Lincoln Riley on an ejected player's return catches fire
A short coach's answer about Desman Stephens II is far ahead of anything Bleacher Report's new uploads usually manage on day one.
Bleacher ReportStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 628,699 views a day, 92 times a normal first day on this channel (6,854).
Lincoln Riley on Desman Stephens II returning to the bench after ejection
Most new uploads on Bleacher Report open gently, a few thousand views on the first day before the next clip takes their place. This one did not. Lincoln Riley talking about Desman Stephens II moved at roughly ninety times that usual start in its first day and has already passed three hundred thousand views.
The title lays out the whole premise. Stephens was ejected, he returned to the bench, and Riley addressed it. That is all the clip's name tells us, and nothing in the facts explains why this particular answer spread so quickly.
The speaker helps explain the interest in the name alone. Riley is among the best-known coaches in college football, and he has coached three Heisman-winning quarterbacks: Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray at Oklahoma, and Caleb Williams at USC.
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- Channel
- Bleacher Report
- Subscribers
- 5,050,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 5,128,314
- Video published
- September 27, 2026
- Video views so far
- 304,262 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 628,699
The numbers
The figures below show how far this clip's first day sits above a normal start for the channel.
