10 athletes we wouldn’t mind driving across the country
By John Buhler
5. Vince Wilfork
If you’re going to drive a big dude like Vince Wilfork from Houston to Miami, you better believe that he knows all the best spots to find delicious grub. After slugging it at J.J. Watt’s celebrity softball game at Minute Maid Park, you’ll pick up Wilfork in his iconic denim overalls to take him to his alma mater in Coral Gables.
Wilfork would tell you everything you need to know about barbecue ribs as you stop for ample barbecue ribs on the way to South Florida from Gulf Coast Texas. He’s basically Bubba from Forrest Gump, but with barbecue ribs. You would know every barbecuing secret the Gulf of Mexico could ever offer you complete your five-star car ride to Miami.
When you have to stop and there’s no rib joint around, you and Wilfork fire up the old Weber charcoal grill he put in the back of your mid-sized sedan, grab one of the many bags of Kingsford he also brought with him and starting making barbecue yourself.
After you drop off Wilfork in the Sunshine State, you begin to realize that he spent all of his tip money feeding you delicious barbecue ribs. You weren’t really a ribs guy before this Uber ride. Now you are and you thank Wilfork for that every day of the rest of your life. You also gain 17 pounds in 36 hours because of barbecue ribs.