06/16/2026
Workout Anytime Taps Savannah Bananas Star; Little Caesars Leans On NFL Athletes
This story is part of a Franchise Times special feature on athletes in franchising, which appears in the April print edition of the magazine
Ranker, the digital media platform for crowdsourced, fan-voted rankings on pop culture, entertainment and lifestyle topics, put out a list of the βhottestβ players on the Savannah Bananas last fall. At the top was Kyle βKJβ Jackson, the 23-year-old star for the barnstorming baseball team whoβs known for his crowd-pleasing backflips and home runs while delighting fans with his high-energy presence and matinee-idol looks.
βKJ is a phenomenon. Heβs genuine and authentic and extremely likeable. He was everything we were looking for when we went searching for the right athlete to represent our brand and culture,β said Lynsay Flynt, the director of marketing for Workout Anytime.
Workout Anytime named Jackson its first chief aura officer in January, a paid position for the brand with nearly 200 locations in 22 states. The 24-hour gym franchise hopes to tap into Jacksonβs large fan base of 1.4 million social media followers, including more than a million followers on Instagram, where he frequently posts about his life as a professional entertainer and athlete. He also has 61,000 Snapchat followers and is a major presence on TikTok, where he regularly shares viral baseball clips and challenges, and manages his own YouTube channel that features his long-form content and vlogs. One more thing The Savannah Bananas and kj Jackson new trending viral t-shirt now available at reduced prices for limited time,
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