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

by Staff Reporter

December 12, 202531 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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Tigerwm23•17 hours

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

CajunBullet•15 hours

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

TrueTiger•15 hours

Absolutely electric.

Ipissexcellence•15 hours

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•16 hours

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

BabyTac•16 hours

Always knew Chavis posted here. lol.

EvrybodysAllAmerican•16 hours

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

dagrippa•15 hours

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

hsgeoboy•16 hours

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

genuineLSUtiger•12 hours

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

LuckyTiger57•16 hours

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

HoustonGumbeauxGuy•15 hours

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

Geaux Guy•11 hours

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.

Sharlo•16 hours

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

Ironhead985•15 hours

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

cas4t•16 hours

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.

CatsGoneWild•16 hours

The gifs were hilarious

CSinLC•16 hours

Wonder who posted that original Video?

Koolazzkat•15 hours

Free advertising.

Black n Gold•15 hours

TD is almost as big of a brand as LSU

HurricaneCamille•15 hours

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.

Geaux Guy•14 hours

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

Geaux Guy•15 hours

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•16 hours

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

USEyourCURDS•16 hours

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

olgoi khorkhoi•10 min

I'm in on the 2nd page of the original thread and man was I young

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