Google alerts made Shaquille O'Neal a fan of Shaq Lawson

Buffalo Bills first-round pick Shaq Lawson was named after Shaquille O'Neal, and now counts the NBA legend among his fans.

O'Neal said he became familiar with Lawson because his name kept popping up in O'Neal's Google alerts, according to Tim Graham of the Buffalo News,

"I have Google alerts any time 'Shaq' comes up," O'Neal said. "The past four or five years - I think I've ran into about 150 athletes named Shaq - Shaq Lawson kept coming up.

"So I've known who he was and been a fan of him. I'm most proud of him."

Lawson's parents decided to name him after O'Neal because of his size and their belief that he would grow up to be a basketball player.

"I stick to my principles, and one of them very simply is to have fun," O'Neal said. "I just wanted to do the right thing, play with a passion, be involved in the communities where I lived and leave a good impression.

"To have parents want to name their kids after me is a big honor."