Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Oklahoma Freshman Wins $200,000 With 30-Yard Kick on McAfee’s College GameDay

The made field goal triggered a $100,000 gift to a clean-water effort tied to Michigan linebacker Ernest Hausmann.

Overview

  • Jack Daugard, a University of Oklahoma freshman from Manvel, Texas, converted the live 30-yard attempt during Week 2 in Norman before the OklahomaMichigan game.
  • Daugard plays lacrosse, competed at Pearland Dawson High School, and is an accounting major who arrived at the set the afternoon before to secure a raffle spot.
  • Selection for the on-air kick comes from a drawing limited to the first 300 students on site, and Daugard’s make sparked a crowd celebration as the OU RUF/NEKS hoisted him up.
  • Pat McAfee is described on air as paying successful attempts out of his own pocket, with Dan Orlovsky reinforcing that point during coverage.
  • Through two weeks this season the segment has paid about $550,000, including a $250,000 Week 1 make at Ohio State, contributing to running totals of roughly $1.1 million to students and $1.25 million to charity since the feature began.