As donations continue to pour in to a GoFundMe in Bills safety Damar Hamlin's name, some have also generously donated to a cause close to Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins.
Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday night in Cincinnati after tackling Higgins on a pass play in the first quarter. Hamlin got up and then immediately went to the ground, and emergency personnel rushed to him and needed to perform CPR. Hamlin remains in critical condition at a Cincinnati hospital, the Bills said in a statement Wednesday.
Higgins wore the Axe ALS foundation's name and logo last month as part of the NFL's My Cause, My Cleats initiative. The father of Higgins' agent died from ALS.
The organization has received more than $10,000 in direct donations as of Thursday night, with another $5,000 being raised separately through another GoFundMe account.
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"We are incredibly grateful for the awareness Higgins and his cleats brought to the cause that is so near to us," said Amanda Stevens, who founded the organization with her husband, Eric, a former NFL player for the Rams.
Eric was diagnosed with ALS in 2019 at age 29. A GoFundMe helped raise money for Eric and the organization registered as a 501c3 in 2022. Axe ALS has raised more than $500,000 in the last year.
