ANN ARBOR -- Members of the University of Michigan football team turned the Outback Bowl into a six-figure donation for charity.

This week, they got to see the money change hands in person.

Defensive end Chase Winovich, offensive tackle Grant Newsome and defensive coordinator Don Brown were in attendance Thursday as the ChadTough Foundation presented a check for $211,246 to doctors at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

Pediatric oncologist Dr. Carl Koschmann and pathologist Dr. Sriram Venneti accepted the donation on behalf of Michigan Medicine's Pediatric Brian Tumor Research Initiative.

Winovich launched the fundraiser in conjunction with ChadTough in December, vowing to dye his hair orange for the Outback Bowl if $15,000 was raised. The goal was hit less than 24 hours later, prompting his teammates (and Brown) to get involved.

By the day of the game, Jan. 1, more than $200,000 had been raised from 2,759 pledges, with University of Michigan regent Ron Weiser pledging to match all donations up to $1 million.

In total, $422,498 will be donated to the research initiative. Koschmann said the money will be used to expand the size of his lab, and add extra benches for research.

"At the end of the day, it's not about the $400,000," Winovich said. "It's about the awareness. And even greater, in my opinion, is the hope that these families that have suffered have something to cling to."

The ChadTough Foundation was launched in 2015 to help fund research and raise awareness for pediatric brain tumors.

Chad Carr, the grandson of former Michigan football coach Lloyd Carr, died in November 2015 from Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. He was 5 years old.