46 Fun Facts About Dude Perfect

Dude Perfect's first video showed trick shots filmed mainly where?

A backyard: the college housemates filmed their bets on outlandish basketball shots behind their house and posted the montage as 'Backyard Stuntmen', a title later changed to 'Backyard Edition'.

Dude Perfect is headquartered in which Texas city, part of the Dallas metropolitan area?

Frisco has stayed the Dudes' base as they outgrew their offices; in January 2025 they unveiled a third headquarters there, with room to host events for high school and professional athletes.

In 2023 Dude Perfect joined NFL star JJ Watt as minority investors in which English soccer club?

Burnley announced the Dudes as minority investors in August 2023, as the club returned to the Premier League, three months after JJ and Kealia Watt had bought in.

The Dudes met as roommates at which college?

Texas A&M in College Station is where the five met; all had played high school basketball, and they moved into one house together and put up a hoop behind it.

Which member of Dude Perfect's original crew is nicknamed 'The Beard'?

Tyler Toney, 'The Beard', takes most of the group's trick shots; he played quarterback in high school, and that passing touch is credited for his aim.

Garrett Hilbert goes by which nickname in Dude Perfect videos?

The Purple Hoser is Garrett Hilbert, who spent his early childhood in California and likes to claim he brought the word 'dude' to Texas; he also handles the group's finances.

Cody Jones is known to Dude Perfect fans by which nickname?

The Tall Guy is Cody Jones, who won a Texas state basketball title in high school and became the fifth housemate after meeting the twins on a university rec-centre court.

The twin brothers in Dude Perfect share which surname?

Cotton: the twins are the group's only siblings; one wrote the group's business book and the other flew to the edge of space in 2022.

Several of the Dudes were brothers of the Gamma chapter of which Christian fraternity?

Beta Upsilon Chi, abbreviated BYX and styled 'Brothers Under Christ', is a Christian fraternity whose Gamma chapter is at the Dudes' alma mater.

Dude Perfect's first video earned a mention on which national TV news show within a week?

Good Morning America picked up the first video within days and later examined whether the shots were real; the experts it consulted found no evidence of faking.

Dude Perfect's second video, 'Ranch Edition', was filmed at what kind of location?

A Christian summer camp: 'Ranch Edition' was shot at Sky Ranch in Texas, and the attention it drew brought a call from ESPN's E:60, which wanted a segment on the group.

Dude Perfect pledged every 100,000 views of an early video would fund what?

A child's sponsorship: for every 100,000 views the Dudes sponsored a child through Compassion International, and the video went on to draw more than 18 million views.

What animal is Dude Perfect's masked mascot?

A panda: introduced in 2010, the masked Panda became a fixture at their university's basketball games, taunting the visiting team, and who wears the costume has never been confirmed.

Dude Perfect's 2016 soccer trick-shot video featured Raheem Sterling, then of which English club?

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne joined Arsenal's Calum Chambers and Mathieu Flamini in the video, and Sterling fired a penalty past all five Dudes lined up in goal.

Which drive-thru coffee chain announced a Dude Perfect partnership in September 2025?

7 Brew, the drive-thru chain founded in Rogers, Arkansas, in 2017, announced the tie-up on September 24, 2025, promising a Dude Perfect-themed drink and appearances in the group's videos.

One of the Dude Perfect twins wrote a book about the group's business lessons under what title?

Go Big: Make Your Shot Count in the Connected World was written by Cory in the years just after college, before Dude Perfect became a full-time job.

In 2015, which team picked Dude Perfect in its annual tongue-in-cheek player 'draft'?

Harlem Globetrotters: the touring showmen's annual draft, which guarantees nobody a roster spot, has also 'picked' Lionel Messi, Usain Bolt and Little League star Mo'ne Davis.

The Dude Perfect Show moved from CMT to which network for its second season?

Nickelodeon picked the show up for a 20-episode second season in 2017, a move within the family, since both networks belonged to Viacom.

The Dude Perfect Show was produced by the company of which skateboarder and TV personality?

Rob Dyrdek's Superjacket Productions made the series; in 2014 the Dudes had filmed a trick-shot video inside his Fantasy Factory and appeared on his MTV show of the same name.

What was the name of Dude Perfect's first live tour?

Pound It Noggin in 2019 was the first time the Dudes had performed for a live audience, and cameras followed the tour for a documentary.

What is the title of the 2020 documentary Dude Perfect released with YouTube Originals?

Backstage Pass follows the Dudes through their first live tour and retells their rise; it came out in May 2020, just as the pandemic put their second tour on hold.

On their TV show, the Dudes set a Guinness record for the fastest time to wrap what in wrapping paper?

A person: Coby, Cory and Cody did the wrapping in 1 minute 58.90 seconds, the first of several records that fell in the same 2019 episode with a Guinness adjudicator on set.

Dude Perfect's first CEO, hired in 2024, came from a senior content job at which sports league?

The NBA's head of social, digital and original content, Andrew Yaffe, became Dude Perfect's first CEO in October 2024, months after the group raised more than $100 million from Highmount Capital.

Dude Perfect's early longest-basketball-shot record came from the third deck of which stadium?

Kyle Field: by Cody Jones's account the idea came on a drive across campus, when a housemate looked at the football stadium and said he could make the shot if someone got him a key.

