Vanderbilt student Tyler Hwang won $500,000 on ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Saturday morning by making a 33-yard field goal during host Pat McAfee’s weekly kicking contest. McAfee also donated another $250,000 to charity, bringing the successful kick’s total to $750,000.

A sophomore at Vanderbilt double majoring in chemical engineering and economics, Hwang said he played soccer until his senior year at Dover-Sherborn High in Massachusetts, then joined the football team where he was a kicker and sometimes a slot receiver.

Everything to know about ESPN College GameDay ahead of Vanderbilt's matchup with Missouri on Oct. 25 in Nashville.

A student of Vanderbilt University may receive offers around the nation after nailing an impressive field goal kick on "College GameDay."

NASHVILE—Pat McAfee stepped through the patted down grass behind College Gameday’s stage on Vanderbilt’s Wyatt Lawn and was stopped.  McAfee was the most intera

In 2024, Sedrick Alexander ran for two touchdowns, Randon Fontenette scored on a pick-six and Diego Pavia outplayed Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe as Vanderbilt stunned Alabama 40-35 for the Commodores’ first win over the nation’s top-ranked team.

ESPN's College GameDay was at Vanderbilt on Saturday for the No. 10 Commodores' home game against No. 15 Missouri in Week 9, and comedian Nate Bargatze returned as the guest picker.

ESPN’s College GameDay was electric Saturday with Pat McAfee broadcasting live from Nashville and Nick Saban was unexpectedly in the mix. Saban surprised many when he publicly jumped on the “Vanderbilt bandwagon.

Nick Saban has a new look. The legendary Alabama head coach and College GameDay host is on-site for Mizzou at Vanderbilt, what should be one of the best games of Week 9. And at first, he wasn’t doing much for his popularity poll in Nashville – insisting that for a time, Vanderbilt didn’t exactly strike fear into opponents.

Per an announcement on X, comedian Nate Bargatze has been selected as this week’s celebrity guest picker. Bargatze has been an outspoken celebrity and lifelong fan of Vanderbilt. His fandom of the Commodores was made known in an article posted by Vanderbilt’s student newspaper, The Vanderbilt Hustler, in 2020.