Kirk Cousins’ surprising look positive aspects college students additional credit score

It was a wet Wednesday in Holland, Michigan, and Hope School juniors Hannah Pearce and Breck McCloskey had been on their strategy to the campus health middle for a exercise. Although they did not notice it initially, they walked previous a western Michigan icon.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins.

Two college students stopped me after my PT session @ Hope…informed me they’d get additional credit score if I confirmed as much as class so I needed to cease by. Professor Gentile, thanks for having me, however now I am holding you to that additional credit score! https://t.co/MlVPKnSWYl

— Kirk Cousins (@KirkCousins8) January 26, 2024

Cousins, who has a youthful sister who attends Hope, was noticed at DeVos Fieldhouse — an athletic facility on campus — the place he was surrounded by trainers, prompting hypothesis that he was rehabbing from an Achilles damage he suffered in late October in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

“We handed him as we had been warming as much as run and had been like, ‘Which will have been Kirk Cousins,'” Pearce informed ESPN.

After they accomplished their exercise, Pearce and McCloskey had been interested by an opportunity assembly with the NFL quarterback. Because the duo headed to their sports activities communications class, the encounter remained on their minds.

After they walked into the category, they informed their professor Patrick Gentile that they believed that they had seen Cousins on campus. Gentile supplied additional credit score to the 2 with a catch. They’d need to relocate him and supply proof.

“He stated ‘Properly, should you can go discover him [Cousins] and show that he was right here, you will get additional credit score,'” Pearce stated Gentile informed her and McCloskey.

Pearce and McCloskey now had a mission. The 2 returned to the DeVos Fieldhouse entrance desk to inquire about Cousins’ whereabouts, solely to search out out that he had left. Nevertheless, the duo bought fortunate after they noticed the previous Michigan State standout sitting in his automotive within the parking zone.

With no hesitation, Pearce knocked on Cousins’ window and pitched the provide to have the quarterback attend their class for additional credit score.

Cousins agreed.

With two set to stroll and meet Cousins on the Martha Miller Middle for World Communication, he supplied a sort gesture as an alternative.

“We informed him that we might meet him at [the] Martha Miller [Center] and to tug as much as the again together with his hazards on and he was like, ‘It is raining, simply hop in!'” Pearce informed ESPN.

When the quarterback entered the classroom, college students immediately showered Cousins with questions on his Achilles tendon restoration timeline. They even heard his tackle the NFC championship between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Though Gentile stated it was the spotlight of his instructing profession, he did not need to maintain Cousins away from his coaching schedule.

“I informed him that he did not have to remain if he did not need to however wished him to get an image with the scholars earlier than he left which was fairly superior,” Gentile stated.