LSU quarterback Joe Burrow and his Tigers visited the White House on Friday to meet President Donald Trump in honor of their national title win over Clemson.
Naturally, the topic of the Cincinnati Bengals came up.
Those Bengals hold the first pick in the 2020 NFL draft and figure to use it on Burrow, an Ohio native who grew up about three hours from the city.
Burrow’s father has already publicly noted Joe would like to play for the Bengals, but Friday seems to mark the first time he’s really answered the question officially.
Josh Wingrove, White House reporter for Bloomberg, laid out the brief exchange:
Here at the White House, I asked Joe Burrow if he wants to play for the Cincinnati @Bengals. He chuckled.
"Whoever wants to pay me money to play the game of football, I'll play for 'em, it doesn't matter to me," he said.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) January 17, 2020
Simple enough, right? Burrow isn’t going to say anything else and all logical presumptions point to his being more than happy to head home and play in Ohio.
Just don’t expect this to be the end of the topic — Burrow is probably going to have this question thrown at him constantly throughout the draft process.
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