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Charlie Strong Tweeted the Wrong Malcom Brown During NFL Draft

Dan CarsonMay 1, 2015

The Texas Longhorns' football roster has featured two guys with similar names over the last few years—running back Malcolm Brown and defensive tackle Malcom Brown. The New England Patriots drafted the latter at No. 32 overall Thursday night.

With a single letter differentiating the two names, it can be easy to mix them up—even if one player is three inches taller and weighs roughly 100 pounds more than the other.

Such was the issue for Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong on Thursday night.

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After watching the Patriots select Big Malcom to fortify their run defense, Strong ostensibly closed his eyes and tweeted out his congrats to Malcolm.

BurntOrangeNation.com posted a picture of Strong's initial congrats, which he sent to the wrong guy:

The coach corrected himself quickly:

Naturally, Little Malcolm had been preparing for the onslaught of mis-tweets:

Being good at Twitter is hard.

Dan is on Twitter, messing up two out of every five tweets.

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