Tyrann Devine Mathieu, an American Football Safety, is better known as “The Honey Badger” and “The Landlord”. He is the Football Safety for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Tyrann is known to have a troubled childhood as he was taken care of by his grandparents and later, was adopted since his biological father was imprisoned for murder. He was just five years old when he scored his first touchdown. He was excellent in football, basketball, and baseball. Tyrann has multiple tattoos that adorn his athletic body. Let us explore them.

1. ‘Lightning Bolts’ Tattoo

Tattoo: Tyrann’s left leg is covered with lightning bolts all over.

Meaning: Lightning bolts are used as the symbol of representing the fickle nature of humankind and man. It is also assumed to be the symbol of illumination and the force which is created upon each one of us daily by nature and its forces thus, representing the destruction of mankind by the striking force inflicted by the Gods from the skies.

“He walks on the edge of the water and lets the waves crash against the partial tattoos of lightning bolts and Bible verses on his legs, which he started at LSU but left unfinished, like so much else.”

2. ‘Seventh Ward’ Tattoo

Tattoo: There is a tattoo on the inner side of his right leg that contains writing with a heading that says, ‘Seventh Ward’. Right below it is the line, ‘When When you’re a star, you put God first Let your past guide and your future determine… TM7”.

Meaning: These lines have been penned by Tyrann himself as he says that people often let their childhood environment determine their future which, is not so. We should never let our circumstances affect our future and leave everything on God. Seventh Ward as Tyrann belongs to the 7th ward (biggest of all the wards) of New Orleans, Louisiana.