COLUMBUS, Ohio — Joe Burrow's Heisman Trophy acceptance speech has inspired more than $150,000 in donations to a food pantry in his Ohio hometown.
The effort started on Facebook on Sunday, with nearly $156,000 pledged to the Athens County Food Pantry. Many donations have come from Louisiana.
When the LSU quarterback accepted the award as college football's best player on Saturday, he talked about growing up in Athens. His father, Jimmy, was the defensive coordinator at Ohio University from 2005-18.
"Coming from southeast Ohio it's a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average," Joe Burrow said Saturday night.