India, Oct. 8 -- Bradford M Freeman, a former trustee and football player, has agreed to donate a whopping $50 million gift to Stanford's football program. ESPN reported that this is the biggest individual gift in the program's history.

Stanford football general manager Andrew Luck on Wednesday hailed the 'incredible gift', further adding that 'we are positioned to win on the field and build a bridge to a sustainable future for Stanford football'.

"The ability to support our players through new scholarships and institutional NIL will reinforce Stanford as the preeminent place in the country to be a football scholar-athlete. I believe that Stanford has the opportunity to be a leading program in college football, and we are entirely motiv...