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UK’s starting fullback has the best nickname in football

But forget all that for now. Let’s talk about his nickname: “Taco Meat.”

“Last summer, I got done with a summer workout and went home to my uncle’s house,” Collins explained, in a story on UKAthletics.com. “He had made about two pounds of taco meat and put it in the fridge. I was starving, and looked in the fridge and saw this taco meat and thought ‘Alright’. So I took it out, microwaved it, put some cheese and taco sauce on it, and ate it with chips. He came home, I was watching TV and he said, ‘Where is all my taco meat at?