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Law School Student Wins $100K To Pay Off Loans In Dr. Pepper Football Challenge

Now that he's done tossing footballs, he can finally focus on studying.

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We have finals this week and next week and I’m not prepared at all right now. I’m trying to work on getting caught back up…. I have a lot of debt and can’t wait to send a check out to my loan provider.

— Tyler Gordon, a third-year student at West Virginia University College of Law, in comments given after after winning $100,000 in the Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway during the Big 10 championship game in Indianapolis Saturday night. Gordon thinks he was chosen for the contest because his application included his future career plans. “I want to serve West Virginia and fight the opioid epidemic that we currently face,” he said. “I want to do that by working in the U.S. Attorney’s Office and hopefully becoming a U.S. Attorney someday.”

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