LOOK: JJ Watt finds doppelganger on Twitter, who exhibits up in his replies

There is a Twitter account named “Random Faculty Athletes” that posts about precisely what its title says: random school athletes. Typically these posts will go viral when the athlete is extra of a star than a random school participant, or, within the case of what occurred Friday, when it is a notable doppelganger.

Enter JJ Watt, who noticed the account tweet out the photograph of Matt Betz, a defensive lineman for West Liberty College from 2008 to 2012. Whereas the title, place, or faculty did not stand out to Watt, the picture definitely did, as he joked about.

The great thing about the web kicked in shortly after Watt made the publish as Betz seems to have made a Twitter account simply so he might reply to such a publish — his bio says as a lot.

The Western Liberty soccer roster website solely goes again so far as 2011, however it does affirm that this wasn’t only a made up, or edited, publish for clout. Listed here are among the stats from Betz’s 2010 season, which appears to be essentially the most notable 12 months he had on the crew.

2010: Honorable Point out All-WVIAC. …Noticed motion in all 10 video games at nostril sort out with 9 begins. …sixth on crew with 35 whole tackles. …2nd on crew with 16 assists. …Led crew with 9 tackles-for-loss and a pair of fumble recoveries. …2nd on crew with 5 quarterback sacks. …One pressured fumble. 

It might not be JJ Watt-level, however getting numbers like that whereas beginning on a university crew is fairly spectacular. In addition to, Betz says his abilities stand out off of the gridiron.