LOOK: Jarrett Guarantano sticks to his word, visits with local celebrity Keaton Jones

Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano made a new friend on Sunday.

Guarantano met his “new best bud,” Keaton Jones — a Knoxville middle schooler whose anti-bullying video went viral on Saturday.

“It was unbelievable to get to know him and realize that we have a lot in common,” Guarantano wrote on Twitter. “This dude is very special and has changed my life forever.”

Those are pretty strong words coming from a guy who has to face SEC defenses every week.

“Now I have the little brother I always wanted!” Guarantano added.

Pretty cool.

Guarantano’s teammate, Tyler Byrd, initiated a movement for Tennessee fans — and a lot of other people, for that matter — to “show some love” for Jones after the youngster was captured in a heartbreaking video describing his own dealings with bullies.

Several Tennessee players are scheduled to visit Jones at school on Tuesday.

So I got the chance to spend the day with my new best bud Keaton. It was unbelievable to get to know him and realize that we have a lot in common. This dude is very special and has changed my life forever. Now I have the little brother I always wanted! God bless you my man pic.twitter.com/vMHVtnf2rC

— Jarrett Guarantano✞ (@BroadwayJay2) December 11, 2017

We going to the middle school next Tuesday show young Man some love we will also TWITTER LIVE some of it so everyone can show there love and support #vols #StopBullying @cboystunna3 @BroadwayJay2 @JKShuttlesworth @smithtrey98

— Tyler Byrd (@D1fuzzymuffin17) December 9, 2017

Cody McClure

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.