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Thomas Daniel Grossi (Born September 16, 1990) is an American YouTube creator, actor, and philanthropist who mostly posts National Football League content to his YouTube largely surrounding the Green Bay Packers. As of July 2025, Tom has 856,000 subscribers and 417 million views[1]
Biography
[edit]Grossi was born in Yorktown, New York[2]
Grossi was initially raised as a Dallas Cowboys fan by his father but became a Packers fan after he heard at school that the Packers had defeated the Cowboys in week 13 of the 1997 NFL season.[3] After graduating from State University of New York at New Paltz with a masters in Education, Grossi would go on to teach high school Social Studies for several years. A career he would leave in 2021 in order to focus on his YouTube Career full time.[4]
Career
[edit]Grossi began posting to YouTube in January of 2015 following the Seattle Seahawks victory over the Green Bay Packers in the 2014 NFC Championship Game where he made a video acting as if he were watching the game live. Following the success of this video, he proceeded to create podcast by the name of Packast.
Grossi would livestream his reaction to games starting in 2018.
Starting in the 2019 off season, Grossi would create a series called Coach. In the following years that would go on to spawn a mini cinematic universe of his own (GCU) in which he would be the sole actor for approximately 40 characters.[5]
After Five and a half years on YouTube, Tom reached 100,000 subscribers in September 2020.
He is part of Clickbait Spots alongside Scooter Magruder, Thats Good Sports, Urinating Tree, and Five Points Vids. He also co-hosts a YouTube show with Thats Good Sports called GPS playing off their initials of Grossi and Perna ending with S for show.
Grossi went on to win the 2023 NFL Fan of the Year at the 13th NFL Honors.[6] due to his charity work.
He would announce the Packers selection of Micah Robinson with the 237th pick of the 2025 NFL draft.[7]
Charitable Efforts
[edit]Grossi would begin his fundraising by running in the 2018 New York City Marathon finishing in a time of 4:53:43.[8] A race he would run for The Michael J. Fox Foundation, raising $1,000 in the process[9]
Outside of his NFL content, Grossi has gained a reputation for doing insane feat of endurance for charity, something he refers to as Chaotic Good, including going to all 30 NFL stadiums in just 30 days in June 2023 (known as 30 in 30) in which he raised over $500,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[10] During this event he would go on to make appearances on popular sports shows and podcasts, such as, The Pat McAfee Show[11] and The Rich Eisen show[12]
He would follow this the following year in June 2024 by going to five countries scheduled to host NFL in just 10 days. In doing so he would raise a further $187,000 for St Jude.[13]
In February 2025, Grossi would begin streaming on his YouTube and would not stop until he had raised $1 million for Children Of Fallen Patriots, a charity offering scholarships to American children who lost a parent in the military. He would eat, drink, and sleep on stream until he hit his goal in just under a week.[14]
Outside of these he would also go on to create a tradition in December 2021 of doing an eight hour livestream for a random charity, usually falling on the final Saturday before Christmas.[15][16][17][18]
As of July 2025, Grossi has raised over 2.2 million dollars for various charities[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Grossi's YouTube Statistics". Social Blade. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
- ^ Young, Anna (2018-03-23). "Local Funnyman to Record First Comedy Album at Lucy's | The Examiner News". Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "NFL.com | Official Site of the National Football League". NFL.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Bio". Tom Grossi Comedy. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Grossi Cinematic Universe Wiki". grossi-cinematic-universe.fandom.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "Photos: Packers fan Tom Grossi wins 2023 NFL Fan of the Year Award". www.packers.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ "New York Road Runners Official Race Results". results.nyrr.org. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ Hearden, Maya (2024-03-04). "Making a Difference: NFL Fan of the Year Tom Grossi uses platform to give back". The Business News. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ Alvarado, Monsy. "YouTuber Tom Grossi's inspiring journey: 30 stadiums, $500K for St. Jude, and NFL Fan of the Year". www.stjude.org. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
- ^ The Pat McAfee Show (2023-06-12). Tom Grossi: Visiting All 30 NFL Stadiums In 30 Days & Raising Money For St. Jude | Pat McAfee Show. Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ The Rich Eisen Show (2023-06-28). Packcast's Tom Grossi Talks '30 in 30' Stadium Tour for St. Jude's with Rich Eisen | Full Interview. Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tom Grossi (2024-05-28). My Craziest Fundraiser Yet (International Stadium Tour). Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tom Grossi (2025-02-23). The Moment WE Raised $1 million for Charity in Under a Week. Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tom Grossi (2021-12-18). 8 Hour Fundraiser Stream (PS5 Giveaway). Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tom Grossi (2022-12-17). 8 Hour Fundraiser Stream. Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ Tom Grossi (2023-12-16). 8 Hour Fundraising Stream. Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via YouTube.
- ^ 11 Hour Charity Fundraiser. Retrieved 2025-07-06 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ https://bsky.app/profile/tomgrossi.bsky.social/post/3lshjdn2u2c2q