KU walk-on Jared Casey’s Applebee’s commercial features a nod to his 2-point conversion catch

By Matt Tait     Nov 19, 2021

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Kansas tight end Jared Casey holds up his No. 47 jersey in the visitors locker room after making the game-winning catch on a two-point conversion at Texas, on Nov. 13, 2021.

Entering last Saturday’s final walk-through for the KU-Texas game, Kansas football walk-on Jared Casey had no idea that his life would suddenly be so busy in the coming days.

But there he was, after becoming a star following his game-winning, 2-point conversion catch, making commercials, doing all kinds of media sessions and still waiting for the reality of it all to sink in.

Wednesday, at KU’s regularly scheduled player availability session, [Casey talked about the whirlwind few days and his first dabbling with acting.][1] He said he never was even in any kind of school play growing up and noted that, because his acting chops were a little raw, the whole experience of making a commercial for NIL partner Applebee’s took a long time.

Here, in case you haven’t seen it, is a look at Casey’s Applebee’s commercial, which was filmed in Lawrence earlier this week.

[1]: http://www2.kusports.com/news/2021/nov/17/ku-football-walk-jared-casey-never-thought-he-woul/

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.