Sophomore running back Alfred Blue has experienced success on the field lately, with a 72-yard rushing game against Kentucky last weekend.
But outside of football, Blue went through a recent setback when a fire destroyed his family’s home and all their belongings.
LSU has set up the Relief-4-Blue Fund, which will assist Blue, his younger siblings — Alyhea, Clarica and Clarence, Jr.— and his mother and grandmother. 
The NCAA has permitted the fund, which will receive donations through the Tiger Athletic Foundation. 
Under NCAA Bylaw 16.11.12, fundraisers are acceptable in “extreme circumstances … extraordinary in the result of events beyond the student-athlete’s