Ladies it’s that time of year again, when they announce which athletes will be appearing in the special ESPN Body Issue, you know in their birthday suits.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars will appear in his birthday suit in the next edition of ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue,” set to hit digital newsstands on July 6 and actual newsstands on July 10.
And by that we mean: Congrats, Shirtless Seguin Tumblr!
He’ll join Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper, NBA stars Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliersand DeAndre Jordan of the Los Angeles Clippers, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., two-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner, USA women’s soccer star Ali Krieger, Olympians Aly Raisman and Natalie Coughlin, and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka among others.
From a preview video via ESPN, here’s a glimpse at the Tyler Seguin photoshoot:
Photo Credit: ESPN
Seguin of course joins a storied group of NHL stars that have bared all for the “Body Issue,” dedicated to showing the incredibly toned bodies of athletes while you attempt to work off that burrito supreme on the elliptical.
There was Ryan Kesler, then of the Vancouver Canucks, in 2011:
And there was the one that started it all, and the leading source of nightmare fuel in 2009, Zdeno Chara of the Boston Bruins:
