FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- KhaDarel Hodge doesn’t remember the day he hit 100,000 followers. How he went from another creator making videos to a semi-viral sensation.
For years, the Atlanta Falcons wide receiver made short, comedic videos largely in anonymity. He did it for himself. For his friends. For life after football. Fifteen minutes working on one bit, in one take, changed that.
He says his following nearly doubled after the second video of a two-part bit was posted in June -- he now boasts over 103,000 on TikTok.
Now Hodge -- known as ‘Red’ to his family, friends and teammates -- can add Internet celebrity to his NFL day job.