The war of words between those connected to the North Carolina State football program and Russell Wilson appears to be back on. Again.
Over the weekend, the current Seattle Seahawks quarterback gave a commencement speech at Wisconsin, the school to which he transferred after parting ways with NCSU. During the speech, Wilson spun a yarn about his former Wolfpack head coach, Tom O’Brien, dismissed any hopes he entertained for playing pro football.
“‘Listen son, you’re never going to play in the National Football League,’” Wilson, in his speech, said O’Brien told him during a conversation. “‘You’re too small. There’s no chance. You’ve got no shot. Give it up.’”
The tenor of Wilson’s commencement address didn’t sit well with at least one of his former teammates.
A senior during Wilson’s redshirt freshman season, Kalani Heppe acknowledged in a NSFW social media posting “how much I despise Tom O’Brien on a molecular level.” With that out of the way, Heppe proceeded to rip into Wilson, saying, among other things, the Pro Bowl quarterback “was a ‘me’ player” and “it was really hard for Russell to field punts and play safety when his head was firmly lodged up all the offensive coaches (sic) ass on a daily basis.
Below is Heppe’s missive, which, again, is NSFW, depending on your place of employment.Damn. pic.twitter.com/wqOVUkTPL6
— Bronce the 4th (@bronceIV) May 16, 2016
Welp, no gray area there.As for Wilson, the Pro Bowler seemed to sense the spitstorm he kicked up with his commencement address as he took to Twitter to assuage any Wolfpack anguish. Or at least, he attempted to.
I Love @NCState Too! Many TDs & Games won, Many classmates, fans & friends. Most importantly, a degree!
Congrats ’16 Class!#TurnNoIntoYes
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) May 15, 2016
Grateful for two great Universities for assisting me in my dreams! @NCState & @UWMadison #DreamsDoComeTrue
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) May 15, 2016