Ultimate List of Top 50 Weird Names in the NFL (PART IV)

Crazy names in the NFL

• These ones are hard to explain
• Nationality can be the reason
• Sometimes you just don’t belive

This is our fourth piece to remember those, who were cursed or blessed by their parents: our Top 50 crazy names in the NFL series with past and present professional football players!

Once in a while when those who bet on sports in the US see a footballer with a really weird name on his jersey, can only think that, “What were the poor guy’s parents thinking?!” It could be tough to play the career of an NFL linebacker with the name of a porn actress, but in the end it might make you even stronger. Well, let’s see the list of players, who had an enormous test every time they had to introduce themselves! Read the fourth part of the Top 50 crazy names in the NFL!

20. Richie Incognito

It’s better for the offensive lineman if he actually stays in incognito for, since he is not known for being a nice guy for internet betting players. Though he was named as a Pro Bowl alternative while with the Bills in 2015, prior to that, he bullied his teammate Jonathan Martin at the Miami Dolphins at an extent that the 2012 second rounder had to switch teams.

19. Elvis Peacock

Elvis and Peacock? It is just too much for Me. Thank God that there was no Las Vegas franchise in the NFL in the late seventies and early eighties! They would definitely have a running back playing to the gallery.

18. Emerson Boozer

No, he wasn’t a truck driver in Alabama, he won Super Bowl III with the New York Jets as a running back. The two-time pro bowler had a serious knee injury relatively early in his career, but fortunately he did not become a boozer. He had become a fine blocker instead and a third-down back. He spent nine years in the league.

17. Peerless Price

What? Was this guy named after an Ohio moving company or what? Actually he was. His mother said that he liked the name so much and that she wanted this to be an inspiration for his son. Well, he wasn’t swallowed by the underworld but became a second round draft pick from Tennessee. He had played nine years in the league as a wide receiver.

16. Atari Bigby

He was born in Jamaica and named by his grandma. So, it is quite possible that he wasn’t named after a game console. Or not knowingly. He insisted he wasn’t. Still, this Japanese name means “to hit a target” and well, Bigby did just that at Central Florida and became a Super Bowl champion with the Green Bay Packers in 2010.

15. Long Ding

Wait, I can explain that one! He is Chinese. Yes, sometimes Chinese players turn up at NFL teams. Alright, he did not get into the NFL, but he had a tryout as a placekicker at the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012. I am positive that they were just trolling Josh Scobee who received a franchise tag earlier that year.

14. Sonny Sixkiller

He is a member of the Cherokee Nation, okay? Though his name is intimidating, him being an undersized quarterback, did not get into the NFL. He was featured in the 1974 film, The Longest Yard though and he has become a sports commentator. 

13. Carlester Crumpler

Despite his excessively funny name, Crumpler excelled in different fields. He played as a tight end for the Seattle Seahawks in the ‘90s, then continued to study and has become the Vice President at Bank of America. Impressive, huh? Especially with a name like this.

12. Bacarri Rambo

This is real, it’s not made up! The safety was drafted by the Washington Redskins in 2013, then joined the Buffalo Bills in 2014. Both of his names suggest that he knows how to put men down…

11. Mister Alexander

Okay I can’t explain this one. His father tried, saying that Mister abbreviated is MR, which stands for ‘Mentally Ready’. I don’t buy this. Anyone who bet on sports in the EU?

Ultimate List of Top 50 Weird Names in the NFL (PART I)
Ultimate List of Top 50 Weird Names in the NFL (PART II)
Ultimate List of Top 50 Weird Names in the NFL (PART III)