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Marshawn Lynch's High School Photo

Marshawn Lynch's High School Photo

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Updated Sep 11, 2018 at 11:22AM EDT by Adam.

Added Sep 11, 2018 at 10:46AM EDT by Adam.

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Marshawn Lynch's High School Photo refers to a picture of NFL running back Marshawn Lynch taken while he was a student at Oakland Technical High School. After the picture aired as part of a Monday Night Football broadcast, Twitter users joked about how the high school-aged Lynch looked very different from current-day Lynch, as the former appeared very clean-cut and friendly while the current-day Lynch has a reputation for being a very tough running back.

Origin

On September 10th, the Oakland Raiders played the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football in Oakland, California. During ESPN's broadcast of the game, they showed a picture of Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch's high school photo from Oakland Technical High School (shown below).


MARSHAWN LYNCH E S HIGH SCHOOL DAKLAND TECHNICAL OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM EMORIES

Spread

After the picture aired, Twitter users were quick to make jokes about it. Sports Illustrated tweeted "Please make high school Marshawn Lynch a meme," as well as a "Me on Twitter / Me on Facebook" joke about the comparison (shown below). Both tweets gained over 300 retweets and roughly 1,000 likes.


SI Sports lllustrated @Slnow Follow Please make high school Marshawn Lynch a meme Lj 11:58 PM -10 Sep 2018 SI Sports lllustrated @Slnow Follow Me on Twitter vs me on Facebook Lj 12:01 AM -11 Sep 2018 310 Retweets 925 Likes

Other popular examples of jokes about Lynch's photo include a tweet by @TheCheckdown which made a similar joke to Sports Illustrated, gaining over 2,800 retweets and 7,000 likes (shown below, left) and a joke by @BigHeadBS that gained over 110 retweets and 410 likes (shown below, right).


H The Checkdown DoWN @thecheckdown Follow Real life vs. Linkedln @MoneyLynch LI 11:51 PM -10 Sep 2018 BigHeadBS @BigHeadBS Follow NFL Marshawn: "Run through a muhfukka's face." 35 High School Marshawn: "The probability of that happening is extremely low when you calculate the force required to actually run through a gentleman's countenance." Lj

The spread of jokes was covered by multiple sports and internet-focused websites, including The Daily Dot,[1] The Root,[2] SFGate,[3] and others.

Various Examples


Ryan Mac @RMac18 Follow Marshawn Lynch's transition from high school to now is like a reverse episode of Queer Eye. 1:16 AM - 11 Sep 2018 App State Lacrosse @AppStateLax Follow Marshawn Lynch in high school is a grown up Cookie from Ned's Declassified. ldk how to feel rn Fran Fine @badgalmunaaa ( Follow ) Marshawn Lynch looked like a whole insurance agent in high school MARSHAWN LYNCH HIGH SCHOOL OAKLAND TECHNICALİ DAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEIM CJ Fogler @cizerO ( Follow ) This Marshawn Lynch photo is amazing MARSHAWN LYNCH EMOR DAKLAND TECHNICAL DAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM joon Following @joonlee MARSHAWN LYNCH LOOKED LIKE A PREPPY NERD IN HIGH SCHOOL 11:51 PM -10 Sep 2018 Mohammed Kloub @LesslsMoh Follow Man looks like he's about to write some Beast Code joon @joonlee MARSHAWN LYNCH LOOKED LIKE A PREPPY NERD IN HIGH SCHOOL Show this thread 11:56 PM -10 Sep 2018

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External References

[1] Daily Dot – Marshawn Lynch’s embarrassing high school photo is getting roasted on Twitter

[2] The Root – Marshawn Lynch Looked Like a State Farm Agent in High School, and The Internet Got Jokes

[3] SF Gate – Hilarious photo of Marshawn Lynch in high school spawns memes during game vs. Rams

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