Fantasy Football Team Names 2024: Best and most funny NFL player puns ahead of 2024 fantasy draft season

Sloan Piva

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For the vast majority of the fantasy football community each year, winning won't be in the cards. Most 12-team leagues issue one grand prize for the champion, often monetary and/or in the form of a trophy. Second place often wins a smaller amount, and third in most circles is lucky to get a refund on their buy-in. Seventy-five percent of the teams in the average fantasy league win nothing, so you might as well go into the season without expectations and tell yourself to simply have fun.

For most fantasy football managers, this begins with an entertaining draft with leaguemates, some light ribbing and razzing of your league's perennial Toilet Bowl managers, and perhaps the most important ingredient to and tone-setter for a fun season: a great name for your fantasy football team.

These are the times in which Dads go from average Joes to Kings of Punny Comedy. A witty play on words, timely pop culture reference, or jaw-dropping double-entendre can transform your team from a forgettable C+ roster to the talk of the league in a matter of moments. 

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Of course, naming your team isn't required — but let's just say it's strongly encouraged. Are you really, truly participating in the league if you don't change your team name from "Edward's Excellent Team" or "Team Smith" for four straight months? 

Good luck with that bad juju — it's bad luck to believe in superstition, as Yankees legend and comedic genius Yogi Berra once said, but it's worse luck to enter a team into competition without a name. Putting zero effort into your team name and logo almost sets a psychological precedent that your team isn't worth your time and energy. Commit, soldier!

And that doesn't mean pick an outdated one, or one that tries way too hard, or one that 60 percent of the fantasy football universe will choose (how many people will draft Tua Tagovailoa and T.J. Hockenson early so that they can coin their team "Hock Tua"? It's the early clubhouse leader for most overused name, and might as well be the 2024 version of "Somewhere Over Dwayne Bowe."

The Sporting News has been a part of the fantasy football world for a very long time, so we've heard just about every pun-filled name out there. The goal today: spread the wealth and provide you with the full gauntlet of NFL player-related team names so you can window-shop before finalizing the identity of your team for the 2024 season. 

Who knows — maybe our lengthy list of names will inspire you to come up with one of your own (please @ me if you think of a good one...@SloanPiva). The really crude and R-rated instant-classics can't live here, obviously — but they will more than likely live in infamy amongst the annals of your league. 

If you're lazy and just want a good team name served up to you, don't worry. We probably have something that can help, regardless of who's on your team. Some are easy, like "Teenage Mutant Njigba Turtles," while others are a little more esoteric, like "Purdddy....Purdddy...Purdy Good." (Shout out to Larry David.) And there are instant hits like "Call of Jeudy," "Tua Infinity & Bijan," "Nacua Matata," and "Post Mahomes."

Like "The Simpsons" and the New York Giants? Try "Hidey-diddly-ho, Nabers!" on for size. Have kids who constantly force you to watch animated movies? Maybe "Stroudy with a Chance of Deep Balls" or "Fantastic Mr. Goff" are more your speed. Your children will be proud.

And even though we can't get too risque, our more immature readers might be able to get some mileage out of "99 Problems But a Pitts Ain't One," "Master Bateman," "Tee Baggers," "Big Dak Energy," and "Rock Out With Your Brock Out." Wow, big day for Brock Purdy, huh? So much for Mr. Irrelevant. 

As will be the case on draft day, there's something for everyone here. We've definitely run the gauntlet and included as many names as we have seen, heard, or thought of this year and in years past. If we can help you find the perfect name for your team, well, that sounds like a small success. And even if the season is an abject failure of a four-month stretch, at least you lost with style. 

