Former Tiger TE Lutzenkirchen's legacy lives on

Published Jun. 26, 2015 6:20 p.m. ET

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Philip Lutzenkirchen may be gone but the Auburn Tiger football family certainly won’t ever forget him. Most known for his game-winning touchdown in the 2010 Iron Bowl that catapulted the Tigers to the BCS National Title that same season.

Now Lutzenkirchen will also be cemented in the history of his high school team, as Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia has installed new field turf and named it after their former star player, according to AL.com. 

The complete project of installing the new field turf will cost $332,421.68 and was fully funded by the Lutzie 43 Foundation, named after Lutzenkirchen.

Lutzenkirchen was killed in a single-vehicle accident outside of LaGrange, Georgia on June 29, 2014 shortly following the end of his career at Auburn. 

"Philip made a major mistake his last day on Earth," Mike Lutzenkirchen, Philip's father, said in a news release in February. "However, there is a bigger meaning beyond his tragic death, a lesson that resonates with his life and legacy."

(h/t AL.com)

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