What's In A Name?

Written by Brian Powell on .

This year's NFL draft featured many players with unique names. My four favorites:

1. Amobi Okoye (Round 1, Pick 10): It'd be funnier if his name was Muslim Okoye, but still a great name. No relation to Christian Okoye, incidentally.

2. Jermon Bushrod (Round 4, Pick 126): Yes, I have the maturity of an adolescent.

3. C.J. Ah You (Round 7, Pick 239): You have to wonder exactly how this played out behind the scenes:

Gene Washington: Mr. Levy, we need your pick.

Marv Levy: We'll take...Ah You.

Gene Washington: Mr. Levy, you can't select me, I'm 60 years old.

Marv Levy: No. We want Ah You, from Oklahoma.

Gene Washington: I'm from Alabama.

Marv Levy: ...
I know that's not really funny, but thanks for laughing anyway.

4. Ahmad Bradshaw (Round 7, Pick 250): Anyone else imagining the love child of Ahmad Rashad and Terry Bradshaw?

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