Victor Cruz is a beloved NFL Super Bowl Champion from Paterson, New Jersey whose first love was always football. His career began in 2010, Victor impressively played his way onto the Giants’ 53-man regular season roster as a undrafted free agent. By the end of the 2011 season, he finished with a single-season franchise record for receiving yards and was named second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press. Victor also tied an NFL record for the longest play with a 99-yard touchdown reception and was an integral part of the Giants victory over the Patriots. The following year, he earned a selection to the 2012 Pro Bowl as he continued to establish himself as a premier NFL player.

Off the field, Victor is recognized as a fashion icon and tastemaker. In 2014 he was named on Vanity Fair’s International Best Dressed List and has also been featured in GQ, AQ and Vogue magazines. In 2016 he was also recognized by Sports Illustrated as the most fashionable athlete and released the Air Trainer Cruz, being the first athlete to design and release a lifestyle shoe with NIKE. Cruz also devotes his time to numerous causes and is an active philanthropist. He launched the Victor Cruz Foundation in 2014, which encourages children to become physically active and focuses on college readiness, financial literacy, and STEM programming.

Since Cruz officially retired from the NFL in 2018, he has served as an NFL analyst for ESPN and Fox Sports 1, TV host for E! Entertainment, launched 100k Ventures, a Flint, MI accelerator venture capitalist group, with the likes of Robert Wolf, Soledad O’Brien, Michael Strahan, Draymond Green, has become an avid golfer and a slew of other business ventures.