NFL's My Cause, My Cleats campaign, 18 Browns players prepared custom cleats to promote philanthropic causes that have significant meaning to each individual. The *My Cause My Cleats *initiative, launched in 2016, is a culmination of collaborative work between the NFL and players across the league through which more than 1,000 players plan to raise awareness for charitable organizations and movements by wearing special cleats during Week 13 games. 

On Tuesday, the NFL celebrated the first-ever "Unboxing Day," when many players showcased their cleats to their team and fans for the first time. Banner, Coates, Drango, Kirksey, McCourty, Telfer, and Vitale unveiled their cleats and spoke about their causes together in the team's equipment room, while Kizer visited UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and shared the moment with a young patient.

Player quotes, acquired by ClevelandBrowns.com staff writer Patrick Maks, are available below from the individuals who participated in the cleat reveal at the team's facility in Berea, as well as select quotes from additional players.

Players will have the opportunity to raise funds for the cause of their choosing by auctioning their cleats off at NFL Auction; 100 percent of funds raised will be donated to charities selected by players – all designated charities must have 501c3 status. Fans may bid on game-issued player cleats at NFL.com/Auction and help players raise funds for their causes.

To learn more about the My Cause, My Cleats campaign, visit www.nfl.com/mycausemycleats.

Select player quotes:

OL Zach Banner

"The B3 Foundation is my own personal non-profit that specializes in the three areas that mean most to me: Tacoma, Washington, where I grew up; Los Angeles, California, where I went to school at USC; and Guam, my home island – my mother's home island. I was the first Chamorro to ever be drafted, the first person from the island to ever be drafted into the NFL. It means a lot to the people there so I wanted to dedicate my first rookie pair [of cleats] to them. The foundation itself specializes in mentoring and bettering youth and in low-income neighborhood, kids that are without."

WR Sammie Coates

"I didn't know so much about [pediatric cancer] until I went to go visit [Kenzie Ray] in the hospital, a children's hospital in Alabama, and I saw so many kids so many young kids that don't get to leave the hospital for weeks and months. Just being there and seeing that, I remember one girl – she was 16 years old – and she couldn't go to her prom. That is something every girl dreams of is her prom, and I don't think a lot of people know how much they go through. I don't think people understand what that little child goes through on a daily basis."

OL Spencer Drango

"I chose the Dyslexia Foundation because I am dyslexic. It is a pretty common learning disability that affects kids and really people of all ages as they are growing up. If you don't know how to handle it, it can put you behind in school and it is kind of discouraging for some kids because in one area, they could be really smart. For me, it was math. Math was no trouble at all, but when it came to language arts and reading, I was falling behind a little bit and I didn't know why. One year, I went and got tested. It was really easy. My mom went and set it all up, and it took a couple hours to get tested. From there, I went through a program that really just re-taught me how to do things and re-taught me things in a different way, and that was really the biggest thing that helped me. Just because you can't do something one way, there are a million ways to skin a cat as the saying goes. It helped me with perseverance because if one thing doesn't work, try it again, try it again, try it again."

WR Josh Gordon

"I'm grateful for the opportunity to be back on the field just in time for this year's My Cause, My Cleats. I'll be wearing my heart on my feet Week 13 to support infants with prenatal substance exposure. Each year, an estimated 15 percent of infants are affected by prenatal alcohol or illicit drug exposure, which has the potential to cause a wide spectrum of physical and developmental challenges for these children and the potential for ongoing challenges in their stability and well-being. This also affects their families if substance use issues aren't addressed with appropriate treatment and long-term recovery support. Collaborative research, services and early intervention are critical in preparing families for optimal bonding, health, and well-being. Having learned so much on my own path through recovery, I'm really grateful to be in a position to support this cause and help others going through the same struggles."

LB Christian Kirksey

"First off, whenever you get a chance to go out on the field and play for a different cause, just going out there and trying to win ball games, it is pretty cool to have something significant, something that means a lot to you because real life outside of football, a lot of things happen to players, players' family members, people they are associated with. It is a cool idea where players can give back and show awareness and show people that they care.

"It just shows you everybody has different problems, but you don't run from it. Everybody is trying to help each other out and keep each other encouraged so I think what the league allowed us to do is something special."

QB DeShone Kizer

"For the My Cause, My Cleats this week, I decided to partner with a family foundation from Notre Dame. One of my good teammates and good buddies at Notre Dame, his brother passed away from cancer right before we got to Notre Dame, and they created a family foundation, The Andrew Weisher Foundation, in memory of him. They have been able to immediately impact and ease some of the pressures that come from families who are dealing with cancers of all sorts. I have a relationship with Nick (Weisher), his brother at Notre Dame, has allowed me to become really tight with the family. I'm looking forward to continue to bring awareness to what they have. They do a big music festival called WeishFest that is actually this Friday, which is obviously a coincidence with the My Cause, My Cleats. I'm going to continue to work to promote that allow them to continue to raise funds so they can continue helping these different families."

TE Randall Telfer

"The cause I chose was Boo2Bullying. We want to stomp out bullying. We want to eradicate it, intolerance and discrimination that is plaguing our schools nowadays. It is a big issue and something that is being overlooked. There are a lot of kids hurting themselves because of low self-esteem, low-confidence due to bullying, and it is something that, me personally, I have seen firsthand when I was growing up. I have had some family members experience it, and it is terrible when you have somebody you love and you see them that low and when they feel that low because of what somebody else said or the way somebody else treated them.

FB Danny Vitale

"One of my best friends from college was a Navy SEAL for 10 years active duty. He introduced me to Taya Kyle, and for everyone who has seen American Sniper, Chris Kyle, her husband who has passed, but basically, that is how I got involved. I had a buddy who has gone through multiple tours and been in Afghanistan, been in Iraq and all that, and when they come back, it is hard for those guys to get back into old lives, their normal lives. There is a little bit of a disconnect between them and their spouse, them and their family so the point of this foundation, in the words of Chris Kyle, is to honor God, country and family, and those families who have served, help them reconnect with their spouses and their families and that family unit. They send them on retreats, help them go to counseling and groups to help them reconnect and find that person they used to be. Since I have a friend that served and has experienced some of those things, it was near and dear to me."