Tyler Shough Q&A: It’s ‘Shuck’ As in Aw Shucks

Shough on how to pronounce his name: “It should be Shuck, but it’s European, Scottish—I don’t know. It’s hard to learn or hard to say, but once you learn it, it’s pretty easy.” | Stephen Lew-Imagn Images

New Orleans Saints rookie quarterback Tyler Shough has no issue with people butchering his last name. It just comes with the territory of having a misleading spelling.  

“It’s literally impossible to pronounce it if you don’t know it,” says Shough, which is pronounced “Shuck”, like aw shucks. “It’s all good.”