Eagles defensive end Chris Long will donate his first six game checks this season to fund two scholarships at the private school he attended as a youngster in Charlottesville, Va.
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The move comes in response to this summer's rally and violence involving white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Long's hometown after which he and his wife, Megan, "were inspired to fund the scholarship program to promote educational equity in the community their family calls home,” the Chris Long Foundation said in a statement (via The Athletic).
This is pretty cool from Chris Long. Donating first six game checks to fund scholarships in Charlottesville. pic.twitter.com/74yXOLIluv
— Sheil Kapadia (@SheilKapadia) September 19, 2017
Long's foundation will provide two members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia with seven-year, all-expenses-paid scholarships to St. Anne’s-Belfield School, his alma mater.
Long's contract for 2017 pays him a base salary of $1,000,000, a signing bonus of $500,000 and a roster bonus of $750,000, totaling $2.25 million. Six game checks would equal $843,750 before taxes.