Los Angeles, California (CNN)  -- The high school honor student and the NFL's highest-paid defensive back stroll down the destitute streets of Skid Row. "I can sell you something right quick," a drug dealer hisses. Another shouts, "Gonna whoop your ass!" More expletives are hurled. Seventeen-year-old Kenneth Chancey is giving a tour to Nnamdi Asomugha, showing the NFL star the streets that he and his sister used to walk to get to school while living in a Skid Row homeless shelter. Prostitutes, addicts and drug dealers scatter. "Camera! Camera!" they shout. The two make it safely past the park, one of the roughest areas of Los Angeles. An orange soda whizzes through the air, nearly hitting the teen and the Oakland Raiders' All-Pro cornerback worth $45 million.
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NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha decides to help homeless teen after CNN report
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Kenneth Chancey, 17, lived in homeless shelter, yet made all A's and is class president
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Asomugha will take Chancey and 19 other inner-city kids on college tour in spring
It is @placeholder's inner strength and his love for education that have brought together this high school class president and NFL star.