Vanderbilt Running Back Pledges $280 to ALS Association for Each Touchdown

Overview

• Sedrick Alexander announced on Sept. 18 that he will donate $280 to the ALS Association for every touchdown he scores this season.
• The $280 figure ties to Alexander’s No. 28 jersey and he performed an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at FirstBank Stadium with Nashville attorney Blair Durham, who pledged to match the per-touchdown donation.
• Through three games Alexander has three touchdowns, which equals $840 pledged from him so far and a combined potential of $1,680 with Durham’s match.
• Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea publicly praised Alexander’s pledge as a community-minded gesture that uses on-field production to support ALS patients and research.
• The pledge directly honors Chris Johnson, who disclosed his ALS diagnosis on June 29, 2026, and could scale materially if Alexander approaches last season’s 15-touchdown mark, which would produce $4,200 from Alexander and $8,400 if Durham matches it.