NFL prospect Jaylon Ferguson spending draft day picking up pieces from tornado in Louisiana.
Jaylon Ferguson is hours away from being a millionaire. He just may not know about it when it happens.
A line of severe storms rolled through Louisiana late Wednesday into Thursday and sparked an EF3 tornado -- with winds up to 140 mph -- in Ruston, Louisiana, the home of Louisiana Tech University. It devastated the community and killed two people."It’s just a rough time. The power is still out for a lot of people right now," Ferguson told ABC News on Thursday night."A couple people lost their lives, a lot of people lost their property in all of this.
"Instead of having a draft party and celebrating a lifelong dream, he's out helping other people," Ferguson's agent, Safarrah Lawson, said Thursday."It speaks to this young man's character." "Ruston has been my home the last five years," he told ABC News."They show me love and a lot of the fans that come to the football games are the same people out in the community that’s having trouble right now. Being a football player and being an alumni of Louisiana Tech University, it’s only right for me to come back and help. I’m at home right here. It’s nothing to give out help, pick up some branches, go buy a pack of water, or a couple of pizzas.
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