With his season cut short due to injury, J.J. Watt is using some of his free time to try a new way to communicate with his fans: text messages. The Houston Texans defensive end took to Twitter on Tuesday night to share a phone number with fans, saying in a video he posted along with the number that he wanted a more direct way to connect. With a 262 area code, the number Watt shared, (262) 404-3664, may look a bit familiar to Wisconsin Badgers fans. A couple hours after his initial post, Watt tweeted that he had already begun responding to fans and that his inbox had over 25,000 messages. Watt shared a text exchange with a fan that said the fan's professor had promised their entire class a 100 percent on their final exam if Watt responded.

Source: Daily Sun November 20, 2019 05:15 UTC