Orchard Park, N.Y. -- While Houston struggles with the floods that resulted from Hurricane Harvey, one Buffalo Bills player is doing what he can to help.

Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes, who grew up in Sugar Land, Texas just outside of Houston, will be donating a significant amount of money to help those who have been impacted. He released the following statement to ESPN.

"Fellow Houstonians and Bills Mafia: What is happening in my home city of #Houston is completely devastating and heart-wrenching. Watching this crisis from so far away makes me feel helpless, so I want to do whatever I can to help the victims impacted by this tragedy. I will be donating $25,000 to Mayor Sylvester Turner's Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. Additionally, I will give $5,000 for each sack I record. I hope and pray my teammates, friends, and fans will join me in making a donation as well. Any amount matters in this time of need! All donations can be made to www.ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/. Thank you all for your support! #Houstonstrong #HurricaneHarvey #BillsMafia"

Hughes is in the third year of a five-year, $45 million contract he signed back in 2015. He grew up just outside of Houston and attended Texas Christian University before getting drafted in the first-round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He still makes it back to Texas in the offseason.

Houston has been dealing with unprecedented downpours for three days and they are going to continue on Tuesday. Harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm but it has already forced more than 30,000 Houstonians out of their homes. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Texas on Tuesday after declaring a federal state of emergency in Texas and Louisiana.