Leonard Fournete’s game-worn jersey sold for $101,000 Monday in an auction that benefitted relief efforts for flood victims in South Carolina.
The total was the highest price paid for a game-worn jersey in an Internet auction, surpassing the previous high of $31,070, which was the price paid Friday for a game-used Frank Sinkwich jersey. Sinkwich was a Georgia halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1942.
Fournette offered his jersey up for auction following LSU’s 45-24 win against South Carolina. The game was originally supposed to be played in Columbia, S.C., but was moved to Baton Rouge because of the floods.
Leonard Fournette auctioning off his game jersey to help with relief effort in South Carolina. #LSU pic.twitter.com/VwmV8wlPyZ
— Julie Boudwin (@Julie_Boudwin) October 10, 2015
The NCAA approved of the auction and LSU’s website hosted it. It also auctioned off signed helmets from coaches Les Miles and Steve Spurrier, who had since retired as the head coach of the Gamecocks.
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