Terrell Owens
WR #81 — Philadelphia Eagles
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About Terrell Owens
Terrell Owens spent one full season and one spectacular implosion with the Philadelphia Eagles, and it produced more memorable content than most players generate in a fifteen-year career. He played in Super Bowl XXXIX on a broken leg, caught nine passes six weeks after surgery, and nearly won the game by himself while McNabb was (allegedly) losing his lunch in the huddle. That Super Bowl performance is one of the gutsiest in NFL history. T.O. was the best player on the field that day, hobbling on a surgically repaired fibula, and the Eagles still lost. Then the offseason happened.
The driveway situps are the image that defines his Eagles tenure. After a contract dispute and suspension, media crews camped outside his house, and T.O. walked out onto his driveway and started doing situps in front of them. Shirtless. In full view of the cameras. Like a man who had confused his front yard with a gym and a press conference simultaneously. Then came the "That's my quarterback" crying press conference about McNabb, which was followed almost immediately by a feud with McNabb so toxic it got Owens permanently banished from the team. Years later, he skipped his own Hall of Fame induction ceremony and held the speech at his high school in Chattanooga instead. The man does nothing at a normal volume. Every chapter of the T.O. story is set to maximum.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did Terrell Owens do situps in his driveway?
In November 2005, the Eagles suspended Owens for four games after a series of public disputes with the organization and quarterback Donovan McNabb. When reporters and camera crews showed up at his New Jersey home to cover the story, Owens walked outside and began doing situps on his driveway, shirtless, while the cameras rolled. It was a completely unscripted power move that became one of the most iconic images of his career and the defining visual of his chaotic Eagles tenure.
Last updated: April 2026