Ex-Ohio State football player paying it forward as a DoorDash delivery driver

Former Ohio State football player and current Cincinnati Bengal Drue Chrisman has been using his free time to be a DoorDash delivery driver. But there is a catch. All of the proceeds he earns through his work as a delivery driver he then spends on feeding the hungry in and around the city of Cincinnati.

Chrisman told WCPO tv in Cincinnati that at first, he decided to do it just to get out and get a little more exercise. That was when he noticed something that he just couldn’t ignore. “While I was riding around town, I would see people on the street and it just kind of broke my heart,” Chrisman said. “You really do see more people than I like on the street, homeless or just asking for any kind of handout, so I was like, I don’t think there would be any better use of this money than to deliver more food to people who need it more.”

Ohio State football players have a long-standing tradition of “paying it forward,” which was a concept preached by Buckeye head coaching legend Woody Hayes. It is apparent that Chrisman adopted that ideology himself and is now sharing his good fortunes with the less fortunate of the Queen City.

Check out Chrisman’s videos and get a bird’s eye view of what being a DoorDash delivery driver in a major city is like, along with all the people he encounters throughout his day.

Chrisman played at Ohio State from 2015-2020 and was a four-time Big Ten Academic Honoree and a two-time Ray Guy Award semifinalist. In 2020 he averaged a personal-best 45.0 yards per punt. During his career, he averaged 44 yards per punt which ranks fourth in school history.

He had 185 career punts totaling 8,145 yards with a long of 74. He also had 83 punts downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.