Dallas Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parson has developed into one of the NFL's best defenders and has gotten a pretty sweet nickname to go along with his stardom. No one knows who started calling Parsons "lion" but it has stuck. He's even worked it into a celebration. On Sunday he wore a lion costume to the Cowboys' showdown with the Los Angeles Rams and declared he'd be fine wearing it in public.

Here's Parson's lion celebration:

And here's the costume he wore on Sunday:

And another look:

As a Penn State product, Parsons was already a Nittany Lion, so maybe this is the next step in his evolution.

But yeah, I mean who is going to go up to Parsons and make fun of him for wearing a lion outfit? Only an idiot looking to get lit up would do such a thing. I also think it would be great if this wasn't a Halloween costume and he just walks around like this every week. He should fully embrace it.

This article was originally published on thebiglead as Micah Parsons Not Ashamed of Rocking Lion Outfit in Public.