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Michigan kicker Kenny Allen used his bowl gift to help children at Mott Hospital in Ann Arbor.

(Melanie Maxwell | MLive.com)

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. -- Bowl gifts are an annual college football tradition.

Some are modest. Others aren't.

Every player who takes part in the upcoming Military Bowl gets an XBox One. Players at the Arizona Bowl get cowboy boots. Some bowls give out watches, others give out shopping sprees.

Michigan's players each received a watch, a video game, a pair of sandals and a beach towel from the Citrus Bowl. They were also all given a $315 shopping trip to Best Buy. Anything they wanted, as long as it was $315 or less.

Michigan kicker Kenny Allen spent his $315 helping others.

Allen broke his money into several pairs of headphones and iTunes gift cards. He plans on donating all of them to patients at Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor.

"We just had Christmas, I don't really need anything," Allen said Sunday. "So I might as well put it to something worthwhile."

Allen said he was inspired by Minnesota punter Peter Mortell, who took his bowl gift last year and also donated it to needy children. He's gone on to raise roughly $25,000 for a children's hospital in Minnesota.

Michigan had its shopping trip to Best Buy on Saturday night. Some players walked away with television sets after adding their own money on top of the free gift. Some broke it up into smaller items.

Linebacker Joe Bolden indicated he bought something for his girlfriend's dog.

Allen, of course, went a different route.

"Some people don't have it as well as we do," Allen added. "It's always nice to help someone out. ... What (Mortell) did by posting it on social media kind of inspired me. So I figured if I did it, I'd post it and maybe someone else will see it and be inspired to do something nice for someone else."

Inspired by @PMortell37 to use the bowl gift card to buy for others! Can't wait to hand these out to deserving kids. pic.twitter.com/ZnBnOCUEg3 — Kenny Allen (@KennyAllen91) December 27, 2015

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