Vikings' Alexander Mattison going above and beyond to deliver an impact in his community

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Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison carried more than just the weight of the team’s running game this season as he emerged a starter following the release of Dalvin Cook.

He gave back to his hometown of San Bernardino, California, the city of Boise where he played college ball and the area around Minneapolis. He kicked off his Rush 2 Give 2023 Giveback Tour in August and continued his efforts through December.

Mattison hosted camps where he helped teach kids about financial literacy, gave students hundreds of new backpacks and school supplies, awarded families dealing with tough times ticket packages to see the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium and visited cancer patients at the Masonic Hospital in Minneapolis.

He also honored a military veteran with a tour of the team facility and a Polaris Slingshot and made five families’ holidays extra special with a shopping spree and helped one family with rent assistance.

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Alexander Mattison of the Minnesota Vikings smiles before a game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field Oct. 15, 2023, in Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

"Throughout the whole thing, it was just very impactful because not only was it just trying to impact these lives but also me being there, being present, not just kind of writing my name on it but just walking through these events and these things with all these people that we’re able to impact just made that much more of an impact on me," Mattison told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

Mattison drew from his own experiences from when he was a child.

He told Fox News Digital he grew up in a place