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A college football player gave his scholarship to a teammate who couldn't afford school

Cork Gaines   

A college football player gave his scholarship to a teammate who couldn't afford school
  • An Eastern Michigan University football player gave his scholarship to a walk-on teammate.
  • The teammate had been on the team since 2019 and was donating plasma to pay for school.

A college football player who was selling plasma to pay for school got a surprise gift from a teammate before the 2023 season.

Eastern Michigan University offensive lineman Brian Dooley heard that walk-on teammate and fellow lineman Zack Conti might have to quit the team because of financial hardships, according to The Eastern Echo. Dooley talked to his family and decided to give Conti the final year of his own scholarship.

Dooley, who's in his final year, is a graduate student with two classes left to graduate.

Eastern Michigan University football coach Chris Creighton delivered the news during a recent team meeting, even noting that Conti had been giving plasma to help pay for school. After the announcement, Dooley handed his scholarship to Conti, and the two players hugged in a heartwarming moment.

During a press conference to talk about the move, Dooley said he has no regrets and hoped he can do some more in the future.

"I'd do it again in a heartbeat," Dooley said via The Eastern Echo. "If it helps him more, then by all means, I'm gonna give it to him, and hopefully, I can later down the road help him out even more."

Dooley also noted that the entire team is like a family and felt Conti would have made the same decision.

"That's why I just feel like I needed to have Conti's back throughout these couple of years that he has left, and I feel like Conti would do the same thing," Dooley said.



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