How 4th round pick Elijah Sarratt got his nickname 'Waffle House'
If you're wondering how Sarratt earned this very distinctive nickname, the credit apparently belongs to his father, Donnie.
Somewhere along the way, we lost the plot when it comes to sports nicknames. In yesteryear, we had monikers like Oil Can Boyd, Too Tall Jones and Human Rain Delay Mike Hargrove. However, in more recent generations nicknames were just replaced by abbreviations and initials- D.
Will, I-Rod, A-Rod, KD etc. Ah, we used to be a proper country with proper sports nicknames! Well, the 115th overall pick in the NFL Draft, Elijah "Waffle House" Sarratt, is starting to bring it back.
The Baltimore Ravens took Waffle House, a big, productive wide receiver, in the fourth round out of Indiana on Saturday. If you're wondering how Sarratt earned this very distinctive nickname, it goes back to his James Madison days. Waffle House was one of the many players who moved with coach Curt Cignetti from JMU to IU.
And the credit for the moniker apparently belongs to his father, Donnie. “He’s open right now,” Donnie Sarratt once said during an interview with the Big Ten Network's The Journey , according to the Daily Hoosier . Because Sarratt, like Waffle House, is always open.