Hundred Yard Heroes

Where Business Leaders Become Lifelines.


Somewhere between the classroom and the end zone is a young man who needs one person to believe in him. Hundred Yard Heroes: powered by Bonneville Football Academy and The Bonneville Foundation invites businesses and community leaders like you, to be that difference. Your $100 turns into real-world wins: safe equipment, safe and clean housing, academic tutoring, a hot meal before a game, a ride to a college visit or game, elite training and coaching to move to the next level and MORE! 

This isn’t just funding football … you’re fueling futures, helping low-income and at-risk young men trade setbacks for college opportunities, one yard, one young life at a time.

Bonneville Football Acacdemy

At Bonneville Football Academy, we meet young men standing at the fifty-yard line of life, full of potential, but with the college door cracking shut. They’ve graduated high school, yet shifting college dynamics (transfer portal, NIL, shrinking roster spots) leave many overlooked.

We give them a way forward.

BFA is a post-grad bridge program that transforms talent into opportunity. We pair high-level football training with academic support, mentorship, and real recruiting exposure, so our student-athletes can earn a college roster spot and a college education. Season after season, our players move from “almost” to “I’m in,” because we develop the whole person: on the field, in the classroom, and in character.

Our standard is clear: every young man who trusts us with his dream should leave with a real college opportunity.

The Bonneville Foundation

The Bonneville Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to breaking barriers for under-resourced and at-risk youth. 

In partnership with BFA, we level the playing field so that talent—not income—determines opportunity. 

Together, we ensure that deserving student-athletes have a fair shot at higher education through the structure, mentorship, and discipline of the game we love.

The Hundred Yard Heroes Campaign

Some futures are decided by small things: a bus ride to a campus visit, a tutor before the ACT, a safe helmet that actually fits, a hot meal after practice.

Hundred Yard Heroes rallies the community to make those small things possible in a big way. Our goal is simple and powerful: 1,000 businesses and community leaders x $100—that’s $100,000 directly fueling scholarships, academic resources, college counseling, safe equipment, nutrition, and travel for campus visits and showcases!

Your $100 can become:

  • A test fee and study pack for a college-qualifying score
  • A safe set of pads or cleats for a player who can’t afford them
  • A gas card to get to a workout, practice, or campus visit
  • A highlight edit and outreach to college coaches
  • A week of team meals so no one competes on an empty stomach
  • Safe housing for players from out of the area 
  • Elite coaching and training to move these young men to college level fields (and campuses!) 

When you become a Hundred Yard Hero, you’re not “sponsoring football”—you’re opening a door for a young man who’s ready to run through it.

$100 – Hundred Yard Hero (Sponsor a Yard)

Be the reason a young man isn’t going hungry or unseen this week.
Your $100 provides pre- and post-game meals, helps fund safe equipment that fits and protects, covers a seat on the bus to an away game or campus visit, and supports marketing/recruiting outreach (highlight edits and coach emails) so he’s on a college radar—not just a roster.

What your $100 makes possible:

  • A player’s pre-game meal and post-game recovery meal

  • Helmet reconditioning/parts or new pads/cleats support

  • A bus seat to a game, showcase, or college visit

  • A highlight edit and coach outreach so talent gets seen

$500 – First-Down Partner

Turn effort into momentum … on the field and in life.


Your $500 helps secure safe housing for an out-of-area athlete, funds a block of elite coaching and training, covers pre- and post-game meals for a position group, fuels bus travel to be seen by college coaches, and underwrites professional film + recruiting outreach so talent doesn’t slip through the cracks.

What your $500 provides:

  • 1 1/2 weeks of safe housing support for a player away from home

  • A training block with a professional football trainer (position work, strength & speed)

  • Game-day meals (pre and post) for the team. 

  • Game-day film to reach college coaches

$1000 – Goal-Line Sponsor

 

Fund the bridge from potential to placement.

 

Your $1,000 can underwrite almost a full month of safe housing for an out-of-area student-athlete, provide elite coaching/training through a critical stretch, guarantee pre- and post-game meals for multiple games, equip a player with safe gear (and reconditioning), and deliver a complete recruiting push—film, stats, and direct outreach to college programs.

What your $1,000 provides:

  • almost One month of safe housing so distance doesn’t end a dream

  • Elite position training + strength/speed development

  • Multiple game-day meals to fuel performance and recovery

  • Safe equipment (helmet/pads reconditioning, replacements)

$5,000 — Game-Changer Sponsor

Shift a season, and a future.

Your $5,000 powers housing security for multiple athletes, funds a team bus for a key away game (plus meals), upgrades safety equipment, expands elite coaching/training across the roster, and launches a high-visibility recruiting campaign (film packages, showcases, campus visits) so colleges don’t just notice, they respond.

What your $5,000 provides:

  • Several weeks of safe housing for multiple out-of-area players

  • Team bus to a major away game or showcase + pre/post-game meals

  • Advanced coaching/training across positions

Any Amount – Every Yard Counts

 

Give what you can; it all adds up to a first down.

Whether it’s $10, $25 or $2,500, your gift is stitched into real moments that change outcomes – study hall support, highlight-film outreach to college coaches, gas cards to workouts and campus tours, team meals so no one competes hungry. Every dollar pushes us downfield toward more college doors opening.

Recognition: Listed on the Hundred Yard Social and Webpage  (with permission) and included in season impact updates.