Iris poet and playwright Oscar Wild once stated, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”.  However, former Washington Husky receiver Rome Odunze found another Rome Odunze impersonating him.  The real Rome Odunze’s X handle is https://twitter.com/RomeOdunze while the fake throws an “underscore” at the end of the ID, https://twitter.com/RomeOdunze_.

RealDawg.com has confirmed with the real Rome Odunze that he’s not affiliated with “@RomeOdunze_”.

In the below post from Real Rome, he noted the “Impressive impersonation” of Fake Rome’s profile, noting that he should change his own profile picture aka “pfp”.  However, X takes the matter of fake accounts seriously.

In order to retain the account, per X’s misleading and deceptive identity policy Fake Rome must not utilize images or the name of an existing person which they-which they are.  Additionally, the other option is to put into the profile:

“The account name should clearly indicate that the account is not affiliated with the subject portrayed in the profile. Accounts can indicate this by incorporating words such as, but not limited to, “parody,” “fake,” “fan,” or “commentary.’, the policy states.

This policy is to protect celebrity brands, which the soon-to-be NFL star will likely become on April 25 when his name is called in the 2024 NFL Draft.

The fake account was started 10 years after Rome Odunze began building his personal brand in Las Vegas.  That brand includes being a Consensus All-American receiver and an Academic All-American.  It is followed by nearly 12,000 while Fake Rome has added over 200 new followers in 3 hours since Real Rome made the above post.

Washington’s number 2 all-time leader in receiving yards has done and continues to do everything the right way on and off the field but damage to his well-earned reputation can happen quickly should a tweet be taken seriously like the following:

Let’s say someone with the Commanders’ organization was checking the Husky Legend’s X account and got the wrong Rome Odunze and saw that he didn’t like them hiring Dan Quinn.  Then let’s imagine that it’s the Commanders’ turn to pick at no. 9 and they pass on Odunze because of Fake Rome’s comment, then Real Rome falls out of the top 10 because the next 5 or 6 teams are looking for defenders or have prioritized another position which could cost him millions.

It’s that serious.

In another post, he says, “Sean Payton might be the biggest scumbag coach in the nfl”.

RealDawg went over the account and there are other instances where Fake Rome made comments that are well out of character for Real Rome.  Additionally, given the amount of Alabama accounts Fake Rome follows and Alabama content posted this account tries to latch onto followers of famous people.

While most of the posts are retweets and harmless, a clearer picture emerges of a sports fan, mainly football.  The persona changed from one time impersonating someone who “cooked” Chase Young’s career to being an Alabama fan to commenting on the NFL as a supposed insider.

The irony of it all was Fake Rome calling out somebody as a “Troll” is almost comical if it weren’t for some tweets that could come back to bite Real Rome.

Faking Odunze on X is one thing, but faking the future first-round draft pick on the field or during interviews would be impossible–that is a productivity and persona that nobody could imitate.