Why former Alabama QB Mac Jones is sometimes called McCorkle

Mac Jones will presumably be a first-round pick for a team in the 2021 NFL draft, and when his name likely gets called on Thursday, you may wonder why people are calling the Alabma quarterback “McCorkle.”

That’s what we’re here for. There’s a pretty simple explanation that you may have figured out already given that he’s “Mac.”

Yes, that’s short for McCorkle. But that’s not his first name. Michael is! McCorkle is his middle name. So where did that name come from? His mom Holly Jones (formerly McCorkle) explained in an AL.com article from December how the future NFL quarterback became Mac:

“I always hated that name because it was so long,” the former Holly McCorkle, now Jones, said. “But then we decided, well, my family didn’t have a boy on their side to carry on McCorkle so that would be the only McCorkle going through.”

So there you have it. Mac is short for McCorkle!