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Solving The Mystery Of How 1st-Round Pick Vidauntae Charlton Became Taco

FRISCO, Texas – Only in Texas could a first-round draft pick call to mind a Taco Bell commercial.

Ask Taco Charlton, the Cowboys’ newest pass rusher, how he got his famous nickname, and he’ll tell you it’s a long story. He’ll say it’s something his mother and his grandmother came up with.

“When your grandmother and mother give you a name, it’s hard to run away from it,” he said on Friday.

Charlton’s parents, Tamara and Norm, took the trip to Texas on Friday to watch their son’s introduction as a Dallas Cowboy. If you want details, Tamara is more than happy to provide them – starting with her son’s insistence on being born early, back on Nov.