Wisconsin junior defensive end J.J. Watt thought he?d spend a quiet night at home on Friday preparing for the first double session of preseason camp the next day.
Then he checked his cell phone for messages. First, Watt noticed a curious text message from his mother, wondering why he hadn?t told her he was being switched to defensive tackle. Then he checked his voice mail.”I had like 25 messages on my phone,” Watt said Sunday during UW?s annual media day. “My Twitter (page) was blowing up. I guess it was on the news.”
Watt?s alleged position change was reported by one Madison TV station, based on a six-word tweet on his Twitter page. The tweet read: “Is officially a D tackle now.”
What wasn?t known initially was that the post was a joke.