Best fantasy football team names 2024

Running backs

Bijan Robinson
Here's to You, Bijan Robinson
Tua Infinity and Bijan
Bijan Dusted
Let Bijans be Bijans

Austin Ekeler 
Ek’s Gon’ Give it to Ya’
Austin 3:16
Austin Powers
Professor Ek

Jahmyr Gibbs
Looking at the Man in Jahmyr
Gibbs Xtra
Baby Back Gibbs

AJ Dillon
Dillon ‘Em Softly

Breece Hall
Breece Mode
Breece Lightning
First, We Breece
Feed the Breece
Better Call Hall
Breece's Pieces
Hall Til We Fall
Hall So Hard
Came in Like a Wrecking Hall
Keep it Breecey

Nick Chubb
Hot Chubb Time Machine
Fight Chubb
We Be Chubbin’
Chubbthumping
Chubby Chasers

De'Von Achane
Achane Running
Achane Has Left the Station
All Aboard the Achane

Trey Benson
Forgot About Trey
Trey Day, Homey
Ice Trey

Rachaad White
White Lotus
White Men Can't Jump

JK Dobbins
Baskin Dobbins
Rockin’ Dobbins 
Batman And Dobbins (or Bateman & Dobbins if you get Rashod Bateman)
Dobbins And Stealin’

Ezekiel Elliott
Zeke Squad
The Zeke Shall Inherit The Earth
Hide And Go Zeke/Zeke And You Shall Find
Get Your Zeke On
Last Night I Took An El(liott)

Saquon Barkley
Quon Squad (Any Succession fans out there?)
Another ‘Quon Bites The Dust
Saquonda Forever
Watch What You Saquon
All Barkley, No Bite/My Barkley Is Louder Than My Bite

Tank Bigsby
The Notorious Bigsby
The Great Bigsby
Tank You, Come Again

Brian Robinson Jr.
Here's To You, Brian Robinson

Alvin Kamara 
Instant Kamara
Kamara Shy
Lights, Kamara, Action
The Kamara Loves You

Jamaal Williams
Better Call Jamaal
Jamaal About the Benjamins
Jamaal About that Bass

Christian McCaffrey 
Run CMC
Mister Christian, Oh, The Time Has Come
Christian Missionaries
Onward, Christian Soldier

Isiah Pacheco
Isiah on The Prize
Pacheco-self Before Ya Wreck Yo'self

Travis Etienne
All You Can Etienne
You Are What You Etienne

Joe Mixon
Catalina Wine Mixon
Prestige Worldwide — Live at the Wine Mixon
Mixon It Up
Mixon Business with Pleasure
Mixon Match

Cam Akers
Green Akers
InstaCam
Lights, Cam, Action

Miles Sanders
I Would Walk 500 Miles
I Can See for Miles and Miles
Head In The Sanders
Quick Sanders

Alexander Mattison
Alexander The Great

Jonathan Taylor
Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy 
Taylor to the Moon
Taylor Made

Rhamondre Stevenson
Forgot About Rhamondre/Rhamondre Day
Friendly Rhamondre/Night To Rhamondre
Even Stevenson

Najee Harris
Harris Wheels
Naj Mahal 
Naj’s Illmatic 
Naj-Bombs
Najee Willickers 

Josh Jacobs
Jacobs’ Ladder

Jerome Ford
Built Ford Tough

Devin Singletary
Young, Free, and Singletary
Seventh Devin/Devin Can Wait/Stairway To Devin/Devin Sent

Kenneth Walker III
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
DogWalker
K SkyWalker on Them Haters

Kareem Hunt
In The Hunt
Big-Game Hunt
Krispy Kareems

James Cook
Big Game James
Jesse, Let's Cook
Too Many Cooks

D’Andre Swift 
Swift Kick In Your Arse
Swifty Hussle  
Cuttin’ Like Swiftblades 
50 Shades of ‘Dre

James Conner
Ex-Conners
Conner Air

Chase Brown
High-Speed Chase
The Chase Is On
What Can Brown Do For You?

