No, Andre Curbelo is not a professional wrestler now

If you spend any amount of time on X (formerly known as Twitter), you may have come across this video on Friday.

I’m not familiar with Hoop Herald, but they shared a video from last month that already got quite a bit of traction. Between those two posts — which claim former Illinois guard Andre Curbelo is now a professional wrestler — they got hundreds of likes, reposts and comments.

Many of those comments are asking: “Is Andre Curbelo actually a professional wrestler now?”

The answer is EMPHATICALLY no.

If you do a little digging, you’ll find that while that wrestler appears to look like Curbelo with his hair, headband and build, it’s actually Jermaine Marbury.

According to Marbury’s Instagram, he’s pro wrestling’s “#1 PG” and trained by Draymond Green…

While the crazy college career that Curbelo, who played for Illinois from 2020-22, had has people not shocked he took a turn into the world of professional wrestling, I hate to break it to you that it’s not him. Move on.

For those curious, Curbelo is currently playing for a Puerto Rican team called Atléticos de San Germán.