The awkward little “Popeyes boy” who turned a meme in a single day again in 2013 is now a full-grown man, and now the 18-year-old has landed a university soccer identify, picture and likeness cope with the well-known quick meals rooster chain.
According to USA Today, Popeyes signed Dieunerst Collin to an NIL deal, which is a model sponsorship deal for NCAA athletes.
Popeyes Meme Kid Signs Sponsorship Deal With The Popular Fried Chicken Chain
Collin was simply 9 when he turned an web sensation after his cousin posted a video of him to Vine again in 2013, prompting him to turn out to be a giant star on the now-defunct social video sharing app.
He now stands 6 foot 1, and weighs 330 kilos, and is an offensive lineman at New Jersey’s Lake Erie College’s Division II soccer program. Collin mentioned he by no means forgot his childhood love of Popeyes, and can promote “that business like crazy.”
“Only thing I can say is that I will be promoting that business like crazy. I actually love Popeyes myself,” Collin wrote.
Many will acknowledge the highschool soccer standout from his viral web video, the place his cousin turns the digital camera on Collin and tells the boy to “say oooh (Terrio’s catchphrase)…. Ooh.”
Collin’s legendary eye-roll completely captured his incredulousness of the scenario as he innocently holds a Popeyes drink cup.
High School Football Standout Says Popeyes Meme Used To Make Him Uncomfortable
The meme stays one of the vital common even at the moment.
Collin went on to say that the meme really used to make him uncomfortable, to the purpose the place he mentioned he didn’t even need to stroll outdoors once more.
“It would affect me… to the point where it was like ‘I don’t ever want to walk outside ever again.’”
Collin Signs NIL Deal Two Years After Governing Bodies Sanctioned Them For Student-Athletes In 2021
Now, he can rejoice his newly-signed NIL deal, a deal of which wasn’t an choice for faculty athletes solely two years in the past.
NIL (identify, picture, likeness) offers have been lastly allowed again in July 2021, permitting student-athletes at NCAA colleges to revenue off of their very own private manufacturers by the use of merchandizing, social media and extra.
Meanwhile, the precise phrases of Collin’s NIL cope with Popeyes have but to be revealed.