‘I helped out security’: the backstory behind Bobby Wagner’s viral NFL hit

Video of NFL star taking out animal rights demonstrator who interrupted game against San Francisco 49ers went viral

National Football League linebacker Bobby Wagner laid one of the season's most jarring hits this week on an animal rights advocate who ran on to the field of a game to protest about criminal charges filed against two other activists.

I just saw somebody running on the field, and [it looked like] he wasn't supposed to be on the field," Wagner, who plays for the Los Angeles Rams, said when reporters asked him about tackling the protester on Monday night. I saw security was having a little problem, so I helped them out."