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Who Inspires QB Trevor Lawrence? Artist and Brother, Chase

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The sports world is ripe with famous siblings like the Watt brothers, Williams sisters, Currys, Gasols, and on and on. But a superstar’s non-athlete sibling doesn’t usually make news. Enter Chase Lawrence, the offbeat older brother of the top player in this week’s NFL Draft, Trevor Lawrence. Chase is an artist worth knowing and big influence on Trevor Lawrence himself. ESPN’s Dave Fleming explains how the bond between these two is a hidden factor in Trevor’s rise, and the new collaboration that’s bringing their worlds together.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dave Fleming, I need to ask you about the very first line of your piece right here because it goes like this.

0:08.2

There were no skulls available.

0:11.7

So Trevor Lawrence grabbed a grapefruit instead.

0:16.6

Dave, I have so many questions, namely who, what, when, where, why, and how?

0:20.9

Like, why is the number one pick in this year's NFL draft choosing amongst fruit as a

0:27.1

substitute for human skulls?

0:31.1

He was posing as a monk for one of his older brother's paintings.

0:36.8

And when the brothers realized that they didn't have a skull available,

0:39.3

Trevor improvised and grabbed a grapefruit instead.

0:43.3

I mean, the reason why he's one of the best draft prospects in the last four decades is

0:50.3

he's a creative thinker and can think quickly on his feet.

1:00.9

So wait, why is Trevor Lawrence a reference model for a painting in the first place?

1:06.2

I mean, anybody who has an older brother, if your older brother asks you to pose as a monk in a creepy painting inside your parents' kitchen, If you're a little brother, you say,

1:11.7

sure, I'll do that.

1:18.8

Sports is often a family affair, but a superstar's non-athlete sibling doesn't usually make news,

1:27.1

not the good kind at least.

1:29.3

Unless you're Chase Lawrence.

1:33.3

The offbeat older brother of the number one player in this week's NFL draft

1:38.3

is an artist worth knowing, an accomplished prospect in his own right,

1:43.3

and the single biggest influence on how

1:46.8

Trevor Lawrence sees the world.

1:49.3

Lawrence winds up, fires.

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