"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 ...

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 ...

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Social media continues to provide opportunities in the most unexpected ways, and “Popeyes meme kid” Dieunerst Collin has learned firsthand. Collin, an offensive lineman at Lake Erie College, may be ...

Nearly 10 years after taking the internet by storm as the side-eyeing “Popeyes meme kid,” Dieunerst Collin is back in the spotlight as a budding college football player with his eyes set on something ...

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 ...

The “Popeyes kid” just snagged an endorsement deal with Popeyes — and an internet meme has come full circle. A decade ago, when Vine was the social media platform du jour, it produced all kinds of ...

Mark Schofield is a former college quarterback and attorney covering the NFL and F1. The internet, and social media in particular, can be a harsh and brutal place. But every once in a while something ...

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 ...

"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.

Kid Cudi shut down the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with performances with Kanye West and more during weekend two of the annual event. Before he hit the stage in Indio, Calif., the ...