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Jacksonville Jaguars long snapper Matt Overton has an enticing offer for disgruntled Indianapolis Colts fans.
The 34-year-old special teams player is offering Colts fans the ability to refund their season tickets in exchange to donate the money to Riley Children's, an Indiana-based children's hospital.
Overton spent five seasons with the Colts from 2012-16 after a journeyman's career. He went undrafted in 2007 and spent two, non-consecutive stints with the Seattle Seahawks punctuated in the middle with trips to the National Indoor Football League and United Football League. Overton finally found a home in the NFL, however, when Indy signed the long snapper in the spring before the 2012 season.
To any angry Colts season ticket holders who are seeking a refund,
I’d be more than happy to buy your season tix off of you & donate them to @RileyChildrens patients & their families. I’m serious.
All love,
~Matt
— Matt Overton (@MattOverton_LS) August 26, 2019
Overton would make his first and only Pro Bowl appearance in 2013 for the Colts. He was released in May prior to the 2017 NFL season, when the Jaguars picked up the Western Washington University product. Overton re-signed with Jacksonville on two more occasions.
Colts fans have a point to feel frustrated despite the uneasy choice now-former star quarterback Andrew Luck made over the weekend. On Saturday, it was reported Luck, a four-time Pro Bowl QB and last year's Comeback Player of the Year award winner, would retire at the age of 29. Luck had been battling a score of injuries and several instances having to rehabilitate in his seven-year career, and despite not warning the Colts' front office any earlier, the former first-overall selection in the 2012 draft called it quits, just two weeks before Indy's first regular-season matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Fans of the Indianapolis franchise, although it's unclear how many, showered Luck as he walked off the field for the last time (while wearing street clothes) since the news of his retirement broke during the Colts' preseason game on Saturday.
Overton, a former teammate of Luck's with the Colts, is also known for charitable contributions in a youth foundation called Pros 2 Youth.
