Jeremiah Johnson, 12-year-old Texas high school football star, says he started growing a mustache when he was SIX
Jeremiah Johnson, 12-year-old Texas football star, says he started growing a mustache when he was SIX
- Up-and-coming football star Jeremiah Jackson went viral at the age of 12 for sporting a mustache and tattoo
- Now he has revealed that he doesn’t care if people question his age
- Jackson, from Fort Worth, Texas, also revealed that he always looked above his age as he could have grown a mustache from the age of six.
A rising youth soccer star who became famous for sporting a mustache and tattoo said he doesn’t mind if people don’t believe he’s really 12.
The athlete told Talk’R Media Network on Thursday: ‘I know I don’t look my age. I mean, it doesn’t really affect me.’
Jackson, of Fort Worth, Texas, also revealed that he always looked above his age — and was able to grow a mustache from the age of six.
An image posted online after he won an MVP honors award at the National Youth Championships in Miami in December sparked a frenzy on social media.
The revelation that he was only 12 years old sparked an outpouring of disbelief online, leaving many in an uproar, insisting that someone as mature as he looks couldn’t possibly be that young.
Jackson, of Fort Worth, Texas, told Talk’R Media Network, “I know I don’t look my age. I mean, it doesn’t really affect me.’
Up-and-coming football star Jeremiah Jackson went viral at the age of 12 for sporting a mustache and tattoo
Jeremiah Johnson, of Fort Worth, Texas, left social media users in a frenzy after his age was revealed
The photo of the running man not only showed him holding his trophy, but also what appeared to be a tattoo on his right arm, causing further disbelief among users.
Users claimed there was “zero chance” he wasn’t a grown man before adding that he looked like he “had a mortgage.”
Others said he “couldn’t be 12 with a Steve Harvey mustache,” adding that he looked like he came out of the hit movie “21 Jump Street.”
A video posted on TikTok of the same event also went viral.
The footballer went viral after a picture of him sporting a mustache and tattoos surfaced on social media with users claiming he looked like a “grown man”.
Jackson also revealed that he always looked older as he could have grown a mustache from the age of six
A TikTok user shared a video of the footballer confirming his age – and viewers were stunned when it was revealed, so can you guess how old the running back is?
Despite the disbelief, one mother wrote that she remembered him when he was younger and that he also had a mustache then
The comments section of the video was flooded with similar baffled reactions from TikTok users, with many joking that Jeremiah “might have graduated in 2012,” while insisting he couldn’t be as young as he claimed.
“You guys don’t understand, he ran for 12 touchdowns,” another person chimed in, while a third joked, “He was born in a leap year, he’s good.”
Others demanded to see his birth certificate, claiming it had to be “fake,” while another joked that the only way his age could be legit was if it was “in dog years.”
“He may only be 12 years old, but that mustache says he’s been divorced at least twice,” one user commented.
Another was so shocked by Jeremiah’s real age that they suggested the photo was photoshopped.