Andrew Luck invades Peyton's DirecTV territory

Will we soon see Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck adorned in outlandish attire rapping about watching NFL football on your phone?

Will he be snickering and acting the fool in front of DirecTV producers, as he promotes the greatness of NFL Sunday Ticket?

He certainly will.

Luck is following -- once again -- in Peyton Manning's footsteps. This time, though, instead of trying to live up to Manning's offensive on-the-field prowess, Luck will be striving to match Manning's popular acting antics on commercials.

DirecTV said Thursday that Luck and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo are its latest drafts to the NFL Sunday Ticket spokesmen team.

"There are a handful of products and ad campaigns that guys in the locker room pay attention to, and NFL Sunday Ticket is definitely one of them," Luck said in the company's announcement. "I'm expecting a healthy dose of trash talk from teammates."

DirecTV claims its two new picks, Luck and Romo, add even more muscle to its 2015 sports marketing campaign, which already includes current co-captains Peyton and Eli Manning. The Manning brothers have been DirecTV spokesmen for more than a decade.

Romo and Luck, who signed multi-year agreements, will join the Manning brothers in an array of public relations, advertising and marketing activities to promote DirecTV's exclusive NFL football subscription service. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

"The Mannings demand excellence from their teammates, so we knew we had to go big in the first round and select the highest caliber talent to expand our roster," said Alex Kaplan, senior vice president of marketing for DirecTV, in a statement. "Tony and Andrew were the most obvious picks. With four of the most prominent performers and personalities in the NFL, we're taking our NFL Sunday Ticket marketing game to a whole new level."

Over the years, DirecTV's advertising and original video campaigns featuring the Mannings have helped establish NFL Sunday Ticket as one of the most popular sports TV products on the market, said Kaplan.

It has also become one of the more coveted spokesman positions among NFL players.

"Every year, I look forward to seeing what hilarious videos or ads DirecTV is going to come up with next," said Romo as part of the signing. "I'm thrilled to now be a part of it, although I think I'm going to need to polish up my acting and comedy chops to keep up with Peyton and Eli."

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