Mark Richt appeared in a jeans commercial in 1982 (Video)
Miami head coach Mark Richt has an extensive resume – one that includes commercial acting.
Wait, what?
Yeah. Commercial acting.
Matt Porter of the Palm Beach Post dug up a commercial for “Jesus jeans” from 1982, when Richt was the backup quarterback to some guy named Jim Kelly at Miami. According to Porter, Richt answered a casting call for UM students to appear in the commercial for the Italian jeans company, and he made the cut.
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At the :07 mark in the video below, you’ll see a man jumping rope. That is the young Mark Richt.
Look at that handsome young fella!
The video was passed along to Porter by Michael Scott Sheerin, a Florida International University professor and former Miami student who also makes an appearance in the commercial.
Sheerin, who you can see riding a bike at the 0:23 mark, said the commercial was filmed on Miami’s campus, where Richt was apparently quite the ladies man.
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“I remember helping (Richt) out with the cues for his scenes. And that the chicks paid him a lot of attention,” Sheerin said. “I knew who he was. Though he usually didn’t start, a UM quarterback is still a big man on campus.”
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