Red Lightning has officially made the jump to the NFL.
The former Florida State ball boy, whose real name is Frankie Grizzle-Malgrat, joined the Atlanta Falcons this week as an equipment intern for the summer. Many of you were already became familiar with Red Lightning after he gained internet fame by enthusiastically sprinting up and down the Florida State sideline and coming to the defense of Seminoles players.
The first official #RedLightning sighting at Atlanta Falcons training camp. Weird to see him not sprinting! pic.twitter.com/zXacP19VqH
— 11Alive Sports (@11AliveSports) July 30, 2015
Falcons running back Devonta Freeman, who played at Florida State while Grizzle-Malgrat was patrolling the sidelines, is happy to reunite with his old ally. One time, Red Lightning actually shoved a Florida defender after a late hit on Freeman and helped Freeman to his feet.
“He always did stuff like that,” Freeman said earlier this week, per Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com. “You know Jameis [Winston] would run over there, and Red Lightning was the ball boy on the other sideline. You know how the other team would try to crowd up on you, like they would do with Jameis? Red Lightning would always be over there like, ‘Get off him.’ He would throw his body in there. He did that a lot.
If the Falcons decide to keep Red Lightning around for the season, we can only hope he doesn’t get confused with this NFL quarterback.
