A student of Vanderbilt University may receive offers around the nation after nailing an impressive field goal kick on "College GameDay."

Vanderbilt student Tyler Hwang won $500,000 on ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday morning by making a 33-yard field goal during host Pat McAfee’s weekly kicking contest. McAfee also donated another $250,000 to charity, bringing the successful kick’s total to $750,000.

In 2024, Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt stunned Alabama 40-35 for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked team.

Vanderbilt student nails $500k field goal in socks on ESPN College GameDay originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It was a morning to remember in Nashville as Vanderbilt student Tyler Hwang walked onto the ESPN College GameDay set and walked off half a million dollars richer.

Pat McAfee’s weekly kicking contest on ESPN College GameDay has become a staple of Saturday mornings, but his latest winner during the segment might actually have a future in kicking after stunning the college football world with the show’s stop at Vanderbilt University in Week 9.

NASHVILE—Pat McAfee stepped through the patted down grass behind College Gameday’s stage on Vanderbilt’s Wyatt Lawn and was stopped.  McAfee was the most intera

Amanda Brooks got inspired as a Vanderbilt student during College GameDay in 2008. She eventually landed a job at ESPN and now keeps College GameDay running smoothly behind the scenes. When "College GameDay" came to Vanderbilt in 2008, Amanda Brooks was in her fifth week as a divinity school student.

ESPN’s College GameDay was electric Saturday with Pat McAfee broadcasting live from Nashville and Nick Saban was unexpectedly in the mix. Saban surprised many when he publicly jumped on the “Vanderbilt bandwagon.

Per an announcement on X, comedian Nate Bargatze has been selected as this week’s celebrity guest picker. Bargatze has been an outspoken celebrity and lifelong fan of Vanderbilt. His fandom of the Commodores was made known in an article posted by Vanderbilt’s student newspaper, The Vanderbilt Hustler, in 2020.