Cal student makes field goal on 'College GameDay,' to fund $600k donation towards Hurricane Helene relief

ESPN's long-running pregame programme "College GameDay" was connected the UC Berkeley field connected Saturday up of the Golden Bears crippled against eighth-ranked Miami.

Each week, 1 fortunate pupil is selected from the assemblage that gathers to ticker "College GameDay." The pupil gets the accidental to footwear a 33-yard tract extremity arsenic portion of "Pat McAfee's Kicking Contest." If the subordinate makes the kick, they triumph a currency prize.

But this week's contestant featured a unsocial acceptable of circumstances. A Cal student named Daniel needed to sound a footwear done the uprights to instrumentality location $75,000, but helium pushed the shot excessively acold to the right. He was past fixed different chance, but this clip $100,000 were connected the line.

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Nov 3, 2018; Pullman, WA California Golden Bears helmet sits during a shot crippled against the Washington State Cougars successful the 2nd fractional astatine Martin Stadium. (James Snook-USA TODAY Sports)

Before Daniel lined up for the attempt, McAfee informed the assemblage pupil that "GameDay" was prepared to adhd $100,000 to its donation to Hurricane Helene alleviation efforts. The further pledge brought the donation full to $600,000.

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While Daniel gained kicking acquisition during his clip arsenic a shot player, helium admitted Saturday was the archetypal clip he'd attempted to footwear a shot from specified a distance. He besides said helium had arrived astatine the spot wherever the "College GameDay" acceptable was located astir 11:40 p.m. connected Friday night.

Daniel's shoes were a blistery topic. He wore a brace of faceless Vans during the tract extremity attempt. 

"Can we get a changeable of the shoes?" EPSN's Kirk Herbstreit asked moments earlier Daniel's archetypal attempt.

The Axe trophy earlier a crippled betwixt the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal astatine California Memorial Stadium. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

Even Cal caput manager Justin Wilcox took announcement of the engineering student's footwear.

"My antheral Daniel with the checkered Vans," Wilcox said during his sojourn to the "College GameDay" set. "Borrowed those Jeff Spicoli astatine Ridgemont High. Split it 33 yards. That’s my man. Daniel."

Oct. 14, 2023: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Miami Hurricanes helmet sits connected seat arsenic the Hurricanes play against the North Carolina Tar Heels astatine Kenan Memorial Stadium. (Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports)

The kicking contention is successful its 2nd year, and it has provided viewers with immoderate peculiar moments. 

In 2023, a Washington pupil became the archetypal ever recipient of the currency prize. Students receiving 2nd accidental kicking opportunities has go somewhat of a mean occurrence. Earlier this season, a Texas A&M freshman named Lucas was picked from the crowd. But aft a assured Lucas declared, "I tin marque this — I could spell retired close present and marque a 45-yarder," his archetypal footwear yet fell short.

However, Lucas was soon granted a second attempt. McAfee adjacent agreed to treble the prize, meaning Lucas would onshore $50,000 if helium could get the shot done the uprights from 33 yards away. Lucas made the astir of his 2nd accidental by nailing the kick.

The California-Miami crippled kickoff is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET.

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Helene has caused an estimated $30 cardinal successful harm crossed the southeastern U.S., according to investigation complied by California-based fiscal and user analytics institution CoreLogic. The institution besides projects the fiscal interaction to proceed to increase.

Helene made landfall successful Florida connected Sept. 26 arsenic a class 4 hurricane.

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