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No Significance to Tebow Wearing #85

Rebecca BowenRebecca Bowen
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13th June 2021
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No Significance to Tebow Wearing #85
The two originally started as teammates for the Gators (Getty Images).

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On May 20th Twitter user @Dr_McCockiner posted that Tim Tebow “is wearing #85 to ‘honor’ his former friend/teammate Aaron Hernandez.” Hernandez died of a suicide attempt in 2017. Others across social media began parroting the claim.

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