Atlanta Reign's Dafran Tops Overwatch Jersey Sales List
By Jeff Kotuby ·
In a list published by Fanatics on Twitter, it seems that Atlanta Reign's Dafran has the highest selling Overwatch League jersey. Who else rounded out the Top 7?
Fan gear vendor Fanatics published the list of seven highest selling Overwatch League (OWL) jerseys today. The top dog was none other than Dan "Dafran" Francesca of the Atlanta Reign.
Your top 7️⃣ @overwatchleague jerseys since 1/31!
— Fanatics (@Fanatics) March 14, 2019
Have you gotten your team's jersey yet? Shop today: https://t.co/CFJ0Nq0r1w pic.twitter.com/4NeimXQ4fy
Clad in the same number as hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, Dafran's Zarya has been a force this season for the Reign. The popular longtime streamer has found his niche since joining the Reign and has helped the expansion team get to 6th place (as of March 14) in 2019.
Trailing Francesca in the 2 and 3 spots are Seonghyun "Jjonak" Bang, (New York Excelsior) and Lane "Surefour" Roberts (Los Angeles Gladiators). Bang, the league's MVP last season, is often considered the best player in the OWL, so to see him get beaten by a "personality" of sorts is interesting. Roberts' position is no doubt fueled by the true patriot love as captain of Overwatch World Cup's Team Canada.
In the 4th spot is Qiulin "Guxue" Xu (rocking the best OWL jersey of them all, the Hangzhou Spark's Miami Vice-colored kit), and Se Yeon "Geguri" Kim (Shanghai Dragons). You may remember the Shanghai Dragons as the team who didn't win a game last season, but are in a decent position to start 2019.
Rounding out the Top 7 are a pair of teammates, Jaehyedk "Carpe" Lee and Gael "Poko" Gouzerch, both of the popular Philadelphia Fusion. I am unabashed in my love for Philadelphia sports (have you read anything I've written related to football?) so it fills me with great joy to see the Philly faithful support their players no matter the sport. They don't call it "The City of Brotherly Love" for nothing, after all:
Fly Eagles Fly!! Good luck today @Eagles #brotherlylove #pdomjnate pic.twitter.com/crUYW3UfGp
— Philadelphia Fusion (@Fusion) January 13, 2018
Fear not, fans of teams not listed - there's always next year.
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[Feature image courtesy @Dafran ]