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Watch: Tyrann Mathieu Explains How His "Honey Badger" Nickname Started On TigerDroppings

by Staff Reporter

December 12, 202538 Comments

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Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu was on The Paul Finebaum Show on Thursday and explained how his "Honey Badger" nickname started on TigerDroppings back in 2011.

TD User Mike Linebacker started the original Honey Bader nickname thread: The Origin of a Nickname: Mathieu and the Honey Badger

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The idea of John Chavis lurking on the Tiger Rant after a game has to make you laugh...

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Tigerwm23•2 months

One of the most exciting players to ever put on a Tiger jersey!

CajunBullet•2 months

Should have played another year or two! Miles screwed this up for sure!

TrueTiger•2 months

Absolutely electric.

Ipissexcellence•2 months

Les Miles made a tough decision and saved Tyranns career by taking the approach that he did. If he continued to sweep things under the rug I doubt he would be where he is today. Lots of people stepped up to guide him in the right direction and he accepted their help.

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The Eric•2 months

Honey Badger takes what he wants! Oh is that a snake? Honey badger don’t care.

BabyTac•2 months

Always knew Chavis posted here. lol.

EvrybodysAllAmerican•2 months

Huge road win and the first thing Chavis does is check out tigerdroppings, lol.

dagrippa•2 months

I like basking in the positivity here after a win too, John.

hsgeoboy•2 months

Well if it’s Chavis that discovered Honey Badger here, then he most certainly saw his own “3rd and Chavis” moniker here ????

genuineLSUtiger•2 months

They called him that at Tennessee too. It just followed him to LSU.

LuckyTiger57•2 months

Honey Badger takes what he wants. One of the best to wear purple and gold!

HoustonGumbeauxGuy•2 months

Mike Linebacker started this... HERE is the OP which started it all. LINK

Geaux Guy•2 months

Yes, and this was a few weeks prior to playing West Virginia (TM7 mentioned as start). It became more and more viral. Link below but it was the Mo Isom vid (week after WVU) that confirmed that he approved.

Ironhead985•2 months

It's crazy the amount of NIL he would have brought in had his college career been a decade later

Sharlo•2 months

Someone smart figure out Chavis' alters. Would be hilarious to read.

cas4t•2 months

I remember that game like it was yesterday. To this day the most exciting player to put on the P&G. He killed Oregon too. And then of course the SECCG vs UGA is an all timer.

HurricaneCamille•2 months

Along with Tommy Casanova from the early 1970s, Tyrann Mathieu could simply do whatever he wanted. Both played offense and defense. Both were special teams maniacs.

CatsGoneWild•2 months

The gifs were hilarious

CSinLC•2 months

Wonder who posted that original Video?

Koolazzkat•2 months

Free advertising.

Geaux Guy•2 months

Checking some dates and I feel like WVU may have solidified HB7 but i feel like we were referencing Honey Badger well before that. The infamous Mo Isom vid was just 5 days after that game, which gave his approval. LINK

Iceman1955•2 months

Best nickname for DB ever, no one will ever take it away from TM.

Black n Gold•2 months

TD is almost as big of a brand as LSU

Geaux Guy•2 months

Barely got out of Morgantown alive that night. We did make the mistake of setting up our tailgate right where the WVU players get dropped off for the game. Great LSU contingency and tailgated with OBJs family.

GeauxPanthers2•2 months

Mathieu had an incredible game that night against WVU. He was right.

USEyourCURDS•2 months

Saw that game in the nosebleeds. He still stood out way up there. Just amazing

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