Tom Brady partners with Abbott, Big Ten Conference to tackle blood shortage in US in ‘really unique’ way

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Tom Brady loves some good competition, especially when it involves his alma mater, the University of Michigan. 

He loves it even more when it has an important impact on our country, too. 

Brady has teamed up with Abbott, the multinational medical devices and health care company, and the Big Ten Conference for their first-of-its-kind We Give Blood Drive, a nationwide blood donation competition among all 18 schools in the conference that will help tackle a health problem in the United States.

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NFL legend Tom Brady is all smiles before an NFL game at Huntington Bank Field Sept. 8, 2024, in Cleveland. (Jeff Lange/USA Today Network)

"We’re at a huge blood shortage in the U.S., and for every blood donation, you can save up to three lives," Brady told Fox News Digital Thursday. "I think that’s the important part. Sometimes, we take for granted the little things that make big impacts, and this is one of them."

Brady said he has been a blood donor since his freshman year of high school because he knows how far just one donation can go. 

Blood donations are needed for a wide variety of reasons, whether it’s trauma and accident victims, women dealing with childbirth complications or individuals going through cancer treatments. And young donors are the key because fewer and fewer under the age of 25 have been volunteering to give blood. 

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