One special little girl got a big present from Raiders football player Menelik Watson in the form of his own paycheck.
During a program created by Jay Glazer with Fox Sports, 4-year-old Ava Urrea got to meet Watson and the rest of the players during the Touchdown Dreams program, CBS Sports reported. Urrea has a heart condition and the team awarded her with the role of being captain for the day and she also got signed gear.
Watson went above and beyond by providing the girl’s father with his check from his game during Week 16. A Tweet from CBS Sports writer Josh Katzowitz revealed that the player’s base salary is more than $600,000 and the check would be around $36,000.
The Huffington Post reported the illness Urreal has is called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This means that there is an interruption between normal blood flow into the heart.
While Watson did not comment on his Twitter about the donation, Huffington Post pointed out that the Raiders won the game that Ava was attending.