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Vanderbilt Sophomore Nails 33-Yard College GameDay Kick to Win $500,000

The Pat McAfee-funded contest on ESPN also sent $250,000 to charity.

Overview

  • The live segment aired Saturday in Nashville during College GameDay ahead of Vanderbilt’s game against Missouri.
  • Kirk Herbstreit praised Tyler Hwang’s strike as the best kick the show has seen during the McAfee contest.
  • Pat McAfee lauded the performance on air and urged Hwang to send tape to colleges.
  • The result pushed the season’s combined prizes and donations from the segment to roughly $4 million.
  • Hwang is a Vanderbilt sophomore studying chemical engineering and economics who played soccer and handled high school kicking, with former Commodores kicker Sarah Fuller overseeing the attempt.