Current:Home > StocksLions' Amon-Ra St. Brown pays off friendly wager he quips was made 'outside the facility' -TradeWisdom
Lions' Amon-Ra St. Brown pays off friendly wager he quips was made 'outside the facility'
View
Date:2025-04-18 01:30:08
Julian Okwara had the outfit ordered before the Notre Dame-USC game was over, and when Amon-Ra St. Brown put it on Thursday, Okwara was there to make sure it fit just right.
St. Brown, the Detroit Lions' leading receiver and a former USC standout, paid off a friendly wager with Okwara, a Notre Dame grad, for the Irish's 48-20 win over the Trojans last Saturday by wearing a leprechaun outfit for his weekly media session Thursday.
"We don’t do bets in this facility," St. Brown said, making light of the NFL's gambling policy. "We made an agreement. It was outside the facility, so I called J.O., FaceTimed him, and he said if S.C. wins he has to be Tommy Trojan. I said, 'OK,' and he said if Notre Dame wins I got to be the — I don’t know what they call this. Whatever this green thing is, and I said, 'Sure.' So, yeah, we made an agreement outside the facility, and that’s that."
Okwara said he ordered the outfit off Amazon last week — "Amazon Prime got it here by today so shout out to Jeff Bezos," he said — and had it laid out in front of St. Brown's locker when St. Brown came in from catching his regular 202 balls of the Jugs machine after practice.
"I don’t think this fits, bro," St. Brown joked as he stared at the shiny green costume on the ground.
NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.
"No, it’s gonna fit, it’s stretchy," Okwara said as he pulled out his cell phone to record the process. "You're a man of your word."
"Since we don’t bet for money, we bet for costumes, so he made a bet with me that USC was going to beat Notre Dame," Okwara said. "Clearly, the whole world saw that Notre Dame put on a show."
Okwara said the terms of the bet were that St. Brown "had to be Irish for the day," though he ripped the costume off as soon as he was done talking with reporters.
"He's got to do it while the camera’s on him, he can't go private, he got to do it right here and I'm going to have a couple questions for him on the side and make sure I get things straightened up with him while the camera’s on him," Okwara said. "He had a big game so I want to make sure the whole world sees his beautiful fit."
St. Brown set career highs with 12 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown in the Lions' win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week, a game Okwara said "made up for" USC's performance.
St. Brown, who leads the Lions with 38 catches and 455 yards receiving this season, said his goal is to have an even bigger day Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens.
"He wasn’t too happy before he went to bed Saturday," Okwara said. "He was able to sweeten his mind a little bit the next day with some touchdowns and some yards. He made up for it. But yeah, this is his L for today."
Contact Dave Birkett at dbirkett@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @davebirkett.
veryGood! (3)
Related
- Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)
- Skier Jean Daniel Pession and Girlfriend Elisa Arlian Die After Mountain Fall, Found in “Final Embrace
- Spotify hikes price of memberships as it seeks to drive profits
- Michigan kills 31,000 Atlantic salmon after they catch disease at hatchery
- Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
- Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off gushing leak
- Muhammad Ali’s childhood home is for sale in Kentucky after being converted into a museum
- Only a third of the money from $2.7M fraud scandal has been returned to Madison County
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- When Calls the Heart Star Mamie Laverock's Family Says Fall Was Unintended in Latest Health Update
Ranking
- Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
- These 23 Pottery Barn Teen Items Work as Home Decor Gems for Modern Adults: Finds Starting at $4.99
- Mourners can now speak to an AI version of the dead. But will that help with grief?
- Poppi sodas 'are basically sugared water' due to low prebiotic fiber content, lawsuit says
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- 8-year-old girl attacked by 'aggressive' cow elk while riding bike in Colorado
- Pat McAfee walks back profane statement he made while trying to praise Caitlin Clark
- How Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Raising Daughter Lili Diana Out of the Spotlight
Recommendation
Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020
California firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay
Cher is 'proud' of boyfriend Alexander 'A.E.' Edwards after reported fight with Travis Scott
Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
Russian disinformation network targets politicians ahead of EU elections
Russian disinformation network targets politicians ahead of EU elections
6 people shot outside St. Louis bar. 3 of them are critically injured