College Football's 50 Most Glorious Player Names for 2011

I’ll admit that I shed more than a few tears when RB Jacquizz Rodgers announced his intentions to leave school a year early and enter the 2011 NFL draft.

I wasn’t sad because I was an Oregon State fan, and to be honest, although I respected the little guy for his ability, being on the east coast, I can’t say that I saw him play all that often during his three year career.

What I loved about Rodgers wasn’t his running style or his personality, all I simply cared about was his name.

I mean, come on.

Jacquizz Rodgers!

That’s the type of name that comes along once in a decade.

It doesn’t get any better than that, my friends.

What can I say, I’m a sucker for great athlete names and I can vividly remember the first time I ever saw Jacquizz’s name in a preseason preview magazine and thinking to myself, wow, forget about naming my kids after the Ninja Turtles, they’re going to be Jacquizz one, Jacquizz two and so on and so on.

It truly is an epic name and I’m definitely sad to see it leave the college game.

That means it’s time to find a new No. 1 player name in college football, and luckily, I think I’ve found the perfect successor, Arizona State LB Vontaze Burfict.

If you’re a sports announcer, that’s the kind of name that just screams creative nicknames.

Vontazmanian Devil

The Vontazer

Mr. Perfect Burfict

Truly endless possibilities.

Burfict is one of the meanest defenders in college football and he’s got the type of name to back up his physical brand of play.

You have to appreciate the uniqueness of it and it’s certainly the kind of name that deserves recognition.

Vontaze doesn’t have the only cool name in college football, though. There are plenty of players throughout the country whose names need to be appreciated.

Here’s a quick look at my 50 favorite player names for the 2011 season.

1. Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona State

2. Yourhighness Morgan, LB, Florida Atlantic

3. Adonis Thomas, RB, Toledo

4. Tronic Williams, CB, Western Michigan

5. Bacarri Rambo, S, Georgia

6. Tank Carder, LB, TCU

7. Godspower Offor, DE, Wake Forest

8. Peniel Jean, CB, Wisconsin

9. Barkevious Mingo, DE, LSU

10. Matt Stankiewitch, C, Penn State

11. Rusty Fernando, DE, Oregon State

12. Brian Schmiedebusch, P, Bowling Green

13. Boyblue Aoelua, LB, New Mexico State

14. Storm Klein, LB, Ohio State

15. Darin Gooch, C, Tennessee

16. Owamagbe Odighizuwa, DE, UCLA

17. Baker Steinkuhler, DT, Nebraska

18. LaMichael James, RB, Oregon

19. Rokevious Watkins, OT, South Carolina

20. Phillip Lutzenkirchen, TE, Auburn

21. Gelo Orange, DT, Wake Forest

22. Steele Jantz, QB, Iowa State

23. Glasco Martin, RB, Baylor

24. Covauhgn Deboskie-Johnson, RB, California

25. Levy Adcock, OT, Oklahoma State

26. Bo Moos, DT, Arizona State

27. Damarlo Belcher, WR, Indiana

28. Jawanza Starling, S, USC

29. Mister Cobble, DT, Kentucky

30. Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville

31. Omoregie Uzzi, OG, Georgia Tech

32. Ja-mes Logan, WR, Ole Miss

33. Bridger Buche, OG, Eastern Michigan

34. Wave Ryder, S, Navy

35. Kaiwi Crabb, OG, Colorado

36. Blaize Foltz, OG, TCU

37. Blidi Wreh-Wilson, CB, Connecticut

38. Archibald Barnes, LB Vanderbilt

39. Cqulin Hubert, LB, Texas Tech

40. Lyle Beloney, S, Army

41. Chris Banjo, S, SMU

42. IK Enemkpali, DE, Louisiana Tech

43. Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa

44. Orleans Darkwa, RB, Tulane

45. Jose Jose, DT, Central Florida

46. Orson Charles, TE, Georgia

47. Nathan Scheelhaase, QB, Illinois

48. Josh Cheesbrough, CB, Florida International

49. Silas Redd, RB, Penn State

50. Toben Opurum, DE, Kansas

Honorable Mentions

Bubba Forrest, S, New Mexico

Chevy Bennett, CB, Houston

Prentiss Waggner, S, Tennessee

Chauncey Winchester-Makainai, OG, Hawai’i

Tyrann Mathieu, CB, LSU

Fou Fonoti, OT, Michigan State

JR Sweezy, DT, North Carolina State

Vaughn Telemaque, S, Miami

Momo Thomas, CB, Colorado State

T’Sharvan Bell, CB, Auburn

Cairo Santos, K, Tulane

Alvester Alexander, RB, Wyoming

Supo Sanni, S, Illinois

Gee Gee Greene, RB, Navy

Ivory Wade, OT, Baylor

Stepfan Taylor, RB, Stanford

Herman Lathers, LB Tennessee

Ken Plue, OG, Purdue

Will Snyderwine, K, Duke

Adrian Coxson, WR, Maryland

Homer Mauga, LB, Idaho

Jewel Christian, DT, UAB

Princeton Fuimaono, LB, Washington

Cassius Marsh, DT, UCLA

Ebenezer Makinde, CB, Boise State

Zeke Motta, S, Notre Dame