Ex-NFLer Blake Proehl Crushes ‘American Idol’ Audition, Brings Katy Perry To Tears

Seems, former NFL participant Blake Proehl is sweet on the gridiron AND on the keys … ‘trigger he carried out so nicely on the piano throughout his current “American Idol” audition — he introduced Katy Perry to tears!!

The ex-Minnesota Vikings wideout — who’s the son of longtime Panthers receiver Ricky Proehl — sang his coronary heart out in entrance of Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie on the famed expertise present … and when his section aired on TV on Sunday, it wasn’t exhausting to see the dude’s bought a vibrant future in music.

Taking part in Brett Younger‘s “In Case You Didn’t Know” together with his grandma by his facet … Blake, who performed for the Vikes from 2021 to 2023, belted out each verse completely — wowing Perry all the time.

She not solely bought goosebumps, she additionally at one level appeared to wipe away a tear. After he completed, she even requested for his autograph.

The opposite judges, Bryan and Richie, have been simply as impressed … and the trio gave him a unanimous golden ticket to the present’s subsequent spherical.

It was all fairly emotional for Blake … as he defined {that a} knee damage he suffered throughout his NFL days had him questioning if he’d ever run once more — not to mention develop into a music star.

A few of Blake’s well-known friends congratulated him on social media following the present … together with Kirk Cousins, who wrote, “Cousins fam will be pulling hard for him this spring.”