"Even when I was 5 or 6, I would say, 'Mom, I'm going to buy you a house one day,' " NFL quarterback Byron Leftwich said in 2009.
He’s not alone. A number of pro athletes have put their earnings toward houses for the first woman they ever loved. We’ve tracked down a few of those addresses, including this peaceful home, marked with a red dot, in Accokeek, Md., that Leftwich purchased for his mom Brenda (pictured) after signing with the Jaguars in 2003.
