Craphonso Thorpe News

May 9, 2011 2:35 P.M. Tags: NFL Today, on the Monday after Mother's Day and less than two weeks removed from the NFL draft, I introduce to you what I hope will become a long-running tradition here at Right Field: The Craphonso Ja'won Thorpe Awards for Excellence in Football Player Names.

Less than 24 hours after he was announced as the first head coach in the history of the Omaha franchise of the United Football League, Jeff Jagodzinski selected 20 players who will compete for a place on the team's roster for the 2010 season.

This article appears in the November 30 issue of ESPN The Magazine, alongisde a feature about Houston Texans WR Andre Johnson .

Figured it would be a good time to start checking on how players of some minor renown are doing in the UFL.