
Living a life of luxury is as simple as trapping a top NFL draft pick the moment he steps on campus.
College-age women are skipping classroom lectures for tips on how to snag prospective football and NBA stars, and they just got exposed.
An online debate surfaced after alleged messages exposed what’s being described as a white college studentâs scheme to attract and keep wealthy athletes.Â
Screenshots from an alleged text thread involving a student identified as âHalyn M,â her roommate Lexi, and Lexiâs sister quickly went viral after first being shared by TheBishGossip.
The jaw-dropping messages instantly set the internet on fire. Eagle-eyed viewers started playing detective, questioning whether the screenshots were real and if some of the responses sounded a little too calculated. But our readers are sounding off after reading the messages.
Halynâs friend allegedly wanted to lock in a tall, chocolate football player just like her sister.
Fulfilling that desire is easy but “You have to play your cards right!” Rule No. 1 is the foundation to lure an athlete with a pick-me mindset: âHeâs the prize. Remember he can change your life; you canât change his.â
Social media influencer Brittany Renner shared the same message with Jackson State University football players in 2021. Renner was invited by then-head coach Deion Sanders to speak to the young men about the trap.
She told them, âNaturally, if you play a sport, thatâs an incentive to talk to you. … Everybody wants something. Even if we have our own thing going on, itâs like me being with you is good because you boost my stock. I boost your stock. Itâs that simple.â
One woman online replied, “And when we tell Black men this: you are just a game and a come up to them, they donât wanna hear none of that,” echoing one shared perspective in the comments. Another said, “What in the world?”
The shameless tutorial is about securing wealth at all costs, and Black women have taken notice. One wrote, “This is not our business. If the the men keep falling for it, thatâs on them and thatâs why I never feel bad when things go south for them.”
Lexi’s big sister also noted, âDealing with cheating, DONâT LOOK FOR IT⌠if itâs just a fling, LET IT GO!â She said, “He’s the prize, remember he can change your life, you can’t change his,” a phrase echoed once by Simone Biles’ husband, NFL star Jonathan Owens.
She claims that Black athletesâ attraction to Black women can be overridden by activating âthat Shaânana in her by picking at her & let him see it! Heâll ditch her quick.â
A white female IG Threads user was just as outraged by the information. She wrote, “Encouragement to intentionally provoke Black women so their reactions can be used to reinforce stereotypes about them…Thatâs racialized manipulation.”
The singular obstacle to that ploy is competing with a young Black woman with white social attributes, âbecause more than likely sheâs playing to win him too.â A commenter remarked, “He about to pull a Russell Wilson on that a–.”
Russell Wilson was engaged to his white girlfriend during the 2012 NFL draft. They married soon after and were divorced by 2014. The Super Bowl champion has been married to Ciara since 2016.
Rule No. 3: âCompletely integrate yourself in his life to where he canât function without you.â Rule No. 4: âDonât embarrass him. Donât cheat, donât text other men.â
The advice is a guideline to help hopeful wives and girlfriends (WAGs) remain attractive to other players after a breakup.
Rule No. 5: âGo completely WILD ON HIM IN BED!â Rule No. 6 warns, âDO NOT tell his mom ANY personal information.” Rule No. 7: âAlways look good and appealing.”
If all those steps, including a âpush for marriage or at least have multiple kids,â are taken, then Lexi and others just like her will be seated with a draft pick and benefiting from their beauâs multi-million-dollar contracts. âItâs soooo sweet and rewarding.â
Or it could be bittersweet like Leanna Lenee‘s experience. Travis Hunter married his college sweetheart, Lenee, weeks after being the NFL’s No. 2 overall draft pick in 2025. Lenee is of African American and Filipino descent.
In a TikTok post, Lenee gave “girl advice” on how to conduct yourself during the event, including how to doge cameras, how not to be too excited, and how to appear supportive but not too eager for the spotlight. The tongue-and-cheek video was a direct response to critics who picked apart her behavior during the player selection meeting.
Unbeknownst to fans, she was also pregnant with their son at the time.