Monday, September 4, 2023

ACC Football - Odd Names

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

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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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