Pat McAfee reveals story behind bulletproof vest protection and world-rattling social media threats hes received
Pat McAfee addressed reports that he had been advised to wear a bulletproof vest last year following the Sept.10, 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk and the current climate that has led the sports talk personality to receive vile messages on social media. On Tuesday, multiple outlets reported that McAfee was advised by the FBI to wear a bulletproof vest a week after the killing of the 31-year-old right-wing political activist.
McAfee, 39, clarified in a lengthy social media post that the idea came from “one of the security groups.”“I haven’t talked to anybody about what the days were like leading up to Tennessee’s ‘GameDay’ last year,” McAfee wrote on X.“There’s been some misreporting but in the ball park articles.
Everybody in the ‘security’ world was worried of a copycat incident potentially happening.‘GameDay’ was a few days out and we were the next huge gathering on a campus.
The world, in front of the entire internet, just proved that we had gotten to a rather extreme place.“The FBI..alongside, Disney security, Tennessee State Police, Knoxville PD, University Police, everybody in area, all had the very same goal to protect the s–t out of the area.
FBI snipers were sent down there, huge presence of police..it was a surreal moment.
The conversation about the death threats I had been receiving in life was definitely a huge topic.I don’t think it was the FBI that suggested the [bulletproof vest], but it was certainly an idea presented by one of the security groups.
We had no idea what to expect.Nobody had been in that type of situation before.
Everybody wanted the best for everybody.I never felt safer and never felt more appreciative of the people that were around me that morning including the students that came out and did WAY more than they could’ve ever imagined for my soul.”In his post, McAfee shared several screenshots of disturbing messages that he has received this month from users on social media platforms, inc...