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Kyler Murray Donates $25k to Help Feed Hungry Kids

Former Sooners QB and 2018 Heisman Trophy winner latest NFL star to donate to Coronavirus charities
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Kyler Murray Donates $25k to Help Feed Hungry Kids
Kyler Murray Donates $25k to Help Feed Hungry Kids

Last week Kyler Murray became the second former Oklahoma Heisman-winning quarterback and No. 1 overall pick to donate to charities serving victims of the Coronavirus shutdown.

Murray donated $25,000 to the charity GENYOUth to help feed children affected by school closings.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA president DeMaurice Smith and Pro Football Hall of Famer Howie Long are among on the GENYOUth board of directors.

On March 19, Baker Mayfield — who preceded Murray at both the Heisman and the No. 1 pick — donated $50,000 to a food bank in Cleveland and also donated more than 3,500 meals to Meals on Wheels of Norman.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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