Bucs' Winfield donates same amount of Super Bowl fine to Tampa school

Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. is using his taunting fine from Super Bowl LV as an opportunity to help local students.

Winfield donated $7,815 - the same amount he was fined for flashing a peace sign in front of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill as payback for Hill's taunt earlier in the season - to the Buccaneers Youth Leadership Program.

"Since it got a lot of media attention, it was out there and I wanted to just spin it in a way to make it positive," Winfield told Bucs staff writer Carmen Vitali. "And what better way than to give back to the Youth Leadership program that I did all year? That was kind of how that kind of came about because I was thinking of different things I could do. I spent the whole year with the kids and talking to them and everything, so I feel like that was a good opportunity to go with those guys."

Launched as part of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Social Justice Initiative, the program features players and staff members serving as mentors for students at Young Middle School in East Tampa.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Social Justice Fund will match Winfield's donation, for a total of $15,630 going to the school.