Texas Tech student nails second-chance field goal on College GameDay for $250K
By Jacob Moss
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College GameDay is down in Lubbock, Texas, for the first time since 2008 for Week 11’s top-10 showdown between the No. 9 Texas Tech Red Raiders and the No. 8 BYU Cougars.
This means that fans and students at Texas Tech get to take in all the festivities that come along with ESPN’s iconic pre-game broadcast coming to campus, and that includes Pat McAfee’s field goal challenge.
The student who was chosen out of the raffle this week stepped up to the plate with a total $500k on the line ($250k for himself and $250k for charity). He missed the first one with tortillas flying through the air, but he didn’t miss the second, nailing the redemption kick that McAfee gave him to take home the cash.
With the made field goal, this Texas Tech student becomes the eighth person this season to win the Pat McAfee kicking contest, pushing the total amount McAfee has paid out in 2025 to over $5 million.
This field goal contest has been a mainstay on College GameDay since the 2023 season, and every dollar that the former Indianapolis Colts’ kicker puts on the line comes right out of his own pockets.
It’s become one of the many things that make GameDay such a unique experience for college football fans everywhere, and what has also made McAfee such a fan-favorite on the program.
