Joe Burrow's emotional tribute to his hometown during his Heisman acceptance speech has kick-started a national campaign to help out ... with over $115k raised for the local food pantry.
The LSU superstar brought awareness to the financial challenges surrounding Athens County, OH while tearing up on Saturday ... saying “Coming from southeast Ohio it’s a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average,"
"There’s so many people there that don’t have a lot and I’m up here for all those kids in Athens and Athens County that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school.