Bills' Bush to honor former USC RB McKnight with custom cleats
Reggie Bush/Twitter
Buffalo Bills running back Reggie Bush will honor former USC running back Joe McKnight, who was shot and killed this week in an apparent road-rage incident, by wearing custom cleats Sunday.
Bush posted a photo of the cleats on Twitter:
Cleats for tomorrow's game 🔥🔥🔥#RIPJoeMcKnight #FightOn pic.twitter.com/vP5aK2OJWB
— Reggie Bush (@ReggieBush) December 3, 2016
McKnight once said he chose to play at USC because of his admiration for Bush.
Wearing custom cleats is against NFL rules, but the league is making an exception this week for players who want to bring attention to a charitable cause of choice.
As an astute Twitter follower pointed out, Bush's cleats contain an error. McKnight was born in 1988, not 1983. But there's an easy fix for that:
A little white paint pen will fix it
— Reggie Bush (@ReggieBush) December 3, 2016
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