Yunghoe Koo got an offer from a fan, and he couldn’t resist.
While the kicker signing autographs at Falcons camp this week, a fan called out to him and reached out with what appeared to be a container of nicotine pouches, a video showed.
To the uninitiated, nicotine pouches do not contain tobacco but do have flavors and sweeteners.
Koo didn’t seem to have any qualms about the gift as he reached out and grabbed a pouch before sniffing it and rubbing something off.
He then put it in his mouth and placed it on the left side of his mouth, much to the fan’s excitement.
Koo, who spent his first year in the NFL wit the Los Angeles Chargers, has been one of the best kickers in the league since he became the Falcons’ kicker in 2019.
In four seasons in Atlanta, he has hit more than 90 percent of his kicks, earning a Pro Bowl nod in 2020 when he led the league with 37 field goals made.
Koo, 28, made headlines earlier this offseason when he was the one doing the gifting.
The kicker had worn the No. 7 — which was previously the number Michael Vick used in Atlanta — but decided to switch to the No. 6 and allow Falcons first-round pick Bijan Robinson to get his old number.
“Bijan actually FaceTimed me and I was like ‘Yeah, of course you can have it,’” Koo said in May, according to the blog Falcons report.
“We’ll figure out something — I was like, ‘You don’t have to pay me, a choice of your charity, we’ll give it away,’ something like that. I didn’t pay for it, so it’s all good.”
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