Arian Foster buys textbooks for broke Twitter follower
Like many college students, Ernesto Guerrero isn't exactly overflowing with cash. In need of money to buy textbooks, the Texas A&M International student turned to an unlikely place - and saw his wishes granted.
Guerrero tweeted at Houston Texans running back Arian Foster asking if the star rusher would pay for his textbooks. Foster, one of the NFL's most enlightened players, obliged.
@ArianFoster can you help me pay for my books this semester??? Those hoes ain't cheap
— Ernesto Guerrero (@ErnGuerrero33) July 17, 2015
@ArianFoster no way, I never thought you would read that. Tbh I'm probably gonna rent them to save some money. Shouldn't cost more than $200
— Ernesto Guerrero (@ErnGuerrero33) July 17, 2015
I'll do that. where you live? https://t.co/M1jEvCZCqd
— Feeno (@ArianFoster) July 17, 2015
Wow never in my life has anything like this happened. @ArianFoster is the realist out there. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you!
— Ernesto Guerrero (@ErnGuerrero33) July 17, 2015
"To be honest, it was sort of a humor tweet. I never thought he would see it considering how busy he might be," Guerrero told Allie Davison of Sporting News. "I assumed most athletes and celebrities don't pay attention to their mentions.
"When I saw that Arian replied to me, I was stunned," Guerrero added. "It was hard to believe. After I snapped out of it, I took a screenshot of the tweet and sent it to a group of friends of mine from college. They couldn't believe it either."
As generous as Foster is, though, he can't do everything:
@ArianFoster can you hep me get a new job?
— Adnan Januzaj (@paulstiga215) July 17, 2015
prolly not, my g https://t.co/5liFd8cW5H
— Feeno (@ArianFoster) July 17, 2015