Ole Miss Sigma Nu's Charity Bowl 2018 Will Benefit Ben Abercrombe

OXFORD, MS - The University of Mississippi's Sigma Nu fraternity's annual Charity Bowl football game has a local tie to it this year. Charity Bowl 2018 in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium April 12 will benefit Hoover's Ben Abercrombie.

Sigma Nu Charity Bowl was founded in 1990 to honor Chucky Mullins, former Ole Miss Football player who was tragically paralyzed the previous season. Mullins was injured in the 1989 Homecoming game vs. the Vanderbilt Commodores on a play in which he dove head first into fullback Brad Gaines, immediately shattering vertebrae in his cervical spine.

Abercrombie has a similar story. During his first collegiate game against Rhode Island on September 16, 2017, he went to make a tackle near the sideline and was unable to get back up. He was rushed to a local hospital where they performed emergency surgery to repair a fracture and get pressure off of his spinal cord. He underwent extensive rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta until this January when he was fortunate to return home to Hoover and continue his recovery.

In recent years, Sigma Nu has also donated money to the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children in Jackson, MS, the Manning Foundation, the William Magee Center for Wellness Education, and to different charitable organizations around the Oxford/Lafayette community. You can support Charity Bowl through the website or by mailing in a printable form.

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