Derrick Henry 
King Henry’s Court 
Oh, Henry
D-Block

Zach Charbonnet
Glass of Vintage Charbonnet

Aaron Jones
Keepin’ up with the Joneses
Mr. Jones and Me 
Game of Jones
To Aaron Is Human/Aaron On The Side Of Caution

Tony Pollard
Arroz Con Pollard/El Pollard Loco
Holla at a Pollard Makin' Dollas
Pollard Status
Big Pollard Brand

Gus Edwards 
Every Day I'm Gustlin' 
Gus Station/Back Up The Gus/Gus Stop/Get On The Gus 

Raheem Mostert
Mostert Likely To Succeed
Host With The Mostert

Quarterbacks

Kyler Murray
Kyler, the Creator 
Cobra Kyler
Murray-Up Offense

Dak Prescott
Hit Me With Your Prescott
Dak to the Future
Baby Got Dak
Big Dak Energy 
Dak and Yellow
Dak in the Saddle Again
Prescott Your Luck/Full-Court Prescott

C.J. Stroud
Stroudy with a Chance of Deep Balls
Strouded Judgment
Stroud and Heavy

Patrick Mahomes
Country Road, Take Mahomes
Post Mahomes
Mahomes Alone
Mahomes Don’t Play That
Rollin’ with Mahomes
Home Sweet Mahomes/Stay At Mahomes/Mahomes Is Where The Heart Is/Mahomes Cookin'/Mahomes Field Advantage (someone stop us!)

Tua Tagovailoa 
Hock Tua
It Takes Tua to Make a Thing Go Right
It Takes Tua to Tango
Laser Tagovailoa/Freeze Tagovailoa
Tua Infinity and Bijan
Tag Ya' Man

Michael Penix Jr.
The Penix Mightier
Penix Rising
Penix Envy 

Joe Burrow
Beg, Burrow, And Steal 
Burrowito Bowl
Joe Burrow, Tiger King

Deshaun Watson
MegaWatson
Turn Down For Watson
Deshaun of the Dead

Caleb Williams
Williams Racing
Williams the Conqueror
Caleb Thrilliams
Prince Williams

Drake Maye
Forget About MAYE
Maye The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor
Call Me Maye-be
Maye Cause Drowsiness
Maye-Day

Jayden Daniels
Jayden Daniels Tennessee Whiskey
JD and the Straight Shot

Bo Nix
Little Bo Nix Has Lost His Sheep
Hooked On Bo Nix
Bo Knows Fantasy

Kenny Pickett
Pickett Lines
Kenny Pickett and Flick it
Oh No! They Drilled Kenny!

Aaron Rodgers
Aaron it Out
To Aaron Is Human/Aaron On The Side Of Caution
Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood

Mac Jones
Daddy Mac Will Make You Jump! 
Return of the Mac
Big Mac
Maccine Mandate/Anti-Macser

Bryce Young
The Bryce is Right
The Bryce-man Cometh
Bryce, Bryce Baby
Young Gunna
Young the Giant

Matthew Stafford
Stafford Infections
Inglourious Staffords 

Lamar Jackson
Lamar’s Attacks
Lamar You Not Entertained!?
Lamar The Merrier
Jackson Drive
I’m Sorry, L-Jackson
Lights, Camera, Jackson!

Jalen Hurts
Hurts So Good/Love Hurts/The Hurts Locker
Jalen Thee Stallion

Josh Allen 
We're Allen In This Together

Trevor Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
T-Law & Order

Justin Herbert
Puffin' Herbert
Justin Credible

Anthony Richardson
Ant Man

Kirk Cousins 
Kissing Cousins
Captain Kirks 

Derek Carr 
Carroz Con Pollo
Dude, Where’s My Carr?

