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General Booty, Noah Knigga...these are the craziest names in 2025 college football and yes, they are real

On the podcast “In the Moement”, Moe Mitch and Key Will discuss some absurd names in the 2025 college football season and you won’t believe they’re real.

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Update: May 26th, 2025 16:31 EDT

There is a Key and Peele skit that makes fun of out-there college football players’ names and it’s pretty exaggerated. And the names that Moe Mitch and co-host Key Will list off in their podcast “In the Moement” sound like a skit as well. But they’re actually real.

Craziest names in 2025 college football

Turns out Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele were perhaps exaggerating for that time period (2013), but were also accurately predicting the future. Because the names of these kids have gotten crazier in 2025.

“I’m not making any of these up...cause we goin’ into the era where people be naming their kids wild s**t! They’re growing up now,” Mitch told Will as he listened in disbelief. “This is what it’s gonna look like!”

From General Booty to Legend Journey, these are some of the most out-there names in the 2025 season.

Noah Knigga

Noah Knigga is a linebacker for Lawrenceburg High School in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He’s signed a letter of intent to play for Eastern Michigan in 2025. During his junior year of high school, he went viral online for his name and became an internet meme. Although he clarified the phonetic pronunciation is “kuh-nay-guh”.

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General Booty

General Booty is a quarterback for the University of Louisiana-Monroe. And his full legal name is actually even better: General Maximus Axel Booty. His father played football at LSU and was apparently fascinated with the military and always wanted to name his child General. His parents intended to call him by the name Axel, but he would only respond to General.

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Nitro Tuggle

Nitro Tuggle is a nickname, but it’s for Nitareon Tuggle, so...there you have it. Tuggle is a wide receiver for the Georgia Bulldogs. He was recently arrested and suspended indefinitely, although his crimes weren’t quite the level of Nitro the supervillain in the Marvel Comics...

King Large

King Large is a freshman offensive lineman for SMU, and in case you’re wondering...yes,he’s pretty large - 6′5″ and 295 pounds. Imagine he had a name like that and ended up being just 5′6″ and tiny. Phew!

Dude Person

Dude Person - original! Dude is from Oxford, MS and is now a senior defensive back at Central Arkansas and he is indeed a dude and a person. And seems a decent one at that!

Sirr Bible

Sirr Bible is a freshman linebacker at San José State University and comes from a long line of football-playing Bibles. As far as we can tell, he’s the only Sirr though.

Demon Clowney

Demon is an unfortunate name...depending on what you’re going for. As a football player, I guess it’s intimidating? That is, until you get to the Clowney part, which just kind of makes it silly...unless you’re also scared of clowns. And if it sounds familiar, that’s because Demon is the cousin of NFL star and 2014 No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon Clowney. Demon is an edge rusher who now plays for the Louisville Cardinals.

Rocky Beers

Rocky Beers is a tight end for the Colorado State Rams and is also from Colorado, which makes the Rocky part fitting, although a rocky beer doesn’t sound all that appealing to me personally.

Legend Journey

I feel like Legend Journey is destined for great things. Not because of his talent, but just because with a name like that, you kind of have to be. No pressure. He’s on the right track though, currently a freshman defensive lineman for the California Golden Bears.

Pookie Arterberry

Okay, anyone named Pookie is going to have to be a great athlete. Or at least really really confident Otherwise...the bullying. I don’t think it matters what last name you put with it, but Arterberry gives it a nice touch. Pookie Arterberry is currently a freshman running back for the Army Black Knights.