while the two were students at TCU. The couple married on March 21, 2003, and have two children: a son born in 2010 and a daughter in 2011. In 2007, Tomlinson's father Oliver Tomlinson and brother-in-law Ronald McClain died in an auto accident. During his playing career, Tomlinson was featured in commercials for Nike, Campbell Soup, and Vizio. In April 2007, CNBC reported that Tomlinson turned down a request to become the cover athlete for EA Sports' Madden NFL 08 video game, as the money offered was not enough to justify the promotional work involved. In August 2012, Tomlinson joined the cast of NFL Network's Sunday morning show "First on the Field" as an analyst. As of 2022, he is still with the network. He covers Chargers preseason games as an analyst with CBS. Tomlinson wrote the foreword for Chris Tomlinson's book Tomlinson Hill, which traces the story of two families—one white and one black—from a plantation in Tomlinson Hill, Texas. The plantation was owned by Chris' great-great-grandparents, while LaDainian descended from a slave owned by Chris' ancestors. In 2016, Tomlinson was cast in the feature film God Bless the Broken Road. While originally announced for a 2016 release, it was finally released in September 2018. Tomlinson has a charitable foundation. The foundation helps high school and college students, provides meals for people who are homeless or poor, and raises money for after-school programs and other causes. It focuses its efforts in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Texas. The charity was cited as a reason for Tomlinson receiving the Bart Starr Award in 2008. In 2017, the Los Angeles Chargers announced that Tomlinson was joining the team as a special assistant to ownership. The role involves attempting to build a new fanbase after the Chargers' move to Los Angeles. Tomlinson's nephew, Tre'Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, followed in his footsteps by playing at TCU, where he earned All-Big 12 honors three times playing cornerback and won the Jim Thorpe Award in 2022 as the nation's best defensive back. See also List of NCAA Division I FBS career rushing touchdowns leaders List of college football yearly rushing leaders Notes References Bibliography External links Pro Football Hall of Fame bio TCU Horned Frogs bio 1979 births Living people African-American Christians African-American players of American football All-American college football players American Christians American Conference Pro Bowl players American football running backs American philanthropists Christians from Texas