NFL Draft: Vince Young botches easy name while announcing pick, later apologizes
Vince Young had some serious trouble with a very simple name while announcing a pick on Friday
The biggest problem with making a big announcement on live television is that you only get one chance to do it, and if you mess it up, you're likely going to live in infamy on the internet for the rest of time. You can probably just ask Warren Beatty about that.
Although the NFL Draft didn't turn into the 2017 Oscars on Friday, Vince Young did have some trouble while announcing a draft pick for the Titans.
Now, there are a lot of names in the draft that aren't easy to pronounce, like USC linebacker Uchenna Nwosu. Young didn't have to pronounce a name with that. When Young took the podium to announce the 41st overall pick in the draft, all he had to do was pronounce the name "Harold Landry," but that didn't happen, and things went south quickly.
Here's Young announcing the pick, and as you'll notice, he basically decided to make up a new first name for Landry.
Either someone did Vince Young dirty with their awful handwriting or that man has no idea how to pronounce the name Harold pic.twitter.com/bnd9kNvY5E
— Barstool Sports (@barstooltweetss) April 27, 2018
Meet "Honor" Landry, the new linebacker for the Titans.
After Young left the stage, everyone on Twitter was pretty stunned that he managed to botch an easy name like Harold.
Did Vince Young just mispronounce HAROLD?
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) April 27, 2018
Vince Young couldn't have butchered Harold Landry's name more if he tried.
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) April 27, 2018
Has Vince Young never met anyone named Harold before?
— Marcas Grant (@MarcasG) April 27, 2018
Just to review, LaDainian Tomlinson was able to pronounce “Uchene Nwosu,” while Vince Young was unable to pronounce “Harold.”
— Seth Emerson (@SethWEmerson) April 28, 2018
In Young's defense, the draft cards are some time difficult to read because they're handwritten. For example, here's a loot at Tom Brady's draft card from 2000.
The greatest @NFL draft card.
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) January 21, 2018
6th round, #Patriots QB Tom Brady selected #199 in 2000. #NotDone pic.twitter.com/2sZHD33RWA
Of course, if that's what happened, Young didn't use it as an excuse when he apologized for butchering the name shortly after he made the pick.
my apologies I mess up my guy name @HaroldLandry good luck!! #TitanUp
— Vince Young (@VinceYoung10) April 28, 2018
The good news for Young is that you could probably argue that he didn't even make the biggest gaffe of the night, because that honor belongs to former Giants player Chris Canty. While announcing New York's third round pick of Lorenzo Carter, Canty got Carter's school completely wrong.
“With the sixty-sixth pick in the 2018 #NFLDraft, the @Giants select... Lorenzo Carter, linebacker, Georgia.“ (Trust us, he said Georgia)
— Georgia Football (@FootballUGA) April 28, 2018
📺: #NFLDraft Friday & Saturday on @nflnetwork + @FOXTV pic.twitter.com/HWqTyd7CiT
Of course, all of this pales in comparison to the time that former Jets fullback Tony Richardson misspelled "JETS" before a New York pick in the 2017 draft.
















