Of all people, the most bankable football player at the University of Toledo isn’t the hotshot quarterback, the star running back, or the go-to receiver.
No, it’s the punter.
Bailey Flint may not play what is traditionally seen as a lead role, but don’t tell that to his swooning crush of fans.
Armed with degrees in theater and media communications, Flint, a senior now pursuing his master’s in liberal studies, has cleverly leveraged his singing, acting, and social media chops — along with the terrible but relatable misfortune of having a shortage of shirts to cover his washboard abs — into the largest online following of any Toledo athlete and one of the biggest audiences in college football.