{"id":58162,"date":"2025-01-28T18:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/popeyes-sign-awkward-meme-kid-to-nil-deal-10-years-after-viral-video-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:49:21","slug":"popeyes-sign-awkward-meme-kid-to-nil-deal-10-years-after-viral-video-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/popeyes-sign-awkward-meme-kid-to-nil-deal-10-years-after-viral-video-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Popeyes sign awkward \u2018meme kid\u2019 to NIL deal 10 years after viral video &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popeyes sign awkward \u2018meme kid\u2019 to NIL deal 10 years after viral video Vine\/Twitter: Dieunerst CollinFried chicken chain Popeyes has signed the viral \u2018Popeyes meme kid\u2019 to a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal, 10 years after the awkward original video of him went viral on Vine. The Popeyes meme kid \u2014 real name Dieunerst Collin \u2014 went viral on Vine in 2013, but it wasn\u2019t due to his own doing. Instead, many of you will remember the awkward kid that was approached in a Popeyes by a random stranger comparing him to fellow viral sensation Terio, asking Collin to do the trademark \u201cooh\u201d sound. Of course, Collin at the time had no clue what the man meant, instead just looking at him awkwardly while trying to go about his day \u2014 but the internet absolutely loved it, and has done ever since. Now a freshman offensive lineman at D-II Lake Erie College, Collin has secured himself an NIL deal with Popeyes, proving that the internet really does come full circle. The move came after fans demanded an NIL deal for Collin, saying that he deserved it after becoming a State Champion in late 2021. On January 8, Collin posted to his social media channels saying that he \u201cjust wanted to talk\u201d with Popeyes \u2014 and within days, a deal was done. \u201cI didn\u2019t know the internet was like that,\u201d Collin said on Instagram Live shortly after the fact. \u201cNow I know to never doubt the internet. I appreciate that.\u201d Dieurnest Collin on IG Live: \u201cI didn\u2019t know the internet was like that\u201d pic.twitter.com\/ZE1s3O9OFj \u2014 Front Office Sports (@FOS) January 11, 2023 It\u2019s wild to see this story come full circle, and for Dieunerst Collin to wait so long for that viral video to become worth it, you can tell how happy he is to have secured the deal. The terms of the deal aren\u2019t clear, but it\u2019s only very recently that college players could agree to NIL deals, with NCAA lifting the rules surrounding them in July 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popeyes sign awkward \u2018meme kid\u2019 to NIL deal 10 years after viral video Vine\/Twitter: Dieunerst CollinFried chicken chain Popeyes has signed the viral \u2018Popeyes meme kid\u2019 to a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal, 10 years after the awkward original video of him went viral on Vine. The Popeyes meme kid \u2014 real name Dieunerst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}