Well, there goes the neighborhood. As a long fan of the ACC, I had a hard enough time when Pitt, Notre Dame, et al. joined the conference. Now the Atlantic Coast Conference has members on the Pacific Coast. I figure it’s pretty much all over at this point.
So, this is probably my last chance to do one of my
favorites things. I present to you … The oddest names on ACC football squads,
from worse, to worser, to worst, to worstest
NCSU 
Caden Noonkester
Position:  P
#:  98
Year:  redshirt
sophomore
Weight:  215
Height:  6’6”
Fun fact:  walk-on; majoring in Crop and Soil Science
Honorable mention:  Obadiah
"Obi" Obasuyi
Miami
Xavier Restrepo 
Position:  WR
#:  7
Year:  junior
Weight:  198
Height:  5’10”
Fun fact:  Played
tackle football at age 5; known as the X-Man
Wake
Rushaun Tongue
Position:  CB
#:  35
Year:  freshman
Weight:  175
Height:  6’1”
Fun fact:  pronounced
“tong,” unfortunately
Georgia Tech
Jonorian Foots
Position: LB
#:  31
Year:  freshman
Weight:  225
Height:  5’10”
Fun fact:  surname is
“probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or deformity of the foot”
(ancestry.com)
UVA
Snoop Leota-Amaama
Position:  G
#:  72
Year:  sophomore
Weight:  364
Height:  6’4”
Fun fact:  real name is
Tapuvae
Honorable mention:  Ugonna
Nnanna
Pitt
Konata Mumpfield
Position:  WR
#:  9
Year:  junior
Weight:  185
Height:  6’1”
Fun fact:  pronounced
“koh-nah-TAY”; father is Ceeprian; transfer from Akron Zips
Honorable mention:  Maverick
Gracio, Bam Brimo
Florida St
Fentrell Cypress II
Position: DB
#:  23
Year:  junior
Weight:  187
Height:  6’0”
Fun fact:  transfer
from UVA 
Honorable mention:  Greedy
Vance, Jr.
Syracuse
Maximilian Mang
Position:  TE
#:  81
Year:  junior
Weight:  265
Height:  6’7”
Fun fact:  from Nuthetal, Germany
Honorable mention:  Marlowe
Wax
Virginia Tech
Zeke Wimbush
Position:  TE
#:  88
Year:  freshman
Weight:  210
Height:  6’3’
Fun fact:  real name
is Ezekiel
Honorable mention:  Ishmael
Findlayter
BC
Christian Mahogany
Position:  G
#:  73
Year:  senior
Weight:  322
Height:  6’3”
Fun fact:  Petrillo
Family Scholarship winner
Honorable mention:  Shitta
Sillah
Clemson
Wise Seagars Jr
Position:  RB
#:  32
Year:  sophomore
Weight:  205
Height:  6’1”
Fun fact:  walk-on; last
name is pronounced “SEE-gurz,” unfortunately
Honorable mention:  Ruke
Orhorhoro, Wade Woodaz
Notre Dame
Zachary Slapnicker
on left
Position:  OL
#:  79
Year:  junior
Weight:  320
Height:  6’7”
Fun fact:  is listed
on Nextdoor as a personal assistant, dog walker & landscape contractor;
nickname is Slap
UNC
British Brooks
Position: RB
#:  24
Year: graduate student 
Weight:  225
Height:  5’11”
Fun fact:  also the
name of a company that makes bike equipment
Louisville
Storm Duck
Position:  DB
#:  29
Year:  senior
Weight:  200
Height:  6’1”
Fun fact:  named after
The Bold and the Beautiful character Storm Logan; has an older sister
named Tempestt
Duke
Memorable Factor
Position:  LB
#:  38
Year:  sophomore
Weight:  215
Height:  5’11”
Fun fact:  from
London; went to Eton; father has 4-page Wikipedia entry 















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