Country music’s wild child.
Gavin Adcock has built up quite the reputation for his wild shows and hard-partying style. But for anybody who thinks it’s just an act, turns out Adcock has always been a little rowdy.
Before he decided to focus on country music full time, Adcock played college football at Georgia Southern. The Watkinsville, Georgia native played defensive tackle for the Eagles, who back in 2021 had a rough start to the season after winning just 1 of their first 4 games (before ultimately finishing the season 3-9).
But it was ahead of their fourth game of the season against Louisiana that Adcock managed to get himself in a little bit of hot water.
The Georgia State football team has a tradition of riding to the stadium on gameday in yellow school buses, stopping around campus to pump everybody up for the game.
Well ahead of the game, Gavin decided to hop on top of the bus. As he recalls it:
“I get on top of the bus, and I’m surfing the bus driving down the road. And a bouncer I knew, I looked down and I saw him down there, it wasn’t planned at all, it just happened – he threw me a beer.
And I just took it down, slung it, and it went viral on Barstool the next day.”
Georgia Southern has suspended DL Gavin Adcock for chugging a beer atop the team bus before Saturday's game.
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— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) September 28, 2021
Well Adcock played in the game (which ended up being their third loss of the season, but as he mentioned, the video of the scene quickly went viral. We even posted about the Georgia Southern player chugging a beer on top of the bus back in 2021 when it happened.
But obviously the team was having a rough season, and it wasn’t the kind of attention that the athletic department wanted on the team in the midst of a 1-3 record. So Adcock was suspended for the stunt, and forced to sit out the next game against Arkansas State. And the coach, Chad Lunsford, was also fired after the game.
Acdock would later issue an apology for his behavior:
“I want to reach out and express my deepest apology for my foolish actions on the bus this past Saturday. I want to apologize to players/coaches present and before me who have paved the way for this great program and institution.
What I did was very selfish and is not what we are about here at Georgia Southern. The coaching staff and institution does not condone that type of behavior. For the remainder of my time here I will do everything in my power to reassure my love and commitment to this amazing place!!”
Well as it turns out the remainder of his time there wouldn’t be very long – because after Adcock returned to play in the next game against Troy, he ended up leaving the team the following week, six games into his senior season.
Obviously things turned out alright for Gavin, who recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut and has been blowing up thanks in no small part to his rowdy live shows and his hard-charging southern-rock infused music.
I think he found his true calling – and somewhere that he won’t get in trouble for chugging a beer.
If you want to hear more from Gavin, check out our recent episode of Whiskey Riff Raff:
