Donations to New Orleans Saints punter Thomas Morstead's foundation rocketed past the $100,000 mark at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, surpassing its goal just 12 hours after it launched.
The grassroots campaign started organically on a Minnesota Vikings Reddit page Sunday night in the wake of Morstead's heroic performance in the Saints-Vikings NFC Divisional Playoff Game.
Donations steadily climbed throughout the ensuing days and the campaign went viral on Wednesday, spurring Morstead to set a $100,000 benchmark on Wednesday morning.
"Thomas is completed humbled by this," said Dennis Lomonaco, the executive director of Morstead's What You Give Will Grow Foundation.