Tom Brady’s high school habit inspired a blood donation drive that drew 20,000 donors and could save 60,000 lives(Image via Getty Images)
2024, he used that experience to encourage college football fans to do the same, joining a campaign that brought rival schools together for a cause bigger than the game. The competition ran through December 6, 2024, and Abbott announced the winner on December 7 at the Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game in Indianapolis.
“I’ve been giving blood since I was in high school,” Brady told Axios. “The one stat that stood out to me was every person that donates saves up to three lives,” he said in the same interview. “You just go there and spend an hour of your time and give something that can really help a lot of people in need,” he told Axios. Abbott said more than half of the donors at campus blood drives gave blood for the first time.
Tom Brady has spent years chasing records on the football field. But one habit he picked up long before his NFL career has nothing to do with touchdowns or Super Bowl rings. Brady has donated blood since high school. In Sept. One statistic particularly caught his attention. Brady also made the process sound straightforward. There was another encouraging result. That meant the campaign reached people who might not otherwise have considered donating.