Derek Carr is making a name for himself in the NFL as a stellar quarterback and all-around good guy.
Well earlier this week he must have been feeling the Carrma because he stopped to help a guy on the side of the road that ran out of gas. The lucky stranger was Ron Reeser, a DJ and 49ers fan.
He told a local news station how it went down:
āThis light at Orchard and Tassajara turned green and my car just instantly stopped,ā says Reeser. A man in a black SUV pulled up next to him.
āHe stuck his head out the window and said hey is everything okay?
At that point I was going to get my gas can and I said I ran out of gas. He said why donāt you hop in the car. Iām going to get some gas,ā says Reeser.
It was only a half mile to the gas station. The two talked about their careers.
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āIām a music producer and Iām a DJ. Iāve been doing it a while. I asked him where he was from. He had an accent. He said Iām from Texas. I said okay cool. He said he lived in Fresno and played at Fresno State before he moved over here. I said thatās pretty cool. āWhat do you do?ā He said āIām a football playerā. I said āthatās great,’ā says Reeser.
Thatās when the men pulled up to the gas station. On the ride back to Reeserās car, they continued to talk.
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āWhat position do you play? You said youāre a football player? He said Iām a quarterback. I said thatās cool,ā says Reeser. āI said āWhat string are you?ā He said āIām first stringā.
Reeser asked what his favorite team was. Carr said, āIām a little biased ācause I play for the Raiders.ā
āAt that moment, I stepped back and said whatās your name?ā He answered, āIām Derek Carr.ā
Reeser tweeted at Carr a couple days later to say thanks for the ride.
Guess it was a Carr ride neither of them will forget.
