Talk about a meteoric rise. 

Jacksonville Jaguars rookie QB Gardner Minshew has quickly become an internet sensation,  and he’s only played a few NFL games.  

The former Washington State star has been regularly compared to “Uncle Rico”, the fictional character from the movie “Napoleon Dynamite.”

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Now art and reality have collided. 

The actor who plays Uncle Rico, Jon Gries, was in Jacksonville to shoot a commercial for NFL Network, and guess what, the legends met up.  

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