Texas Football: Former Horn Nate Boyer featured in Super Bowl commercial
A very important former Texas football player, long snapper Nate Boyer, was featured on a YouTube Super Bowl commercial on Feb. 2.
A former member of the Texas football program was featured on a Super Bowl commercial in a game where a number of alumni from the university are taking part in the festivities in Miami on Feb. 2.
Former Texas long snapper Nate Boyer was featured on a Super Bowl commercial for YouTube. YouTube had a number of commercials early on in Super Bowl LIV, but Boyer was the first ahead of kickoff. The commercial briefly covered the journey that Boyer had with the Texas Longhorns football program to learn about the game and work his way up to the starting long snapper for the team.
Boyer played four years on the Forty Acres, three of which he was a starting long snapper. He was also an honoree of the All-Big 12 Academic First-Team. Boyer also won the Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year award in 2013. He was the third former Longhorn to get such an honor. In 2013, he was also the first winner of the Armed Forces Merit Award.
Moreover, Boyer played for the Longhorns from 2010-2014. He was then on the roster for one year with the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL in 2015. The Seahawks released Boyer after signing him to a free agent contract following the 2015 NFL Draft. He played in three preseason games with the Seahawks. That was about the end of the NFL career for Boyer.
Boyer was also featured in the ESPN documentary “The Long Shot” within the last two years.
A member of the US Army and a Texas Ex, Boyer did about as much as he possibly could to make the best impact on and off the field. He’s the definition of a hard worker, grinder, and a hero off the field for his service to the country.
The YouTube video that Boyer was featured in during the Super Bowl pregame festivities was titled “Nate Boyer’s Story: From Green Beret to Starting Lineup”.
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Texas can be more than proud of what Boyer did during his time in the Forty Acres and with the US Army. His attention that he’s earned since his football career ended is well-deserved and it’s nice to see his story featured during the Super Bowl.