Philadelphia Eagles’ Nelson Agholor denies using a burner account

In case you were wondering, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor is not using an anonymous Twitter account to defend himself.

The use of social media today is at an all-time high. Pretty much everybody has multiple social accounts, and the includes athletes and other celebrities. While social media can be a wonderful place for athletes to connect with their fans on more of a personal level, it can also be a place for the trolls of the internet to attempt to tear down somebody else behind a screen.

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor knows this well. That’s precisely why the struggling Eagles’ receiver decided to deactivate his official Instagram account for the time being. Just this past Sunday, Agholor found himself in another tough situation.

On fourth and long, the Eagles wideout had a clear path to end zone. Therefore, Carson Wentz launched a prayer in hopes that Agholor could track the ball and come down with the potential game-tying touchdown. Unfortunately, Agholor misread the direction of the ball and made the catch a lot harder than it needed to be — resulting in yet; another dropped pass for the Birds.

As you can expect, Eagles fans were enraged with Agholor once again. So without hesitation, they rushed to call him out on social media. At that point, Agholor decided it was best to do away with his Instagram account for now because it didn’t have “helpful energy,” according to NJ.com’s Mike Kaye.

So is Agholor defending himself anonymously?

Athletes are on social media, but some of them happen to be using multiple accounts. For those unaware of what a ‘burner’ account is, it’s when somebody creates an anonymous phony account so they can pretend to be somebody else without any repercussion.

That has happened on numerous occasions in the sports world — and probably hasn’t stopped at this point. Since we’ve seen multiple notable figures in the sports world get exposed for having fake accounts, many fans are far from hesitant when it comes to accusing famous athletes of potentially using a phony account in order to defend themselves. This week, Eagles fans are ragging on Nelson Agholor, as they believe he could be behind an account that defends him.

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After practice on Thursday afternoon, Agholor was ready to address the elephant in the room almost immediately. Before anybody even fired off any questions, Agholor decided to discuss the anonymous account, immediately denying that it was his.

“Do I just bring it up?” Agholor says as a crowd of media members stood in front of him. “Can we talk about that? It’s not me.” As expected, Agholor denied having anything to do with this so-called burner account. Considering he confidently addressed the situation on his own in what felt like a joking matter, the Eagles’ wideout surely makes it clear he’s not the person behind the tweeting on the account.