Published 17:00 IST, January 30th 2020

Super Bowl LIV: George Kittle recalls starstruck 'chest-to-chest' meeting with The Rock

George Kittle will be one of the more popular names at Super Bowl LIV. The San Francisco 49ers tight end was starstruck when he came face-to-face with The Rock.

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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle has earned a lot of praise en route Super Bowl LIV. 49ers may t be heralded for ir offensive prowess, but George Kittle has been highly impressive, according to Tony Gonzalez and Rob Gronkowski, two of greatest tight end players NFL has ever seen. However, George Kittle proved that even best of players get tongue-tied when y come face-to-face with celebrities. Or 'chest-to-chest', in this case. 

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Super Bowl LIV: George Kittle recalls coming 'chest-to-chest' with Dwayne ' Rock' Johnson

Chiefs and 49ers flew in to Miami this week as y prepare for this Sunday's Super Bowl LIV. On opening night early in Super Bowl week, George Kittle was due to be introduced to a backst event at Marlin's Park. man who was to introduce him to event turned out to be ne or than WWE superstar-turned-actor Dwayne ' Rock' Johnson. Speaking to media at Super Bowl week, George Kittle said that he was taken by surprise on hearing that Rock would be one introducing him at Marlin's Park. 

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"I was like, 'Oh what!?' and turned around and all sudden he's chest to chest with me." - George Kittle

Kittle recalls Rock being "really big and really sweaty,". Rock n greeted Kittle with a "What's up, Bror?", according to 49ers tight end. "It took me about 20 minutes to calm down and recover after that," Little continued. 49ers tight end also enjoyed rare privilege of tasting Rock's Teremana Tequila, designed to be ‘Tequila of people’. On being asked to rate tequila on a scale of 1 to 10, George Kittle replied by saying that tequila was plain "delicious".

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17:00 IST, January 30th 2020