Colts Announce Memorial Scholarship Fund For Edwin Jackson

Nearly a week after Colts player Edwin Jackson and Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe were killed in a drunken-driving crash, Colts owner Jim Irsay is donating $25,000 to create the Edwin Jackson Memorial Scholarship in memory of the former linebacker. Irsay issued a statement Monday which is posted on the Colts website, regarding Jackson and the scholarship:

“We are all better people for having known him, and we already miss him so much."

The scholarship will be a separate fund within the Indianapolis Colts Foundation, and will be awarded annually to a "qualified student applicant."

According to Irsay's statement, the Colts will work with the Jackson family in the upcoming months to establish the scholarship and determine its guidelines.

This announcement follows Irsay's offer on Feb. 6 to pay for both men's funerals.

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In Monday's statement, Irsay once again sent condolences to Monroe's family, following the Feb. 4 crash on Interstate 70.

26-year-old Jackson and 54-year-old Monroe were killed by Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, when he crashed a black Ford F-150 pickup truck into the rear of the car driven by Monroe, hitting both men. Monroe was driving Jackson when the Colts player became ill, and both stepped out of the car on the side of I-70 just west of Holt Road before the incident occurred.

Indiana State Police say Orrego-Savala was arrested after fleeing the scene and is being held in the Marion County jail while the police work with U.S. federal immigration officials.

Donations to the scholarship fund can be made online at www.colts.com/memorial or by mail at the Edwin Jackson Memorial Scholarship, c/o Indianapolis Colts Foundation, P.O. Box 535000, Indianapolis, IN 46253.

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