LINDEN, N.J. — Santonio Holmes overcame sickle cell to become a Super Bowl MVP and one of the NFL’s best wide receivers.

Watching his young son, Santonio III, suffer with the disease has the New York Jets receiver determined to try to help find a cure. Holmes raised nearly $34,000 for Sickle Cell Anemia research with a charity bowling event Monday night attended by dozens of teammates, including Mark Sanchez and coach Rex Ryan.