Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster may not have made it to the Super Bowl, but he’s set his sights on winning Fortnite at the Streamer Bowl.
The charity video game tournament will be held Thursday in Miami, the host city of the Super Bowl. It’s organized by the NFL Player’s Association and popular video game streaming platform Twitch.
The event will pair 16 NFL players with 16 Fornite pros. The teams will face off in the wildly popular shooter game, with a $500,000 prize going to a charity of the winning team’s choice.
Smith-Schuster will have some formidable firepower on his side. His teammate is Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, 17, of Pottsgrove, who took home $3 million last year as the winner of the first Fortnite World Cup.
The wide receiver is no Fortnite slouch either. He regularly streams himself streaming the game on his Twitch channel, where he has more than 100,000 followers.
He made headlines in 2018 when he joined several celebrities, including rapper Drake and streaming sensation Tyler “Ninja” Blevins to play on Twitch.
The Streamer Bowl starts 6 p.m. Thursday on Twitch.
