Who's that on your Zoom meeting???@gkittle46 & @josey_jewell have lots of fans in Iowa City | #Hawkeyes pic.twitter.com/daD155FWiM
— Hawkeye Football (@HawkeyeFootball) April 16, 2020
Taking a page out of Peyton Manning’s playbook, Broncos linebacker Josey Jewell and 49ers tight end George Kittle crashed one of Iowa’s online classes last week.
Kittle and Jewell played for the Hawkeyes before going pro.
“I am like the biggest Broncos fan ever,” one student said. “Like my whole family is from Denver and are obsessed with them so I’m like literally shaking as you can see my hands.”
Manning did something similar last month, crashing one of Tennessee’s online classes.
“I encourage you to keep a positive attitude,” Manning told students. “Keep working like you’re doing and try to take advantage of the little bit of extra time that you have to accomplish something else or help out somebody in need.”
In an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19, many schools have sent students home and switched to online video classes. That’s obviously not an ideal scenario but getting a chance to interact with NFL players probably helps make it a little better.
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