Philadelphia Eagles superfan Jigar Desai became an overnight sensation after video of him running into a pillar on a subway platform went viral. Desai, who has owned season tickets in the Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field since it opened in 2003, recently spoke with Deadspin about the incident that made him a trending topic.

"I think there are a couple of misconceptions," explained Desai. "One, this all happened before the game and not after. Two, I was not trying to hop on that train or jump for it.

I was pregaming at my brother’s place. He lives in South Philly. We watched the Pats-Jaguars game, then headed down to the Linc. And a train was leaving the Linc and going into Center City; we were waiting for a train coming on the platform across from it. And I just saw Eagles fans, and it got me all excited.

At the end of it, when I was running toward the train I just wanted to give a final 'Go Birds!' to the folks that were there. And that’s when the pole made a great tackle."

Desai says he recognizes how things could have gone much worse for him.

"I feel very fortunate and very lucky that nothing worse had happened. It’s a little bit of a blur for me. Yeah, I hit the pole, I was on the ground and I got right up. But after seeing that second video where I actually hit the subway train it made me rethink a lot of things. I am very lucky."

Source: deadspin.com