For some, the NFL draft was the start of a season full of football fun. Not me. The NFL draft was all about the interesting names. And there are some great names on the list. There are surname names, there are unique spellings, there are initial names, there are nickname names and so much more.

 

Here is my list of some of the most interesting names:

 

COOL NAMES

Brody Eldridge

Clay Harbor

Cody Grimm

Cole Pemberton

Devin McCourty

Dexter McCluster

Donovan Warren

Kyle Jolly

Levi Brown

Lorenzo Washington

Nolan Carroll

Riley Cooper

Sam Young

Sergio Render

Tyson Alualu

Zane Beadles

 

 

VINTAGE NAMES

Boris Lee

Charles Scott

Clifton Geathers

Cornelius Brown

Dorian Brooks

Earl Mitchell

Emmanuel Sanders

Lucien Antoine

Malcolm Sheppard

Marshall Newhouse

Nathaniel Allen

Perry Riley

Roddrick Muckelroy

Thaddeus Gibson

 

 

UNISEX NAMES

Blair White

Corey Wootton

Dominique Franks

Jordan Shipley

Kerry Meier

Leigh Tiffin

Lindsey Witten

Morgan Burnett

Shay Hodge

Shelley Smith

Taylor Price

 

 

SURNAME NAMES

Austen Lane

Everson Griffen

Hall Davis

Jacoby Ford

Keaton Kristick

O’Brien Schofield

Stevenson Sylvester

 

 

UNIQUE SPELLINGS

Arrelious Benn

Dekoda Watson

Dezmon Briscoe

Jammie Kirlew

Perrish Cox

Stafon Johnson

 

 

ONE-OF-A-KIND NAMES

Chastin West

Ciron Black

Colt McCoy

Crezdon Butler

Dace Richardson

Dez Bryant

Golden Tate (my favorite name on the list!)

Joique Bell

Juamorris Stewart

Koa Misi

LeGarrette Blount

Linval Joseph

Major Wright

Montario Hardesty

Selvish Capers

Shawnbrey McNeal

Sherrick McManis

Syd’quan Thompson

Trindon Holliday

Zoltan Mesko

 

 

INITIAL NAMES

A. J. Edds

A. J. Jefferson

C. J. Spiller

C. J. Wilson

J. D. Walton

T. J. Ward

 

 

NICKNAME NAMES

Cam Thomas

Geno Atkins

Jimmy Graham

Junior Galette

Mardy Gilyard

Mickey Shuler

Rennie Curran

Ricky Sapp

 

 

FAMOUS NAMES

Bruce Campbell – name of an actor

Charles Brown – like Charlie Brown from The Peanuts

 

 

 

What are your favorite names on the list? Mine is definitely GOLDEN TATE. Golden is an awesome name – especially for a football star.

 

 

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♥  Amanda

 

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