Sydney Thomas. Phillip Hamer Photography/Getty Images
Sydney Thomas, the ring girl who went viral during the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight on Netflix, revealed that a prominent college football coach recently slid into her DMs.
During an appearance on the “Like A Farmer Podcast” on Sunday, January 12, Thomas, 21, was asked to name “the biggest celebrity” to reach out after the November 2024 boxing match.
“I have some names, I just don’t know that I want to expose them,” Thomas said with a laugh.
Podcast host Pat Spinosa encouraged Thomas to be candid, saying, “It’s not a bad thing, they might have just reached out and said hello.”
Sydney Thomas, the ring girl who went viral during the Jake Paul–Mike Tyson fight, is busy knocking things off her bucket list. Thomas, 21, attended the football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Denver Broncos at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, November 24. “First NFL game ✅,” Thomas captioned a photo she […]
Thomas ultimately declined to answer, so she was then asked to at least reveal the “craziest DM” she’s received since the fight.
“We’ll just say this,” said Thomas, currently a student at the University of Alabama. “It was from another SEC football team coach. They just DM’d me ‘Roll Tide.’”
“Roll Tide” is the rallying cry used by Alabama fans, a reference to the school’s nickname, the Crimson Tide. SEC is short for Southeastern Conference, the athletic conference home to Alabama and schools like Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and LSU.
“I’m not going to say what coach it was, but they’re an Alabama fan now at least,” Thomas added. “We’ll let everyone else figure out who it was.”
In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly shortly after the fight, Thomas hinted that some celebrities have already attempted to shoot their shot with the college student.
“My DMs are just insanely flooded right now,” Thomas said in November. “There’s definitely been some pretty big names and brands that have reached out.”
While Thomas said she didn’t want to disclose any of the names for “privacy reasons,” she joked that “the DMs and all that are just going crazy right now.”
When she woke up the morning after the fight, Thomas said she instantly knew her life had dramatically changed.
“I woke up and saw how my followers had gone up, and then saw all the news articles that had been written about me,” Thomas told Us. “I refreshed my feed and it was just pictures of me and memes and everything. I think that was the moment for me where I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, like I really am going viral.’”
Thomas added, “It is very overwhelming. But at the same time, I’m also very blessed and very grateful. You know, what a ‘problem’ to have.”
The college student — who plans on graduating in spring 2025 with a degree in management and entrepreneurship — has been proactive in making the most of her viral fame.
In December 2024, Thomas signed with CAA Sports, a talent agency that represents athletes including MLB star Shohei Ohtani, NBA star Devin Booker, NHL star Sidney Crosby and WNBA star Cameron Brink.
