Cowboys' Micah Parsons Sending Fans Money After Twitter Exchange over Gas Prices

Since no one else is trying to fix the problem of high gas prices across the country, the Dallas Cowboys star has taken matters into his own hands.

On Thursday, the average cost per gallon of gas in the US was nearly $5.

Micah Parsons @MicahhParsons11

Gas is 5 dollars!! Man I feel bad for kids in high school I used to charge my homies 5 dollars to take them home! Now the minimum for a ride home is at least a 20!

The Penn State alum asked fans to send him their Cash App information so he could help them out after a fan responded to him with "not being rich having to deal with this"

He paid $116.46 to fill his car with gas. The reigning defensive rookies of the year is fortunate that he has enough money to pay it.

The contract paid him a signing bonus and a base salary. He will get a base salary of over $1 million and a signing bonus of over $2 million.

He later posted a picture of some of the people he sent money to and said there was more to come.

According to Chris Isidore of CNN.com, the average cost for a gallon of gas is up to $5, with California having the highest cost per gallon in the country.

The head of energy analysis for the OPIS told Isidore the national average could go up to $6 per gallon by the end of the summer.

It goes from June 20 to Labor Day. People are going to take vacations.

Russian oil sanctions are one of the main reasons for rising gas prices.

Isidore wrote that the EU's recent decision to ban oil tanker shipments from Russia has caused oil prices to soar.

At this point in time, it's not clear when prices will go down, but at least Parsons is willing to help those who need it.