On October 29, 2017, Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, completed a short ball to wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster, who scorched the Detroit Lions defence for a touchdown that was scored on 97 yards.
When the Steelers eventually prevailed in the game, Smith-Schuster was questioned about why he kept turning to face the Lion defenders. Smith-Schuster, who led the Steelers with four touchdown receptions at that point in the season, replied, “To be honest, the reason I kept looking back is because in Madden, my speed is 82, 83.” “All of a sudden, I withdrew, veered to the right, and managed to score the touchdown.” Hopefully, [Madden’s speed] increases after today.
At first glance most wouldn’t expect an answer like that to come from a professional football player who’s usually trained to give stale, static, repetitive answers and provide little if any sound bites of interest.
But then you realize that the Steelers rookie happens to be the youngest player in the NFL at the age of 20 and launched JuJu TV, a Youtube channel that currently boast over 300k subscribers.
Smith-Schuster may be his given name, but JuJu is the brand that has given this dude a face in pop culture lately. He’s been all over social media, bringing heat on IG, Twitter and as mentioned Youtube.
More than just being present on social media, his content has been crazy original, fresh and just straight dope!
From recording a video responding to comments on Youtube, to doing an undercover news reporter prank on the street, and even dressing in full Steelers football gear in a return visit to USC (University of Southern California) where he played his college ball. During the visit he walked around campus meeting and having casual conversations with students and hilariously attending a lecture hall class, still wearing his full gear.
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