New England Patriots running back Jonas Gray is a man of many talents.
The day after Gray’s breakout performance against the Indianapolis Colts in which he rushed for 199 yards and four touchdowns in New England’s 42-20 win on Sunday night, a video began getting passed around showcasing another of his skills.
Apparently, Gray’s as funny as he is a powerful runner, and he once was the opening comedy act for Screech from “Saved By the Bell.”
Back when he suited up for Notre Dame, a friend of Gray’s, who was a stand-up comedian, encouraged him to start jotting down his jokes. Soon enough, Gray had collected enough material and his friend told him to just go for it, according to an interview with Boston.com recently.
“He said, ‘You know what we need to do? We need to have something at Notre Dame where you just do open mic or something. We’ll get a headliner, and you just do your thing. Get all your teammates to come out, and it’ll be fun,'” Gray said. “We ended up doing it.”
It just so happened he ended up opening for Dustin Diamond at a South Bend, Ind., bar back in 2011.
“My friend knew him,” Gray said. “He just hooked up with his agent, he knew him, and made it happen.”
Check out Gray trying his hand at comedy in the video below.
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