The money Johnny Manziel may or may not have made from his thousands of autographs last January pales in comparison to the money his school made on donations.

ESPN reported Texas A&M University made $740 million from donations between Sept. 1, 2012 and Aug. 31, 2013, a record for the school in any 12-month period. The donations did not just set the record; it broke it by $300 million.

"I think it's noteworthy," Texas A&M Foundation president Ed Davis told the Bryan-College Station Eagle. "Normally, we don't spend a lot of time beating our chest with things like this, but this year has been rather spectacular."

The fund raising total included donations will benefit the school's research program, the 12th Man Foundation, the athletics program fundraising group, the Texas A&M Foundation, the Association of Former Students and the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. It will also help fund the planned $450 million renovation of Kyle Field, the Aggies' football stadium.

According to the Eagle, $271.5 million went to the 12th Man Foundation and $351 million was given to the Texas A&M Foundation.

Last year marked the first year of the Aggies playing in the SEC football conference and the move has generated a lot of buzz around the school. Johnny Manziel led the team to an 11-2 record, including handing Alabama its only loss, and a Cotton Bowl victory, on his way to becoming the only freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. This year, the Aggies are off to a 2-1 start, including a loss in a super-highly publicized rematch against Alabama.

"People ask me all the time if you have a winning football team, do you raise more money," Davis told the Eagle. "In normal times, the statistical data wouldn't support that, but in an era where we are in, effectively, in the news everywhere and you have a young man like our quarterback who has been a media magnet and you have the success you have, I do think that euphoria does spill over into success in fundraising. I'm hoping we can keep it up."