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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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pelicanpride•2 months

Anybody have a link to the original video that was posted on Tiger Droppings that led to his nickname? I was trying to show it to my kids. I remember the thread and where I was when I read it, but I can’t find it now.

Bayou•2 months

Synthetic cost him a Heisman. That would have been a major feat for a DB but I really think it could have happened.

horndog•2 months

Cool story bro

Iceman1955•2 months

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

holmesbr•2 months

My favorite rememberance from that game watching it on tv. WVU scores, TV comes back from commercial, blimp shot, 7 nation army playing, stadium is hopping. Mo Claiborne returns the kickoff for a TD and seems the stadium just went silent after that. That was such a good defense.

lil 7thward•2 months

L E G E N D

olgoi khorkhoi•2 months

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

porge7106•2 months

THE BADGER!! Takes what he wants when he wants it. Geaux tigers!!

Barbellthor•2 months

We are GOAT'ed

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

Black n Gold•2 months

TD is almost as big of a brand as LSU

dagrippa•2 months

I remember this place being fired up for Tyrann and the name being coined first hand!

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.

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.

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.

Ironhead985•2 months

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

Koolazzkat•2 months

Free advertising.

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.

GeauxPanthers2•2 months

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

blueboy•2 months

I still prefer 'Little Ball of Hate.'