Geno Smith
Geno Therapy
Skinny Genos

Jared Goff 
Goffenheimer
Fantastic Mr. Goff
Turn Goff The Lights 
Turn Your Head And Goff
G'off My Lawn 

Justin Fields
Strawberry Fields Forever
Fields Of Dreams/Fields Day

Brock Purdy
Rock Out With Your Brock Out
Brock N Roll
Purdy Little Liars
Purdddy....Purdddy....Purdy Good

Wide Receivers 

Davante Adams
D. Adams Family
Davante’s Inferno
Adams Bomb
Up And Adams

Malik Nabers
Hidey-diddly ho, Nabers
Love Thy Nabers
Like a Good Nabers
Would You Be My Nabers?
Howdy, Nabers!
Zombies Ate My Nabers
Nabers-hood Watch

Rome Odunze
Rome Wasn’t Built In Odunze
When in Rome 
Alfa RomeO

Roman Wilson
The Roman Empire

Xavier Worthy
We’re Not Worthy
X Gon' Give it to Ya

Brian Thomas Jr.
Thomas The Tank Engine

Marvin Harrison Jr.
Marvin the Martian
Marvin’s Room 
Mighty Marvin Power Rangers 

Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Teenage Mutant Njigba Turtles

Jameson Williams
Jameson Pickleback Shots

Drake London
Easy Drake Oven
Drake It ’Til You Make It
Werewolves of London
London Calling

Garrett Wilson
Garretteed Satisfaction
Garrett Wilson’s WAR

Jordan Addison
Jordan Brand
Addison Avenue

Chris Olave
Olave Garden
Olave Oil

Skyy Moore
Skyy's the Limit
The Rise of Skyywalker
Skyy High
Skyyfall
Would You Like Some Moore?
Toast You Like S’Moore
The Moore The Merrier

D.J. Moore/Elijah Moore
(See above)

Brandin Cooks
Cooks in the Kitchen
Ain’t No Such Thing as Halfway Cooks
Short Order Cooks
Too Many Cooks

Cooper Kupp
Kupp Runneth Over
Fill My Kupp
Red Solo Kupp
2 Girls, One Kupp
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Cooper Troopers
King Cooper

Amari Cooper
Have Yourself Amari Little Christmas 
Amari Express
Amari Teenage Riot
Cooper Troopers
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
King Cooper

Zay Flowers
April Showers Bring Zay Flowers
Give the Man His Flowers

Justin Jefferson
Justin Credible
JJ Jazzy Jeff

Tyreek Hill 
Hill Toppers/Kings Of The Hill 
Hill Street Blues 
‘Reek Havoc/Havoc ‘Reekers 

DK Metcalf
Golden Metcalf

Ja’Marr Chase 
High-Speed Chase
The Chase Is On
Ja'Marr The Merrier

DeAndre Hopkins
Beats By DeAndre
Forgot About ‘Dre
Nuk Suit Riot
Nuk Blue Devils 

Adam Thielen
More Than a Thielen 
Hooked on a Thielen
Thielen Like a Million Bucks
I Got a Thielen, a Thielen Deep Inside

DJ Chark 
Chark Week
Baby Chark, Do Do Do Do Do Do
Chark Season
Charknado

CeeDee Lamb
Phi Lamb-a Jamma
Silence of the Lambs
Lamb Dunk
CeeDee Burner 
CeeDee's TDs
Easy as A-B-CeeDee

Deebo Samuel 
Deathblow Deebo
Deebo Knows Football 
Deebowlin’ Over You
Finding Deebo
Son of Samuel

Michael Pittman Jr.
Bottomless Pittman

JuJu Smith-Schuster 
Bad JuJu
Honey JuJu
Got My JuJu Back

Stefon Diggs 
Can You Diggs It?
I Love It When You Call Me Diggs Poppa

Keenan Allen
Peachy Keenan

Robert Woods
Cabin In The Woods
Woods You Rather?/What Woods You Do?

