Dude Perfect is an American sports entertainment group on YouTube which consists of twins Coby and Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones, and Tyler Toney, who are all former high school basketball players and college roommates at Texas A&M University. They have broken several Guinness World Records and have over 4.5 billion total views and 26 million subscribers as of January 2018, making them the 13th most subscribed channel and the most subscribed sports channel on YouTube. Their channel consists of trick shot videos, battles (where they compete in various competitions), a series called Stereotypes, and their new series called Overtime, along with occasional videos that do not belong in any of these categories.
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History
Early years and formation
The group was betting on sandwiches via basketball shots in their backyard, which were eventually recorded on camera, and a video of trick shots at Toney's ranch called "Backyard Edition" was eventually released on YouTube. Within a week, the video received 100,000 views. Afterwards, a trick shot video from the Christian summer camp Sky Ranch was released, which now has over 18 million views; for every 100,000 views the video received, Dude Perfect pledged to sponsor a child from Compassion International. Afterwards, ESPN's E:60 contacted the group for a segment, and on the third floor of Texas A&M's Kyle Field, Toney converted a shot, which traveled 3.9 seconds, a world record at the time. The shot prompted television appearances on ESPN's First Take, Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn and SportsNation.
Dude Perfect introduced the Panda mascot, who "developed a cult following at A&M basketball games" when taunting players of the opposing team.
Popular follower increase
Later, the group received professional endorsements and requests, which began with then-Sacramento Kings player Tyreke Evans, in an effort to promote Evans' run for Rookie of the Year. Dude Perfect also worked with quarterback Aaron Rodgers, NBA star Chris Paul, Australian bowler Jason Belmonte, actor Paul Rudd, singer Tim McGraw, Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and quarterback Russell Wilson, golfer Jamie Sadlowski, Ryan Swope, volleyball star Morgan Beck, and Heisman Trophy winner quarterback Johnny Manziel at Kyle Field, Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, the U. S. Olympic team, NASCAR drivers Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Travis Pastrana, James Buescher and IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe at Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the Seattle Seahawks, and St Louis Rams players Greg Zuerlein, Johnny Hekker, Jacob McQuaide, and Country singer Luke Bryan. The team traveled to the United Kingdom to film a video with players of Manchester City F.C. and Arsenal F.C..
Launch of mobile app, draft, television show
In 2011, Dude Perfect launched a mobile game for iOS and Android, self-titled Dude Perfect. Later, they released Dude Perfect 2, and other games called Endless Ducker and That's Lit. Additionally, Cory Cotton authored a nationally published book titled Go Big in which he shares the secrets the group has learned along the way building a business in a world largely influenced by social media.
In June 2015, the group was selected by the Harlem Globetrotters in their annual player draft. In September 2015, the group was approved for a television series entitled The Dude Perfect Show on CMT, which began airing during the first half of 2016.
CMT's owner, Viacom, moved season 2 of The Dude Perfect Show to its Nickelodeon channel, where it premiered on July 22, 2017.
In 2009, the group set the world record for the longest basketball shot after shooting from the third deck of Kyle Field. In October 2010, Dude Perfect extended their record with a "cross-tower" shot, which was 216 feet (66 m) high, and the basket was 150 ft (46 m) away from the tower's base. In March 2011, Dude Perfect unofficially[a] extended the record with a shot from the top of NRG Stadium, which lasted 5.3 seconds. In January 2014, the group successfully attempted a shot from the 561 ft (171 m)-high Reunion Tower, with Jones and Hilbert holding the basket at the base of the tower. Their 2017 video Ping Pong Trick Shots 3 was named No. 3 on YouTube's list of the Top Viral YouTube Videos of 2017.
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Legitimacy
Despite their success, questions arose over the legitimacy of the group's tricks; Good Morning America hosted a segment about the tricks and whether they were real, though experts contacted by GMA stated they were unable to find evidence of the tricks being fake. Regarding the doubts, Jones stated, "We love it when people claim it's fake because it makes the shots seem even more ridiculously impossible; and we get more publicity and hits on YouTube so we love the mystery of knowing whether it's real or fake." Tyler Toney, Coby and Cory Cotton stated that it takes multiple attempts when filming before successfully converting the final shots.
Notes
- ^[a] Guinness World Records has not recognized Dude Perfect as the record holder; Thunder Law of the Harlem Globetrotters officially holds the record with a 33.45 m (109.7 ft) shot at US Airways Center (now Talking Stick Resort Arena) in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on November 11, 2013.
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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