Five sports athletes who make fans hungry

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Food is simply synonymous with sports, especially for hardcore sports fans. Sometimes, athletes have names associated with food that instantly makes us hungry. Here are five athletes who fit that category.

5) O.J. Mayo–Memphis Grizzlies–The native of Huntington, West Virginia, played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, and Milwaukee Bucks from 2008 to 2016. His finest season was his rookie season when he averaged 18.5 points per game and 3.8 rebounds per game.

4) Taco Charlton–Kansas City Chiefs–The defensive end signed a one-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs from the Miami Dolphins on Saturday. Last season in south Florida, Charlton played in 10 games, started in five contests, and had career highs in sacks (five), and forced fumbles (two). Also in 2019, the native of Pickerington, Ohio had 21 combined tackles (14 solo tackles and seven assisted tackles), three tackles for a loss, and five quarterback hits.

3) Coco Crisp–Oakland Athletics–The 15-year veteran centerfielder from Los Angeles, California played from 2002 to 2016 with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Oakland Athletics. While with the Athletics in 2011, Crisp led the American League with 49 stolen bases. He was also on the Red Sox team that won the 2007 World Series.

2) Mike Trout–Los Angeles Angels–The eight-time all-star from Vineland, New Jersey is simply one of the best active players in Major League Baseball at the moment. The three-time American League Most Valuable Player has led the American League in runs scored four times, runs batted in once, stolen bases once, walks and slugging percentage thrice, on base percentage four times, and total bases once. In 2019 with the Angels, Trout batted .291 with 45 home runs and 104 runs batted in. Regarding by many as an excellent five-tool player, Trout led Major League Baseball with a .438 on base percentage and the American League with a .645 slugging percentage in 2019. He also won his third AL MVP.

1) Kobe Bryant–Los Angeles Lakers–Yes, one of basketball’s greatest players of all-time was named after the Japanese beef. However, one might not know is that Bryant’s middle name was Bean as his father Joe Bryant, was nicknamed Jellybean. Kobe played 20 seasons with the Lakers from 1996 to 2016. An 18-time all-star, Kobe Bean was the NBA’s most valuable player in 2008, won five NBA Finals with the Lakers, twice was the NBA Finals MVP, and twice led the NBA in scoring, including a career high 35.4 points per game in 2005-06.