What’s in a name?
Plenty if you’re an NFL player.
ESPN asked writers around the league to pick the best nickname on each team.
For the Detroit Lions it was “Swagnew,” the nickname belonging to cornerback and return specialist Jamal Agnew.
ESPN’s Michael Rothstein says Agnew was given the nickname while playing at the University of San Diego, “when he said (teammate) Devyn Bryant told him he had ‘the most swagger on the field and my last name, it comes with it.’”
If you’ve followed the career of Houston Texans safety Tyrann Mathieu, you probably already know that his nickname is “Honey Badger,” which he earned at LSU.