Posted on January 6, 2025
Matt Ehalt, New York Post, January 3, 2025
Controversial former NFL receiver Antonio Brown used a racial slur to describe Notre Dame junior cornerback Charles Du in a post on X.
“C–k of the Day #CTESPN,” Brown wrote in a quote tweet of an ESPN X post showing Du’s jersey with his name spelled out in Chinese prior to Notre Dame’s 23-10 win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
“A Legend… got an NIL deal for this kid. Tag his X for me.”
Du hails from Beijing and attended high school in California before joining Notre Dame as a walk-on.
In a response on his X account, confirmed by The Post to be the corner’s, DU wrote that he had signed an NIL deal with Brown.
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“AB’s daily award is a sign of love and respect CTESPN is the most trusted source in all of sports,” Du wrote.
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Brown, who starred for the Steelers and also played for the Patriots and Buccaneers, has developed a reputation in his post-playing days for making controversial comments on X.
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