What's In A Name?

The NFL Draft is this week, and it has a new three-day schedule. This year the first round of the draft will be on Thursday during prime-time. Rounds two and three will be on Friday, and rounds 4-7 will finish up on Saturday. This is a GREAT marketing move by the NFL, but we'll have to wait and see how it plays out for us fans.

I was looking through a few different lists of players that will be in the draft this year, and there were a few names that stuck out to me. This has nothing to do with these particular players talents, the positions they play, the school they went to or if I think they'd be a good fit with the home town Minnesota Vikings. What made them stick out is one simple thing.

Their name.

I'm not here to make fun of any of these names, although I'm sure it might come across that way. These names are just purely entertaining to me. It might just be how fun it is to say their name, or how difficult, or maybe a name just might be funny at a purely childish level. And with saying that, below is my list of players who are entered into the 2010 NFL Draft that I find have a purely entertaining name:

Tyson Alualu - DE - Cal: Hello Hello Alualu!

Arrelious Benn - WR - Ill.: Arrelious? Are you serious?

Ciron Black - G - LSU: Ciron? This guy has to have the best break-up line ever. "Every time you hear a siren, you'll think of me."

Selvish Capers - OT - West Virginia: "Selvish! Stop being so selfish and share with your brothers!"

Barry Church - SS - Toledo: I'm guessing Church wants to be on the gridiron and not in church on Sundays?

Michael Hoomanawanui - TE - Ill.: Not only is his last name fun to pronounce... how does someone have Hoomanawanui as a last name, and Mike for a first name?

Brandon LaFell - WR - LSU: A wide-receiver with the last name LaFell? Brilliant.

Rolando McClain - LB - 'Bama: Yippie Ki-yay

Zoltan Mesko - P - Michigam - The Legand of Zoltan is a Punter?

Akwasi Owusu-Ansah - CB - Indiana (Pa): By far the funnest name to say in the draft. And I had no idea there was an Indiana in Pennsylvania.

Alterraun Verner - CB - UCLA: Alterraun? Is there an Actualraun?

Lindsey Witten - DE - UConn: A football player with the first name of Lindsey?

And finally, the name of the draft:

Spud Dick - QB - DePaul