TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - You may know him as the latest viral cat sensation. The Bowling Green State University Football Team knows him as Pudge, their locker room cat.

“He’s been a complete joy to me and I’m happy I’m spreading that joy to everybody else,” said George Carlson, a long snapper for the football team and Pudge’s owner.

Carlson said Pudge is the locker room cat, but does not live in the facility. The 3-year-old exotic shorthair Persian is Carlson’s pet.

This year, Carlson started bringing Pudge into the locker room on off-days to boost morale.

“We had a practice, a player went down, and a lot of people were pretty sad and down and the next day we had an off-day and I thought, you know, what better thing to bring in than my tiny little cat?” Carlson said.

The team quickly ado

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