Okay, so the other day I was down a rabbit hole trying to find some funny stuff, and I remembered this comedian, Shane Gillis. I knew he was hilarious, but I vaguely remembered something about him playing football. So, I decided to dig in and see what the deal was.
The Football Search Begins
First, I fired up Google – my usual go-to for this kind of random info search. I just typed in “Shane Gillis football” and hit enter. I started scrolling through a bunch of articles and YouTube videos.
- I found some stuff mentioning he played in college, but nothing super detailed at first.
- Some of the initial results were just about his stand-up routines where he talks about football. Funny, but not what I was looking for.
Diving Deeper into Shane’s Past
Then, I refined my search a bit, adding “college” to the keywords, so it’s “Shane Gillis college football”. Bingo! That narrowed it down. I started seeing more specific stuff about him playing at West Point (the Army academy) and then at Elon University.
I clicked on some articles and found out he was an offensive lineman. I also learned that he got kicked out of West Point, which, you know, adds to the story.
- I read up on a couple of sports blogs.
- I went through some old Elon Phoenix football rosters.
Finally, Finding the details
After a little while i put together all the pieces. It seems like he had a decent high school career, then went to West Point for a bit before getting the boot. Then he ended up playing some ball at Elon, but it doesn’t sound like he was ever a star or anything. It was cool to find, that many sorces describe him, as “a 6-foot-3, 285-pound right tackle”.
Honestly, the whole search was more interesting than I expected. It’s always fun to find out these little details about people you see on stage or TV. Makes them feel a bit more real, you know?
