NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — One Mr. Irrelevant called off his wedding during Irrelevant Week.
Another invited an uncle who had a warrant out for his arrest in relation to a bank robbery. (The uncle was arrested upon returning home.)
In 1976, a butcher from a local supermarket stood in for the first Mr. Irrelevant, Kelvin Kirk, a wide receiver from the University of Dayton, during a press conference.
Idaho linebacker David Vobora had dinner with Hugh Hefner and the Girls Next Door at the Playboy Mansion in 2008.
And Brock Purdy had the audacity of turning into one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.