Brennan Williams is a WWE Star and a Vtuber. Those Worlds Aren't So Different

Posted Jul 19, 2021
Former North Carolina football player Brennan Williams’ story line has changed a lot lately, too. As an offensive lineman with the Jacksonville Jaguars in the mid-aughts, Williams wasn’t much in the spotlight. But he left his football career with his body intact, and so he traveled to Houston to train toward his lifelong goal of becoming a famous wrestler. (WIRED.com)

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