For a video released in January 2014, Dude Perfect sank a shot from high on which 561-foot Dallas landmark?

Reunion Tower, the observation tower beside the Hyatt Regency, was the perch; Cody Jones and Garrett Hilbert held the basket at its base as the ball dropped roughly 500 feet.

In a 2018 Overtime episode, one twin set a Guinness record for the farthest distance blowing what across the floor?

A pea: with a clothespin on his nose to focus his breath, Coby blew 'the most spherical pea we could find' 8.8 metres, past the 24 feet 7.6 inches the adjudicator had asked for.

On The Dude Perfect Show, one Dude set a Guinness record by crushing 45 of what with his toes in 30 seconds?

Eggs: he crushed 45 in half a minute, then opened 48 drink cans one-handed in a minute and travelled 88.39 metres across Swiss balls, three solo records in one episode.

In 2023 Dude Perfect sank a basketball shot dropped from 856 feet up a tower in which city?

Las Vegas: the ball was dropped from the Strat's SkyPod, 856 feet above the hoop, and went in during the last hour of a three-day shoot.

Which rival trick-shot act set a basketball height record from a waterfall in Lesotho?

How Ridiculous, an Australian trio, set the mark in 2018 when Derek Herron sank a shot from 201.42 metres at Maletsunyane Falls; the Dudes answered in 2023 with a drop from 856 feet.

After college, the Dude Perfect twins went to work for their father, who did what for a living?

A church pastor: the twins grew up near Houston as a pastor's sons, though they say he never pushed his faith on them, and they worked at his church in Austin after graduating.

In a 2018 Overtime episode, Dude Perfect set a Guinness record for the farthest barefoot walk across what?

LEGO bricks: the Dudes braved the famously painful toy for an early Absurd Recurds segment, though the barefoot record has since been beaten.

Early plans for Dude Perfect's $100 million headquarters and attraction called for a 330-foot what?

Trick-shot tower: the plans announced in 2022 also promised a Dude Perfect museum and restaurants, but the headquarters the group opened in January 2025 was a far more modest building.

Dude Perfect's headquarters, unveiled in January 2025, has a wall fitted with moving what?

Basketball hoops: the moving hoops turn one wall of the $3 million building into a trick-shot challenge, and the tour video also showed off a 45-yard football field and a hidden candy room.

Dude Perfect's first Trick Shot World Championship ended with a basketball shot from the top of which MLB team's ballpark?

The Texas Rangers' Globe Life Field in Arlington hosted the final challenge in February 2025, keeping the showpiece in the Dudes' home metro area after rounds against teams from around the world.

The name Dude Perfect began as a remark someone made about what while filming the first video?

The camera setup: someone said 'dude, perfect' as the camera was put in place for a shot, and the twins turned the phrase into the brand; accounts differ on who said it.

In the Overtime segment 'Wheel Unfortunate', what happens to the contestant?

They receive a random penalty: the unlucky Dude spins a wheel of punishments, and one 2019 spin sent a Dude to sit in a box full of snakes.

Dude Perfect's 'Stereotypes' series introduced fans to which recurring character?

The Rage Monster, the Dude who smashes everything in sight after losing, became the breakout character of the Stereotypes sketches.

What college degree did the bearded Dude earn?

Wildlife and fisheries science was his degree, a fit for the group's resident outdoorsman, who regularly features hunting and fishing in his content.

The bearded Dude set a Guinness World Record for the longest throw of what object?

A golf club: he threw one 77.19 metres, about 253 feet, on a golf course in 2023; a keen golfer, he has also played in the PGA Tour's Creator Classic events.

One of the Dude Perfect twins flew to the edge of space in August 2022 with which company?

Blue Origin's New Shepard carried Coby on mission NS-22 on August 4, 2022, in a seat sponsored by MoonDAO, alongside the first Egyptian and the first Portuguese to reach space.

Reed Duchscher, who handled Dude Perfect's brand deals before founding Night Media, later managed which YouTube star?

MrBeast was managed by Reed Duchscher from 2018 to 2024; Duchscher had started out as an NFL agent, then left to work on Dude Perfect's sponsorships before founding Night in 2015.

PlayMonster and Dude Perfect teamed up to relaunch which 1980s toy brand for its 35th anniversary?

Koosh, the ball of rubber strings, returned to shops in summer 2021, and the Dudes devised a brand-new Overtime segment for the launch.

By the group's own account, a spontaneous bet over what led to the first Dude Perfect video?

A sandwich: Garrett Hilbert says he bet a housemate couldn't make one particular shot, and twenty attempts later he was the one buying; the bets soon became a video.

Dude Perfect's website has described the group as being about giving back, spreading joy, and doing what?

Glorifying Jesus Christ is the third aim the site lists; on their 2019 tour the five prayed together before every show.

Dude Perfect set a Guinness record for the most ping pong balls stuck to someone's head using what?

Shaving cream held the balls in place for the 2019 record, set in Overtime's Absurd Recurds segment, where a Guinness adjudicator rules on the oddest titles the Dudes can find.

Which ESPN documentary series told Dude Perfect's story in a 2024 film titled 'A Very Long Shot'?

30 for 30 added 'Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot' in 2024; it premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival that April and traces the group's rise and the sacrifices behind it.