Chicago (Wgn) – Brian O’Keefe d’Esquire recently profiled the quarter of the Bears of Chicago Caleb Williams as part of the “Mavericks of Sports” package of the fashion magazine, where they made him the cover athlete. According to O’Keefe.
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“I would say that Caleb really corresponds to the profile of a squirt guy in many ways,” said O’Keefe. “First of all, he is very interested in style and fashion, which, of course, is something we cover. He is in a way a man of the Renaissance to certain ways. He is interested in business and is a great athlete. And I think it’s a guy where there is a tension that lights up.
“He had an incredible university career, went n ° 1 in total in the draft. The team and the fans were counting on him to be a quarter of frankness and it was a ride ride the first year, because it is for many young quarters, so I think there is this big question of knowing if he will be ‘the guy.’ ‘.
Like many chicago sports fans already know that Williams becomes or not `The guy ” in Chicago is not inevitable, but something O’Keefe noticed that it was unique about Williams before playing a single to Soldier Field.
“He launched an investment company, a venture capital company, last summer before playing his first snap in the NFL,” said O’Keefe. “It really caught my attention because most of the athletes, these guys who come out, they really have to behave to be first round choices, right? They focus on the team, on the establishment of their brand in the game.”
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O’Keefe stressed how most athletes do not think of life outside of football or after the end of their career or retirement. They come to a point where they wonder, “What should I do now?”
“They have this void and [Caleb]He already plans that before going out on the field, “said O’Keefe.” It’s really fascinating, the fact that he does that. That he would have the confidence to do it. »»
Then there is the fact that Williams spent a large part of his offseason outside the United States in Copenhagen, Denmark. O’Keefe went to the Danish capital to profile it. In his writings, O’Keefe described how Williams met him in Cafe Side Hustle, a living room on the second floor of the city, before the two go to a quieter space in the block to speak.
“He plans to live part -time in Europe in the future because he is really interested in fashion and culture,” said O’Keefe. “This is another thing that is a bit surprising for a young NFL player. He does not live five kilometers from the gymnasium and there every day. He does his own thing, and at the same time, he is very confident and very firm to say that he is all about football.
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“He plans to have a long career and predicts to win. But the fact that he is balanced these two things is really intriguing.”
One thing that O’Keefe did not include in his Williams profile is the Bears quarter-Arrière plans “to intensify his fashion game this season”.
“He said, in fact, his style game was pretty good this year – his walk and his stuff,” said O’Keefe. “But he will bring him back to a new level this year because he had more time to plan it and shopping like this.”
O’Keefe said that he would not describe Williams as a human being who is eccentric, as unconventional or slightly strange. He said that Williams considers himself an athlete who is part of a new age that is completely comfortable in his own skin.
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“I think he would say he is his authentic,” said O’Keefe. “He said he didn’t really think about what people say about him. Now everyone thinks about it a little, but I think that to a certain extent, it’s true. I just just don’t be afraid of being himself. He is not afraid to show an emotion.”
O’Keefe recalled how Williams received criticism for showing his emotions in the past – his mother protecting her face from cameras at the USC, and a story of the way the 10 -year sequence of Chicago broke it in the point of tears a night. But Williams never felt that it was weak to show emotions.
“It is definitely a state of mind different from that of the NFL in the past,” said O’Keefe. “But it is also of this new generation of players … It’s just in recent years that these guys, he was really at the forefront of this, has obtained this zero money and has become, essentially, very paid professional athletes – the best – in college.
“He won the Heisman Trophy and returned for another year at university, he won millions of dollars downstream. It is a different generation. They are encouraged to express himself and I do not think he feels embarrassed on this subject.”
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O’Keefe underlined how Williams’ expressive nature is part of football to catch up with other sports with regard to the fashion world, and, in doing so, helps add value to football from social media.
When the media threshing can be taken from pre-match tunnel walks and the emphasis is on fashion and culture with the players involved, but not only the content offered with regard to football, but it also offers a larger volume of content on sport when it comes to crossing the platforms that football had no audience.
For those who wish to read O’Keefe’s full profile on Williams, it can be found by clicking here.
Kaitlin Sharkey’s complete interview with O’Keefe can be watched in the video integrated at the top of this article.
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