Bucs Donate $10,000 to Family of 18-Year-Old Fan After He Dies in Car Crash on the Way to MNF Game | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats and Rumors

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers donated $10,000 this week to the family of a fan who died in a car crash on his way to the Bucs on Nov. 4. Monday Night Football game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

According to ESPN’s report Jenna LaineConnor Barba, 18, of Norman, Oklahoma, was killed in a crash in Montgomery County, Kansas, while traveling from Oklahoma to Tampa for a game on November 2.

Barba’s mother, Megan Barnett, who bought him a match ticket as an early birthday present, was also a passenger and was seriously injured in the accident. He is currently in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Allegedly, a car crossed into Barba’s lane on the two-lane road and hit Barba’s vehicle head-on. Both Barba and the other driver died, but Barba’s uncle, Collin Barnett, said he may have saved his mother’s life by applying the brakes.

Barba was a big fan of Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield, who played his college football at the University of Oklahoma in Barba’s hometown of Norman.

Mayfield made a statement regarding Barba’s death and said:

“My thoughts and prayers are with Megan and her family as they deal with this heartbreaking loss. I am honored and humbled to know that Connor is such a huge fan. I would have loved to have met him. As a new parent, it’s truly a realization that there are no words that can provide true comfort at a time like this.” “I know, but I hope Megan makes a full recovery and draws strength from the support she’s received from across the country.”

Mayfield also told ESPN through a Buccaneers spokesman that he and his wife, Emily, plan to reach out to Barba’s family.