Dieunerst Collin has officially parlayed his viral childhood fame into his own Super Bowl commercial. The "Popeyes Meme Kid," now 18, stars in the fried chicken chain's new game day ad for their "Eyes ...

Dieunerst Collin is unlikely a name you have ever heard but if you’ve been on the internet, there is no doubt you’ve seen his face. In 2013, a video on the now-defunct platform Vine, an unlikely star ...

One day, when Dieunerst Collin was 9 years old, he, his dad and little brother took a trip to their local Popeyes to pick up dinner for the family. That trip became a pivotal moment in the now-18-year ...

Usually, when a college football player gets a NIL deal, it’s as a result of prowess on the field. For Dieunerst Collin, a sophomore lineman for the Lake Erie College Storm, his Popeyes NIL agreement ...

When he was nine years old, Dieunerst Collin became a meme. He was the kid who appeared in a video posted to Vine, the long dead video sharing app, standing in a Popeyes in Irvington, New Jersey, ...

The Popeyes meme has come full circle as that kid from the famous video has landed a NIL deal with the restaurant. Dieunerst Collin, who was the subject of said meme as a nine-year-old, is believed to ...

From meme to NIL deal: D-II OL Dieunerst Collin has an NIL deal with Popeyes 10 years after going viral in a Popeyes-related video. Fast-food chicken chain Popeyes has signed a D-II college football ...

"Popeyes Kid" of viral meme fame is now a college football player. Thanks to a concerted effort on the social media that made his image famous, he appears to have an NIL deal with the chicken chain.

Even if you don’t know Dieunerst Collin, you know Dieunerst Collin. Anyone who’s been in the vicinity of Twitter or social media at large in the past decade has likely seen his face. In the meme that ...

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"You might know me, I used to be that meme kid," says Dieunerst Collin in Popeyes' new Super Bowl commercial, which airs 10 years after he first went viral at the fried chicken chain Glenn Garner is a ...