'Popeyes Kid' of viral meme fame is now a college football player.
Thanks to a concerted effort on the social media that made his image famous, he appears to have an NIL deal with the chicken chain.
Popeyes reached out to Dieunerst Collin on Tuesday, two days after the internet took notice that he was an offensive lineman for Lake Erie College and demanded that he get an NIL deal. Twitter user and self-professed college sports fanatic Jim Weber first noticed Collin's status as an NCAA athlete and strongly suggested in a Sunday tweet that Popeye's offer Collin an NIL deal. With college athletes permitted now to profit from their name image and likeness, it seems a natural fit.
The internet agreed. Weber's tweet had tallied more than 52,000 likes as of Tuesday night. It also got the attention of Collin, who was fully on board with the suggestion.
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