College football star Tim Tebow is expected to make an appearance at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington Thursday morning.
Tebow, who was the 2007 Heisman trophy winner, has been very open about his Christian faith in the past .
Most recently there has been controversy surrounding a Super Bowl ad he’s featured in that is slated to air on CBS Sunday during the game.
The ad is sponsored by Focus on the Family and has a pro-life message telling the story about his mom, who says doctors recommended she have an abortion after she became ill during the pregnancy, but that she ultimately decided to still give birth.
The National Prayer Breakfast is a tradition dating back to the 1950s and was previously called the Presidential Prayer Breakfast.
It’s a yearly event sponsored by a group called the Fellowship Foundation or “The Family” that takes place in the nation’s capital and is usually attended by the president, international diplomats, faith leaders and members of congress.
President Obama attended the breakfast last year and is scheduled to go Thursday as well.
Tebow was a star quarterback for the University of Florida and led his team to two BCS championships.
The other list of speakers for the breakfast has not been officially announced. The event usually has a few thousand attendees.