"Blue Mountain State" actor Ed Marinaro produced quite the viral moment during the second round of the NFL Draft on Friday evening.
Marinaro had a spiel that lasted seemingly forever before he announced the Vikings' selection of Clemson cornerback Andrew Booth Jr. as the No. 42 overall pick. Marinaro took so long that a producer even notably ran on stage in an effort to hurry him along.
In the later rounds, the NFL has fans, celebrities, and former and current players appear on stage to call their teams' picks and somehow, Marinaro was the only notable person with any association with the Vikings that was available to welcome Clemson CB Andrew Booth to Minnesota.
Like clockwork, Twitter absolutely destroyed Marinaro.
Marinaro, before pursuing a career in acting, was a former Vikings running back who was drafted in the second round out of Cornell in the 1972 NFL Draft. In fact, outside his acting chops in Hollywood, Marinaro was a great running back in college, winning the 1971 Maxwell Trophy and was a runner up to the Heisman. Pretty impressive considering the Ivy League is not known as a football power.
He is of course most known for his portrayal as Martin "Marty" Daniels in Blue Mountain State, a fictionalized show about a college football team that aired on Spike TV for three seasons.
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