Patriots’ Will Campbell Reveals His Unusual Fear Ahead of Super Bowl

Key Highlights

• Campbell’s unlikely fear stems from an incident in his teenage years, an encounter that left him shaken. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOn Wednesday, February 4, 22-year-old Campbell revealed the backstory of his cat phobia to the media.
• It traces back to a sleepover at a friend’s house when he was a teenager when a stray cat’s surprise visit left him rattled.
• Recalling the incident, Will Campbell said, “I went in the room that I was sleeping in, you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.
• I take my shirt off, I’m about to get in bed, and I just hear [a screech] and it jumps out from under this bed and onto my leg.
• I booted that thing onto the ceiling.”The interviewer’s off-camera probe revealed a striking detail, suggesting Campbell’s reaction to the feline surprise had been forceful.