Aaron Hernandez Joins the Pantheon of Athletes with Bad Back Tattoos
A scene from a church ceiling exploded on the back of Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. It probably looked swell on the ceiling of said church, but on a man’s back?
Not sure how it happened, but we’re your go-to site for bad back tattoos on athletes (and we’ll do dumb front tattoos, also). Former geography major Udonis Haslem put a map of Florida on his back. It’s a metaphor for carrying the Florida Gators all those years. Chris Bosh’s back tattoo combines all the terrifying elements from his favorite movies: Saw, The Birds, The Piano, and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Andrei Kirilenko put a winged comic book (?) character on his back (in color!).
I suppose in retrospect, the scribbles on the back of Hernandez aren’t that bad. [Pic via Hot Clicks]

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January 31st, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Meheecan Gronkowski dont fahkin play, kids.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Looks like he’s trying to camouflage his bacne.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:39 AM
I’m going to hold off on judging him until I hear whether or not he reads the bible.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:39 AM
To be fair, all of his tats are awful
January 31st, 2012 at 11:40 AM
How could you have left the SuperCoolBeas off your list?
January 31st, 2012 at 11:40 AM
I would say that “symbols” that seem important to me probably change in importance every 5-10 years. How long those tattoos last?
January 31st, 2012 at 11:41 AM
hate you now? well i sure do after seeing that tattoo.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:41 AM
JMac has a back fetish.
Hernandez doesn’t look v-shaped enough.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:41 AM
It makes sense to put your most bedraggled tattoo on your back.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:44 AM
I have more tats on my peenus than that.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Tattooes are just nasty
/team no tattoo
January 31st, 2012 at 11:45 AM
His back tattoos look like a rough draft. Terrible.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:45 AM
so im taking it you don’t approve of my yakuza sleeves…don’t judge.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:46 AM
if this football thing doesn’t work out he should try MMA.
what he said you.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:46 AM
“Hate Me Now” — yikes. I’m all about some tattoos that have some sort of personal meaning, if you want it go for it — but these are bad.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:46 AM
That does look like David Koresh in the middle.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:47 AM
I BLAME THIS ON CONCUSSIONS AND ATHLETE ENTITLEMENT.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:47 AM
I want someone to make a Tumblr of bad tattoos 30-40 years after they’ve been needled in and the person’s skin is old and wrinkly. I have a feeling that would prevent this from happening in the future.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:48 AM
That’s the best Eddie Murphy’s white-face character from SNL tattoo ever.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:49 AM
I don’t judge, it’s your body, I just don’t never saw the point and they look awful as you get older.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Natural selection has a way of taking these people out long before their skin is old and wrinkly.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Is that Jesus in the middle? If so, he’s clearly a class act.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Kyle Turley had sweet tats http://www.inkedmag.com/static/images/articles/KyleTurley_header.jpg/
Tim Commerford (Rage’s bass player) had ridiculous tattoos http://madeira.hccanet.org/project2_2010/scheidp2/tim.jpg
I would link to some female tats, but I’m at work. Rachel Perry from VH1 was one of my favorites.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Reports WFS to the ATF.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:49 AM
when keeping it real goes wrong
January 31st, 2012 at 11:50 AM
If “Hate Me Now” is a Nas reference, it gets a pass. I’m putting it at 94% certainty it is not a Nas reference.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Also, the one blonde girl from American Idol a couple years ago had a sleeve and it was awesome.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:50 AM
most interesting back tattoo i ever saw was from the lead singer of buckcherry.
takes a lot of trust to get a tattoo where you can’t really see what they are doing.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Natural selection has a way of taking these people out long before their skin is old and wrinkly.
Pours one out for Ryan Dunn.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:51 AM
I want someone to make a Tumblr of bad tattoos 30-40 years after they’ve been needled in and the person’s skin is old and wrinkly.
This is good for some laughs.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:51 AM
best tattoo ever.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:52 AM
most interesting back tattoo i ever saw was from the lead singer of buckcherry.
http://www.ratemyink.com/images/ul/566/ink_5668.jpeg
It takes a special person to get your own face cheesing hard, with 2x thumbs up, with the quote “yeah dude, I rock”
January 31st, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Alright fine but wait until I finish this one.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:54 AM
best tattoo ever.
This comes close…
January 31st, 2012 at 12:02 PM
I was a big fan of George Clooney’s in Dusk Til Dawn even though it wasn’t real.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:05 PM
I blame this on his propensity for smoking the reefer
January 31st, 2012 at 12:06 PM
awesome movie.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:09 PM
if it makes him do what he do, keep on doin’.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:10 PM
no way…ok, maybe.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:17 PM
I don’t have a single tat.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Counterpoint: I have comic strip tattoos
January 31st, 2012 at 12:26 PM
another counterpoint: i have no tattoos because im too lazy from smoking the reefer.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:26 PM
I’d get The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, and Dilbert tats.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Come on, if you’re gonna put human — or angel, whatever– faces on yourself, find an artist up to the task.
Guy I know tattooed a hooker with the image of her newly deceased baby. I don’t think he was ever right after that.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:28 PM
Maybe withhold judgment until it’s finished?
January 31st, 2012 at 12:30 PM
This comes close…
That dumbass let her ex tat her back after she cheated on him. Thats what she was left with
/serves her right
January 31st, 2012 at 12:30 PM
That. And my indecisiveness. Like a 4 year tattoo would be perfect; the rest of my life, though? Eh.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:31 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STeYTwunxjw
January 31st, 2012 at 12:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STeYTwunxjw
Dude! Little heads up next time, NSFW-ish
January 31st, 2012 at 12:35 PM
There’s a dude who lived in my neighborhood that has a whole skull tattooed on his face.
Nice guy, worked at a nearby restaurant. But in the back of the house.
January 31st, 2012 at 12:37 PM
that’s a fucking genius idea. like, temporary, but more permanent. oh man…IF ONLY WE HAD THE TECHNOLOGY!
January 31st, 2012 at 12:41 PM
C&H
January 31st, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Michael Scofield had the best back tattoo.
January 31st, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Also, Hernandez’s bad tat looks “bad” now, because it’s in “rough draft” form. You can see many of the lines were drawn as guides for colors and probably other shapes to be added later.