The name game

Okay, I've heard of Plaxico Burress and Alge Crumpler (is that a fungus killer?) and I knew the NFL was filled with names that made you scratch your head trying to pronounce them, I mean, Chris has been reading them aloud to me from the paper for years. So a week ago, when I was guest designing for our vacationing sports designer, I was looking at the rosters for the Falcons and the Packers and saw Lawyer Milloy and Atari Bigby ... among other given names like: Kindad, Ovie, Kroy, Jerious, Tramon, Ruvell and Chevis (gee, I wonder what mommy was drinking when she named him). I mean seriously. So I decided to look on NFL.com to search the list of the players for some more, well, unusual names. Here's just the first look (I only got through the letter "C"):

• Flozell Adams, Dallas ... no wonder he's a football player, he must've gotten the crap beaten out of him as a child.
  
• C.J. Ah You, St. Louis ... God bless you!
  
• Scorpio Babers, Sam Houston State ... yeah, he was born in November. Either that or his mother watched General Hospital back in the 80s and 90s.
  
• Brothers Boss Bailey and Champ Bailey, both play for Denver ... word is little brother, Emperor, is an up-and-comer.
  
• Yeremiah Bell, Miami ... I heard he really wanted to play for the Yets. And no, he was never a Bulldog or a bullfrog.
• Casper Brinkley, Carolina ... he seems friendly.
  
• Fakir Brown, St. Louis ... who's your mother, Fakir?
  
• Mkristo Bruce, Jacksonville ... they must have these names backwards, Bruce is the last name?
  
• Digger Bujnoch, Cincinnati ... and his dog's name is Steven.
  
• Khayyam Burns, Arkansas State ... it that like cayenne (pepper) burns?
  
• Jerametrius Butler, N.O. ... a cross between Jeremiah and Demetrius perhaps?
  
• Aveion Cason, Detroit .. there once was a flu named after him.
  
• Jehuu Caulcrick, NYJ .. geshundheit!
  
• Marquice Cole, Northwestern ... it's Marcus people!
  
• Laveranues Coles, NYJ ... mommy is Laverne and daddy was apparently a orifice of the lower half.
  
• Kevis Coley, Houston ... a cross between Kevin and Travis? Maybe?
  
• Curome Cox, Maryland ... let's just say, I hope it is not pronounced like "chrome."
  

Also noteable were Tashard, Gosdar, Eldra, Travarous, Kentwan, Martellus, Nehemiah, and Anquan.

Got a good one? Add your find to my list by clicking on the word "comments" or "post a comment" below. Can't wait to see what letters D through F bring!