Leonard Fournette may have come up on the short end of the final score in Tuscaloosa and limited to just 31 rushing yards in the loss, but he is certainly a real winner today. Last month Fournette decided to auction off his game-worn jersey from a game against South Carolina to help raise relief funds for flood victims in the state of South Carolina. the jersey’s auction price continued to climb and climb, and the winning bid placed was for $101,000.
#LSU Fournette jersey, @LSUCoachMiles @SC_HBC signed football helmets reach $101k bid for #SCFloodRelief. #Gamecocks
— Charles Bloom (@CharlesBloomSC) November 9, 2015
Other items up for auction included helmets signed by LSU head coach Les Miles and now former South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier. The Gamecocks and Tigers moved an October 17 game from Columbia, South Carolina to Baton Rouge the week of the game as the state of South Carolina focused its resources and relief efforts on damaging floods. Fournette’s show of good will had to be cleared by the NCAA, which it was in a quick manner.
