Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho told Hannah Delmonte if she could get 10,000 retweets, he would be her date for prom. As it turned out, the Twitter test wasn't nearly as difficult as expected, as the fan easily surpassed that total.
Daniel Williams of NFL.com notes the current tally, which continues to rise as the story goes viral, is over 17,000 to handily conquer the challenge. Here's the original message Delmonte sent out back in January featuring a snippet of her exchange with the NFL player:
This type of story has become rather common in the age of social media. It's presented an opportunity for fans and players to connect in a way that wasn't previously possible. The interactions aren't always positive, of course, so it's nice to see a story like this.
Credit to Acho for living up to his end of the bargain, as well. It would have been easy to back out when it became clear Delmonte was going to surpass the 10,000 mark. Ray Boyd of CBS Philadelphia passed along comments from the linebacker made on the Sports Beyond Measure podcast about it.
"All it took was for me to go to dinner, get up from dinner, three hours go by and she's at 9,983. At that point in time, I knew I would be going to prom," Acho said.
He even posted a video of his arrival at Woodgrove High School to meet his prom date in person:
Quite a moment. Certainly one Delmonte will never forget. CSN Philly notes he's not only planning to show back up in Virginia for the prom, but the 24-year-old defender is also expecting to get on the piano and sing a song for his date.
Acho started his career with the Cleveland Browns before spending the last two years with the Eagles. But, as NBC Washington points out, May 9 is not circled on his calendar for any football reasons. It's prom night.
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