Sydney Thomas saw her life change forever on the night Jake Paul fought Mike Tyson. The University of Alabama student served as a ring girl for the fight, which led an SEC football coach to slide in her DMs.
She won’t name any names but it likely was not one of the 16 head coaches.
Thomas, 21, is set to begin the second semester of her junior year of college later this month. Although the Saint Louis-native spends most of her days in the classroom, she often travels around the country for various modeling gigs and appearances— both paid and unpaid. Her lifestyle is rather lavish!
Of course, Thomas became a household name during the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight on Netflix. The boxing match itself was extremely uneventful so the 5-foot-8 ring girl stole the show.
Thomas gained more than 500,000 followers across all social media platforms overnight. She has more than one million followers on TikTok, 800,000 on Instagram and 140,000 on X. The internet loves her. It is now to the point that professional sports teams are literally promoting her presence at their games.
Hey @itssydneythomas 👋#ULTRACourtside | @MichelobULTRA pic.twitter.com/AFwIsKX6Zc
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) December 28, 2024
You get the idea. Sydney Thomas became super famous in a very short amount of time and, as could be expected, her aura drew a lot of interest from men in particular. Her inbox was/is flooded with all kinds of wild messages from interested suitors and creeps. Perhaps more of the latter than the former…
One particular DM stood out among the otheers. Thomas revealed on the ‘Like A Farmer Podcast’ that an SEC football coach shot his shot on the night of the Paul fight. All he said was “Roll Tide.”
However, the unnamed coach is not a coach at Alabama!
Thomas did not reveal any additional information about the SEC football coach or his identity. She left it open to interpretation.
With that being said, all 16 head coaches in the Southeastern Conference are either married or in some kind of relationship so we can likely rule them out. That means it was probably an assistant. Sydney Thomas will never tell!