DeAndre Levy isn’t employed by the Detroit Lions anymore, but the linebacker is not leaving behind the city where he played eight seasons.

Levy is once again embarking on a T-Shirt and hat fundraising campaign for Enough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault in Detroit), a Detroit-based organization testing and investigating a backlog of neglected rape kits in the city. Levy will match all proceeds raised during the fundraiser, up to $25,000.

Each rape kit costs $490 to test.

Unlike the shirts in the fall, which were black with purple lettering, this T-Shirt is white with "Our Issue." in teal on the front with a small "Detroit Hustles Harder" logo and Levy's signature in purple on the back. They have similar design with baseball caps.

When the Lions released Levy last month, he told ESPN his off-field legacy in the city of Detroit was as important to him as what he did on the field for the Lions. He began taking on the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault about a year ago in an essay on The Player’s Tribune calling for athletes to step up to combat domestic violence. He has been consistently working since to help secure funding and push for awareness of the issues.

"The last couple years especially are really the things that I look back on and hope last longer than what I did on the field, because that’s very fickle," Levy told ESPN last month. "You have good games, bad games, good years, bad years. But the things I did off the field I hope will be lasting for the people I was able to try my best to help and bring light to."

During his last campaign, the organization said it was close to finishing the testing of the 11,341 rape kits found in a warehouse in 2009.

More than 500 more neglected rape kits were found in March, and the money brought in through his April fundraising campaign will go toward testing those kits. In October, Levy raised more than $30,000 to help test the neglected kits and to fund an investigator for those tested kits for a year. Peg Tallet, the CEO of the Michigan Women’s Foundation, told ESPN last year that having an investigator for a year "could save 200 to 400 women or children from being left out of justice."

Levy started his involvement with Enough SAID a year ago with a donation of an undisclosed sum of money he left on the organization's website.

"There's a lot of effects to it, and this is one of those things where we have to create a culture where we're supportive, men, women and children who decide to report, stand up and say something, they do the right thing," Levy told ESPN last year. "Their evidence is sitting in a warehouse for 20 years or whatever. ... It's just unbelievable.

"That's something that you really wouldn't believe to be true. I reached out to them earlier this year and this came about later. I saw a lot of the work that they were doing and it just made sense to me."

The 30-year-old Levy was released by the Lions in March after missing most of the past two seasons with hip and knee injuries. He is a free agent, but has told ESPN he would like to play again as he works to get healthy. Detroit general manager Bob Quinn said at the league meetings last month that the franchise decided to move on from Levy because of his lack of production the past two seasons along with wanting to get younger at the position.