Havertown Man Scores $20,000 Punt for Charity on an Innocent Twitter Challenge
It was a $20,000 punt for Scott Hayward of Havertown, who had never punted before competitively, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
He kicked a 34-yarder on his first try, earning $10,000 for the Boys’ & Girls’ Club of Philadelphia and $10,000 for the Boys’ & Girls’ Club of Camden.
Hayward, a student manager for the Temple football team, challenged former NFL punter Pat McAfee on Twitter to a punt-off, all in good fun.
McAfee is an analyst for some of the Temple games on ESPN and was a member of the broadcast crew for Temple’s 27-17 win at East Carolina.
McAfee said he couldn’t punt because of an injury, but he said he would donate $10,000 to charity if Hayward could punt 30 yards.
Temple coach Rod Carey kicked in another $10,000.
“It was pretty electric,” Hayward said about making the 34-yard punt.
Carey apparently has no plans to have Hayward punt for the Owls, but the coach still admired his work enough to donate to a good cause.
“That was awesome,” Carey said. “What an unbelievable thing, turning it into something for charity.”
Read more about Carey’s punt charity effort here.
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