Uiagalelei partners with Dr Pepper

According to ESPN's Andrea Adelson, Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei has partnered with Dr Pepper and will appear in its Fansville ad campaign this season.

“Uiagalelei will be the only active collegiate player featured in the Fansville commercials, which chronicle the lives of rival fans in a fictional college-football-obsessed town. Financial terms were not disclosed.” – ESPN.com

The Dr Pepper deal is Uiagalelei’s second well-known brand as earlier this year he signed a deal with Bojangles.

Both businesses have ties to the ACC as Dr. Pepper has been the title sponsor of the ACC Championship Game in the past and Bojangles became the exclusive Chicken, Biscuits, and Iced Tea sponsor for the ACC in 2015.

The report from ESPN says that Dr Pepper approached Uiagalelei about partnering and the first commercial will air on August 23. 

Uiagalelei is represented by VaynerSports and noted that he, "I wanted to do brands that are authentic to me. I don't want to be one of these people that do all these different brands. I can have a long-standing partnership with Dr Pepper. They go hand-in-hand with college football."