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Joe Burrow’s Parents Wear Custom Jerseys to Game in New Orleans

The Bengals quarterback played in Louisiana on Sunday for the first time since the 2020 college football national championship game.

Madison Williams

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Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who famously played his college football for LSU, returned to Louisiana on Sunday to play against the Saints.

His parents were in attendance at the Superdome, sporting No. 9 jerseys for their son. However, Burrow’s name was spelled differently on the back of the jersey.

Instead, they sported a de facto Cajun spelling of their surname, playing off “Geaux”—as in “Go Tigers” or “Go Saints.”

The matching jerseys read “Burreaux.”

Fans online enjoyed the play on words, because the alternate spelling holds meaning to Burrow’s playing history.

Sunday marked the first time Burrow has played in New Orleans since the 2020 College Football Playoff national championship game. LSU took down Clemson, 42–25, to win the title, and Burrow was named offensive MVP.

Burrow himself showed up to Sunday’s game wearing his current teammate Ja’Marr Chase’s LSU national championship jersey.

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MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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