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Jennifer Hudson gives Super Bowl tickets to Stockton coach and his wife

The talk show host gave McNair High School head football coach Chris Hall two tickets to Sunday's game.

Jennifer Hudson gives Super Bowl tickets to Stockton coach and his wife

The talk show host gave McNair High School head football coach Chris Hall two tickets to Sunday's game.

YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB. TELL BIG SURPRISE FOR A STOCKTON COUPLE. THEY’RE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. CHRIS HALL IS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT MCNAIR HIGH IN STOCKTON. HE ALSO RUNS TEAM ELEVATE, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT THAT FOCUSES ON YOUTH FOOTBALL AND MENTORSHIP. HE AND HIS WIFE, JASMINE, APPEARED ON THE JENNIFER HUDSON SHOW TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE PROGRAM DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THEY GOT A BIG SURPRISE. THE NFL IS COMMITTED TO YOUTH AND HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT, AND IN HONOR OF THE PLAY FOOTBALL INITIATIVE AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS, THE NFL IS GIVING YOU TWO TICKETS TO THE SUPER BOWL 58 THIS WEEKEND. AND TO CELEBRATE, BECAUSE YOU ARE AMAZING. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING. THIS IS THAT PROGRAM WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. TODAY WE SPOKE WITH THE COUPLE AS THEY WATCHED THIS APPEARANCE FROM HOME. THEY SAY THIS WILL BE A SUPER BOWL. THEY’LL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. NOTHING EVEN IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO COMPARED TO THIS EXPERIENCE. LIKE, HONESTLY, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GO TO SUPER BOWL. YOU SEE THE TICKETS $12,000. IT LOOKED CRAZY LIKE THE MINIMUM 12. SO LIKE THIS IS A TOTAL SURPRISE. HE’S SUCH A ROLE MODEL FOR OUR SON TO LOOK UP TO AND ALL OF HIS PLAYERS. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE BIG BROTHERS AND UNCLES TO OUR SON. SO HE’S JUST CAN CONTINUE TO SHOWCASE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIS KIND OF LEGACY. SO THE COUPLE SAYS THEY DON’T KNOW YET EXACTLY WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO BE SITTING, BUT T
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Jennifer Hudson gives Super Bowl tickets to Stockton coach and his wife

The talk show host gave McNair High School head football coach Chris Hall two tickets to Sunday's game.

Jazmine Hall calls her husband “a true pillar in our community.” And after writing to "The Jennifer Hudson Show," Ronald E. McNair High School head football coach Chris Hall will be heading to the Super Bowl. On Friday, Jennifer Hudson gave the Stockton man two tickets to Sunday's game as a reward for the positive impact he has on the community through coaching and by running Team Elevate, a nonprofit focusing on youth football and mentorship.On Hudson's show, Chris Hall talked about the time he hosted a birthday party for a student player whose home caught fire and when he housed another student after learning they were sleeping in their car. “Any positive thing I can do for the kids, I try to do,” he said. Hudson praised the coach for his efforts. “You are amazing, keep doing what you’re doing,” Hudson said, going on to add “We need more examples like you.”KCRA 3 later caught up with the Halls. "This is a total surprise," Chris Hall said. See more in the video above. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

Jazmine Hall calls her husband “a true pillar in our community.” And after writing to "The Jennifer Hudson Show," Ronald E. McNair High School head football coach Chris Hall will be heading to the Super Bowl.

On Friday, Jennifer Hudson gave the Stockton man two tickets to Sunday's game as a reward for the positive impact he has on the community through coaching and by running Team Elevate, a nonprofit focusing on youth football and mentorship.

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On Hudson's show, Chris Hall talked about the time he hosted a birthday party for a student player whose home caught fire and when he housed another student after learning they were sleeping in their car.

“Any positive thing I can do for the kids, I try to do,” he said.

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Hudson praised the coach for his efforts.

“You are amazing, keep doing what you’re doing,” Hudson said, going on to add “We need more examples like you.”

KCRA 3 later caught up with the Halls.

"This is a total surprise," Chris Hall said.

See more in the video above.

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.