Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster used the Mega Millions craze in a desperate ploy to bring Le'Veon Bell back to the team.
Speaking to reporters (h/t ESPN's Jeremy Fowler), Smith-Schuster admitted he purchased over 100 Mega Millions lottery tickets prior to Monday's drawing.
"I tried to win it so we could get Le'Veon back," he said. "It didn't work."
A single ticket, which was purchasedin South Carolina, had the winning numbers for the record $1.537 million Mega Millions jackpot on Monday.
That money would go a long way toward paying to get Bell back.