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Deebo Samuel pays tribute to Friday’s real Deebo, Tommy Lister

49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel gained recognition for his play on the field, but his tribute to the namesake ahead of Week 4 is great in of itself.


San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has a pretty unique name. And if you’re not familiar with it, “Deebo” isn’t his birth name. It’s his nickname.


If you’re a fan of 1990s movies, you might recall the 1995 hit, Friday, produced and starring Ice Cube.


And one of Ice Cube’s biggest nemeses in the move was a character you might also remember, Deebo, played by the late great, Tommy Lister Jr.


Before Lister passed in December of 2020, he was part of a Niners media production featuring both himself and Samuel, a clip where the Friday-like Deebo was trying to track down San Francisco’s former second-round NFL Draft pick out of South Carolina.


Not long before Lister’s passing, he posted a clip watching and admiring Samuel on his Instagram:


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