Boys Named Alex Will Become Kickers

I'm sure there isn't a real correlation to this statement at all, but in the Midwest, boys who are named Alex will become kickers, or even Tyler.

Future Football Kicker? Photo from J.Otte Photography (found on Google)

Two months ago, my wife and I were starting to think of names for our "boy to be" that is due to be born around November 1st.  For inspiration on names to consider, I went to my cell phone address book and even my friends list on Facebook to get inspired. 

As I was going through my cell phone and Facebook lists of friends, I started noticing a trend of similar and repeat names of specialists that I was training.  Which made me think and wonder what the most common name of the kickers, punters, and snappers I was training were named.

Kicker Alexi Johnson

Turns out that in my last 3 years of training specialists, the most common name for kids I've trained are specialists named Alex.  And I have 10 of them!  This list includes Alex (6), Alec (3) and Alexi (1).  It's unreal.  The second most common name is Tyler at 5 and then Justin.

According to ESPN's 2012 Statistics, the most common kicker/punter name in the NFL is Matt with 4 (Prater, Bryant, Bosher & Mat McBriar) followed by Mike with 3 (Scifres, Nugent, Koenen).

Snapper Alex Dequaine

The moral of the story is that if you name your child Alex/Alec or Alexi in the Minnesota/Midwest area, you have a high likelihood that they will want to kick, punt or snap a football!

So if you name him Alex, Tyler or Justin, please give me a call :)

Have a great day!

Chris Husby 
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner

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