“I’m kind of a superstitious guy so there’s too many things like that in football to not believe in something,” Burrow said. “I don’t know if you believe in God or a football God or anything but there’s too much stuff that like that.” When he won the Heisman Trophy on Dec. 14, Burrow made a point to bring up the plight of his hometown in his speech, mentioning the poverty rate. “There are so many people there that don’t have a lot,” Burrow said. “I’m up here for all those kids in Athens and Athens County that go home to not a lot of food on the table, hungry after school. You guys can be up here, too.” Burrow’s comments led to an outpouring of donations to the Athens County Food Pantry. As of Saturday night, more than $474,000 had been donated through a Facebook fundraiser. Another $64,000-plus was…
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