Updated: 1:31 PM EST Jan 17, 2021
Buffalo Bills fans are stepping up after Saturday's Divisional Round game in which Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson suffered a concussion.Bills fans sent donations to the Louisville, Kentucky, chapter of Blessings in a Backpack, a nonprofit that feeds children. Jackson, who attended the University of Louisville, donated $25,000 to Blessings in a Backpack in 2018, a sum that was enough to feed 250 children for an entire year, according to the NFL.In a post on Reddit, "Here's Lamar Jackson's favorite charity," Bills fans spread the word and made donations.In a tweet Sunday morning, Blessings in a Backpack thanked #BillsMafia for their support in honor of Jackson.The NFL reports Bills fans have donated to a charity of a player's preference in the past. In January 2018, Buffalo fans raised more than $415,000 for the Andy and Jordan Dalton Foundation after then-Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass to Tyler Boyd to knock the Ravens out of playoff contention and send the Bills to the playoffs for the first time in 18 years.This past season, Bills quarterback Josh Allen played one day after his grandmother's death in November, and Bills fans began donating in $17 increments (Allen's number) to the John R. Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo in her name -- more than $1 million has since been raised, and a wing in the hospital has named in Allen's grandmother's honor, the NFL reports.