BOISE, Idaho – Utah State football teamed up with its Famous Idaho Potato Bowl opponent, Georgia State, as both programs participated in the annual Tackle Hunger Event, held at Bishop Kelly High School Tuesday afternoon. Together the teams packaged more than 40,000 meals.

During the Tackle Hunger Event, Representatives of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl also announced this year's recipients of the Humanitarian Award, which is annually given to a student-athlete from each team for exemplary community service and leadership efforts and Utah State's winner was long snapper Jacob Garcia.

"Both teams had so much energy and it was so much fun to work for the city of Boise," said Garcia. "As a team, it was a really good opportunity to work together for a common goal and we would love to do it again."
 

We had a great time at the Albertsons Tackle Hunger event!🤘💙#AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/rfOc8k8JRB

— USU Football (@USUFootball) December 20, 2023

The meals packaged by the teams consisted of chicken flavored rice/vegetable soup with the Idaho Foodbank focused highly on nutrition. The delivery of the prepared meals will help close the gap on feeding the more than 156,000 Idahoans who face food insecurity during the holiday season and throughout the year.
 

We are so blessed. Community service…packing food for Boise. Let's GO Aggies. 🤘🏻💙 pic.twitter.com/oCKhUyeltF

— Diana Sabau (@UtahState_AD) December 19, 2023

"It's true blessing to receive the Humanitarian Award and it reflects on the whole team. We put in a bunch of time volunteering, and community service is a great opportunity to give back to Cache Valley," added Garcia.

Garcia, a junior from Anaheim, California (Servite HS) is actively involved in community outreach in Cache Valley. Some of the many endeavors Garcia volunteers his time for include working with local elementary schools to help celebrate the reading achievements of its students, being an active participant with numerous events on campus working with youth and women's clinics, and raising awareness for such things as cancer, sexual assault and sexual abuse of women.
 

It's bigger than Football 🏈

Today we packaged over 40,000 meals for the @idahofoodbank ! We'd like to thank for @USUFootball & @GeorgiaStateFB coming together to give back to the community. #bowlseason #potatoes #potatobowl #boise #tacklehunger pic.twitter.com/aHSmwc1slW

— FamousID Potato Bowl (@IDPotatoBowl) December 20, 2023

Utah State and Georgia State will face one another in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 23, at 1:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN. Tickets are available by contacting the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, or by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305. Tickets can also be purchased 24 hours a day at www.utahstateaggies.com.

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