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Class of 2012: What's In a Name?
By
Lisa Horne
Special to Scout.com
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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As college football coaches peruse and decide on which prospects they will sign starting on Wednesday, we are treated to a jackpot of glorious names. This year's top names are no exception. We think they all are fantastic. Note- if a prospect is verbally committed to a school, it is indicated in parenthesis.
—SCRABBLE players rejoice. You're getting bonus points if you can spell these names out with your tiles:
Zorrell Ezell
(
Baylor
) is worth 30 points while
Martez Shabazz
(
Minnesota
) and
Jazzmar Clax
(UConn) are each worth 47 points.
—Playing football was a given for these guys:
Hugs Etienne
(
Wisconsin
),
Freedom Whitfield
(FAU),
Faith Ekakitie
(
Iowa
),
Cassanova McKinzy
(
Auburn
),
Psalm Wooching
(
Washington
),
Destiny Vaeao
(
Washington State
),
Noble Nwachukwu
(
West Virginia
)
—If he was elected President of the United States...
Gimel President
(Auburn)
—This kid must've gotten in some heated arguments over spelling in his high school English class:
Austin Grammer
(
Middle Tennessee
State)
—How did this quarterback not get any offers?
JoJo Bones
(Lincoln High School, Stockton, CA.)
—Somebody's parent was a big fan of the movie "The Client":
Reggie Love
(Wisconsin)
—No pressure, no pressure at all for these guys:
Marcus Allen
(
Georgia Tech
),
La Marcus Allen
(Louisiana)
—Why sports broadcasters make coin:
Jherremya Leuta-Douyere
(
BYU
) and
Halapoulivaati Vaitai
(
TCU
)
—Go ahead, make this 6-4, 285 pounder's day:
Wendy Laurent
(
Penn State
)
—No words are needed:
Win Homer
(
Boston College
), Fudge Van Hooser (
Tulane
) and
Paris Head
(
Vanderbilt
)
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