Choosing @drewpetrie20 as his username, the big forward boldy declared to those behind the scenes, "I won't be Tweeting anything until I get to 1,000 followers."
Suspense ensued with those already in the Twitterverse hanging out for his first word including:
Ryan Bastinac (@rbastinac03) - "Give us something..."
Jack Ziebell (@jackziebell) - "Nervous wait for @drewpetrie20 first tweet.."
Emma Quayle (@emmasq) - "Can't wait to see what @drewpetrie20 has in mind for his first ever tweet! #suspense"
Hamish Mcintosh (@HMcintosh01) - "When will @drewpetrie20 give us his 1st tweet?"
But staying true to his word, Petrie stayed silent as his number of followers continued to rise rapidly towards 1,000.
Andrew Swallow helped add some flavour to Petrie's account, suggesting a Big Red sauce bottle for his profile picture.