Dallas Cowboys legend and current FOX NFL analyst Troy Aikman is giving back to his alma mater.
UCLA announced last week that Aikman is donating $1 million to the program's Wasserman Football Center.
"UCLA holds a very special place in my heart," Aikman said in a statement. "As you go through life, it is common to be defined by the company you keep. I've been fortunate to be associated with two outstanding institutions. In many eyes, I'll always be a Dallas Cowboy, and I'm extremely proud of that. By making this contribution to UCLA Football, It's clear that I am, and always will be, a UCLA Bruin as well. My time at UCLA helped mold me into the person I am today, and I want the Bruin student-athletes that come after me to have the same opportunity I had to achieve their boyhood dreams."
Troy Aikman Makes $1,000,000 Donation to Wasserman Football Center Project http://t.co/wi7YsWD15l #BruinRevolution pic.twitter.com/p4hrFBN4HR
— UCLA Football (@UCLAFootball) April 20, 2015
"Troy is a once in a generation type player," UCLA head football coach Jim Mora said. "He could have pledged nothing, and we would still stand in awe of his accomplishments and continue to recognize him as one of the all-time greats. Instead, Troy not only continues to redefine what it means to be great, he continues to redefine what it means to be a Bruin."
Aikman began his collegiate career at Oklahoma, but transferred to UCLA in 1986 where he was the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year as a junior and won the Davey O'Brien Award as a senior. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
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