EAGAN, Minn. — John Randle was the face of the Minnesota Vikings defensive front for 11 seasons.

Now, his face is part of a unique partnership with another Vikings great who also played 11 seasons.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer teamed up with former linebacker Chad Greenway and his Gray Duck Spirits brand to create a vodka bottle with Randle's screaming face on the label.

"That's so cool. I am just so happy that you put my face on a bottle," Randle said. "For me, to be able to do something back in my community of the state of Minnesota, this is just another opportunity. I'm just so proud to team up with Chad and to be a part of this Gray Duck and have my picture on a bottle. For a kid from Mumford, Texas, a town of about 150 people, to see this now? Amazing.

"I've seen a couple of other guys have vodka bottles out there, but this right here, is a Minnesota Vikings legend bottle," Randle added. "I think everybody should have some more purple in their home and in their hearts."

Greenway said for every bottle that is purchased, $2 will go to St. David’s Center for Child & Family Development. He added their goal is to raise a total of $50,000 for St. David's. The bottle is scheduled to release this week.

Greenway's journey with Gray Duck Spirits started after former Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph celebrated a touchdown with a game of "Duck, Duck, Goose" with teammates. After Minnesotans quickly corrected Rudolph that it was called "Duck, Duck, Gray Duck" here, Greenway said Jerry Schulz, Mark Cotter and Jamie Quesnel reached out to him about creating a brand around the childhood game. Four years later, they're still going strong.

"For our brand, we're more than a spirits brand, we really are. We want to be community-based, we want to give back. It's been a part of my career all the way through since 2007," Greenway said. "We've just really worked hard, we're meeting people and creating relationships and we just keep going and keep growing.

"We knew that this was something on our horizon that we really valued, so we've been talking with the Vikings for a couple of years [and] got a deal done," Greenway added. "To be able to do it, have fun, have a brand but also give back, we're kind of checking all of the boxes here."

Greenway said they've been able to create several opportunities to give back through their Gray Duck brand. When Greenway approached Randle about a potential partnership, he already knew what organization Randle wanted to include.

"I knew that John and [his wife] Candace were really connected to St. David's, so when I reached out to John and I said, 'Hey we want to do this with your face on our bottle. What would you want to support?' and he was like, 'St. David's,' " Greenway said. "I've done some stuff with their golf tournament, I knew that they were really close and interacted on all of this stuff. It was not surprising when he talked about St. David's Center."

Randle said this partnership was a chance to help his fellow "neighbors" in Minnesota.

"I told him right off the bat that I would love to be a part of it, but I don't want the money. I want to donate it to a notable charity," Randle said. "Because for me, St. David's I think in the next few years is going to impact somebody, and that person could be from this opportunity. That's how I see it; I see people as my neighbors here in Minnesota, and if my neighbor's in need and I have it to give, why not give it to them? That's how I see it."

"That tells you a little bit about John and what John's all about," Greenway added. "He's much more than just a Hall of Fame football player, he's a Hall of Fame guy."

St. David's is a nonprofit organization that provides early childhood education for children of all abilities, children's mental health and pediatric therapies. They also provide home-and-community-based support for those facing trauma, adversity and/or living with developmental challenges.

John and Candace have been involved with St. David's after their son Jonathan had problems speaking early in life. Randle said he is forever grateful for the help St. David's staff has provided to his family.

"They helped us just so much. For me being an ex-football player, these hands have kind of helped me get out of situations. But at that point, my hands couldn't do anything, so I had to rely on somebody else and someone else's good faith," Randle said. "That's what St. David's was for me; I told them afterwards, I said, 'You guys did something that these hands couldn't do' and that I'd always be indebted to you."

Randle added he's given back to St. David's multiple times throughout the years.

"The first time was they needed a playground set. I helped pay for it, I helped build it, through mosquitoes, I was out there," Randle said. "I have been helping with T-shirt deals, providing money for St. David's, so this is just another way for me to give back to them and show them that Minnesota spirit of giving back, of our community and showing them by leading and being a part of it and doing it."

Greenway also has a connection with St. David's. His daughter, Beckett, went there for a year and Greenway said the Randle family helped get her into St. David's.

Randle said the impact of St. David's continues to spread not just in Minnesota, but everywhere he goes. He brought up a recent encounter with someone he met at former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly's golf tournament who wrote a check for $5,000 to St. David's after hearing Randle's story.

"We sat down and talked for an hour and he goes, 'I love it, I want to do something for St. David's,' " Randle said.

Randle added mental health, especially in the NFL, is extremely important and he tries to do what he can to help former and current players.

"When you're done playing a game that you love to play at age 35, a lot of guys are left unsure about themselves, not really knowing what they want to do. Their mental health plays a part in that, so therefore for me, and the legends community, I want to try and help those guys because for me, it's a brotherhood," Randle said. "Even though we might not have played together or against each other, it's a brotherhood, and if I can do something to help a guy who played a game they love to play, I'm going to do that."