New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow, who didn't play Sunday because of sore ribs, reached out Monday night to an upstate New York teenager who is hurting a lot more than he is.

Responding to a Twitter campaign that went viral, Tebow called Matt Hardy, a 17-year-old Shenendehowa High School student hospitalized with injuries suffered Saturday night in a two-car crash. Two fellow students were killed in the accident, Chris Stewart and Deanna Rivers, according to reports.