Terrell Owens coming out of retirement to join Fan Controlled Football originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
Get your popcorn ready.
Terrell Owens is coming out of retirement to join the Fan Controlled Football league. The 48-year-old Hall of Fame wide receiver, who spent 15 seasons in the NFL and finished with the third most receiving yards in league history, is expected to join former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel on the Zappers.
Owens last played in 2010 and has been looking to make a return to the NFL in recent years.
“There’s no doubt, 100 percent, that I can play in the National Football League today,” Owens told TMZ in 2021. “I’m not washed up…Once you know how to ride a bike, you know, you don’t forget how to ride that bike.”
Owens, who famously coined the phrase “Get your popcorn ready” and once poured popcorn over his helmet during one of his many famous touchdown celebrations, was selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the San Francisco…