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Taco, Pacman, Rocket, Too Tall on Dallas Cowboys’ catchy names list

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The name game can be fun.

With Taco Charlton joining the Dallas Cowboys as a first-round selection in the NFL Draft over the weekend, it jogs the memory of some of the other catchy names in franchise history.

For the record, Taco Charlton’s birth first name is Vidauntae. The name Taco was given to him by his grandmother. Charlton was born premature. His grandmother, Veddiann, used the Taco Bell slogan of “making a run for the border” to describe his premature birth.

“It is thanks to my mother and grandmother.