Jahan Dotson
Connect The Dotson
On The Dotson
Dippin' Dotson

Tyler Lockett
Pop, Lockett, Drop It
Lockett Like It’s Hot
Win? Lockett In 
Hot Lockett 

George Pickens
Pickens & Grinnin'
Slim Pickens

Jaylen Waddle
Jaylen Thee Stallion
Blow Your Waddle

Tee Higgins 
Tee It Up
Spill The Tee
The Tee-Baggers

Calvin Ridley
Get Ridley Of 'Em

A.J. Brown/Marquise Brown/Amon-Ra St. Brown
Takin’ the Browns to the Toilet Bowl
What Can Brown Do For You?
How Now, Brown Cow
 
Odell Beckham Jr. 
Odellta Variant
O-dell No! 

Brandon Aiyuk
An Eye For An Aiyuk

Diontae Johnson 
A Hill To Diontae 

Courtland Sutton 
Always Up To Sutton
Cute As A Sutton 
Sutton Ranch (Hi, Yellowstone fans)
King Of The Courtland/Royal Courtland/Night Courtland 

Chris Godwin 
There Is A Godwin!
All I Do Is Godwin 

Mike Evans 
Stairway To Evans/Seventh Evans/Evans Can Wait

Michael Thomas
Doubting Thomas

Tyler Boyd 
Avoid The Boyd 
Yeaaaaaaaaah Booooooooooooyd! 
Boyd Rage 

Treylon Burks
Treylon in the 4th Quarter

Rashod Bateman
Master Bateman
Runnin' Rashod Over You
Bateman Begins/Bateman & Robin

Jerry Jeudy 
Jeudy and the Blowfish
Ms. New Jeudy/Jeudy Call
Call Of Jeudy 
Judge Jeudy 
Jeudy Jeudy Jeudy Jeudy Jeudy Jeudy (shoutout, Beatles fans)

Allen Lazard 
Lazard Focus/Lazard Pointer/Lazard Beam
Lazard King

Christian Kirk 
Captain Kirks
Christian Missionaries
Onward, Christian Soldiers

Christian Watson
MegaWatson
Turn Don 4 Watson
Onward Christian Soldier
Christian Missionaries

Tight ends

T.J. Hockenson 
Hock Tua
You Couldn't Carry My Hock Strap
Ad Hockenson Committee 
Hockenson A Loogie 

George Kittle
Say Hello to my Kittle Friend
Dream Big, Kittle Man
Kittles and Bits
Kittles: Taste the Rainbow
Kittle Big Man
Kittle Giants

Zach Ertz
Love Ertz
Ertz So Good
MegaErtz
Ertz, Wind & Fire
Death Ertztificate

Travis Kelce
Kelce Lately

Brock Bowers
Super Bowers
Can You Smell What the Brock is Cookin’?
You Can't See Me — I'm a Brock Star
Mighty Morphin Bower Rangers
Bowers Before The King
The Bowers That Be
Brock and a Hard Place

Dallas Goedert
Praise Goedert/There Is a Goedert

Chigoziem Okonkwo
Gettin' Chiggy With It

Evan Engram
Stairway To Evan

Greg Dulcich
Dulcich De Leche

Dawson Knox
Knox Three Times
Dawson's Creek
Fort Knox
Don't Knox It 'Til You Try It

Kyle Pitts
Pitts And Giggles
99 Problems But a Pitts Ain't One

Taysom Hill
Hill To Die On/Hill Toppers/King Of The Hill

Mark Andrews
On The Mark
Expert Marksman

Pat Freiermuth
Freier's Club
Deep Freier
Loud 'Muths/Shut Your 'Muth/etc.

Kickers

Justin Tucker
Yippee Ki-Yay, Justin Tucker
"I'm the one who kicks" (Breaking Bad homage)
Bad MotherTucker

Nick Musial, Vinnie Iyer, Jordan Heck, and Jacob Camenker all contributed to this article.

Sloan Piva

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Sloan Piva is a content producer for The Sporting News, primarily focused on betting, fantasy sports, and poker. A lifelong New Englander, Sloan earned his BA and MA in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts and now lives in coastal Rhode Island with his wife and two kids.