Vernon Davis hung up his cleats on Feb. 2 — yep, on the day of Super Bowl LIV when he was part of Rob Gronkowski’s “retirement crew” in a FOX segment, what a way to announce it! — and is now looking at some other work.
That includes acting, something he’s already done in Baywatch (the 2017 movie) and The League (the FX comedy series about fantasy football). So while appearing on SportsCenter and promoting his next flick, Red Winter, he was asked to go into character in front of the ESPN cameras. When put on the spot, he showed off his ability to fake cry, and wow, it’s time to give this man an OSCAR!
Seriously… just watch this pic.twitter.com/aMKwZ458su
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 13, 2020
It’s quickly becoming a meme, of course:
Who among us hasn’t employed this same tactic when trying to get out of a ticket…@VernonDavis85 @MattBarrie #SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/6T8KEyQD39
— Elle Duncan (@elleduncanESPN) February 13, 2020
When someone has eaten the last of the sweet potato yams pic.twitter.com/nnGW4QO3td
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 13, 2020
How I felt about the Sixers all week and then they beat the Clippers pic.twitter.com/jWa4Qj2cc2
— Chartisse (@SnowmanEmbiid) February 14, 2020
Uh oh… Vernon Davis had another nightmare about Kam Chancellor. 😳
(Sorry, had to do it. 😂) pic.twitter.com/zi2EQFpTkT— Dr. Kevin J. Murray 🏈 (@DrKJMurray) February 14, 2020
Me when I found out the Vernon Davis’ Jamba Juice Closed down at Rivermark
pic.twitter.com/3FnPbvWfhS— Alen_Smile_Legit (@GSW_Poole_Party) February 13, 2020
That’s the third-best Davis performance I’ve seen. The first and second?
We are thankful for Vernon Davis and his love of yams.
Sweet potato yams. pic.twitter.com/eRlMFvAnus
— NBCSports Washington (@NBCSWashington) November 22, 2018
🗣️: VERNON DAVIS LOVES SWEET POTATO YAMS pic.twitter.com/5dp8CeSaCQ
— SNF on NBC (@SNFonNBC) November 24, 2017
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