Overview
- Mark Andrews publicly refuted a graphic circulating on X, writing, “This is 100% fabricated. You got the wrong person.”
- The post originated from X account @JDunlalp1974 and, per reporting, reached more than 5 million people by Friday morning.
- The fabricated quote claimed football should avoid politics and told people to stop bringing up Charlie Kirk.
- Andrews said he has seen an uptick in fake quotes, accounts and bots and noted teammates such as Lamar Jackson have also been misattributed, with one false Jackson quote drawing over 1.7 million views.
- Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University, and prosecutors allege Tyler Robinson fired from a campus rooftop with a bolt‑action rifle.