In years past, the Panthers have been famous for haiving players with strange names and this year's roster is no different.

Below is my list of the Panthers predicted 2012-2013 53 man roster ranked in order weirdness, beginning with the least weird. For simplicity, I have used Jaxon's July 23 roster prediction (with the addition of Thomas Davis. I screwd up somewhere, sue me). The names have been divided into 3 levels of weirdness, after the jump..

The Downright Boring:

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53. Steve Smith (Sorry Steve)

52. James Anderson

51. Derek Anderson

50. Charles Johnson

49. Jason Williams

48. Thomas Davis

47. Frank Alexander

46. Joe Adams

45. Greg Olsen

44. Ron Edwards

43. Reggie Smith

42. Bruce Campbell

41. Garry Williams (Could be higher, but who spells Gary with two "r"s?)

40. Josh Norman

39. Louis Murphy

38. Jonathan Stewart

37. Cam Newton

36. Charles Godfrey

The Slightly Unusual:

35. Jimmy Clausen

34. Brandon Hogan

33. Frank Kearse

32. Mike Tolbert

31. RJ Stanford

30. Mike Pollack

29. Ben Hartsock

28. Gary Barnidge

27. Chris Gamble

26. Brad Nortman

25. DeAngelo Williams

24. Sherrod Martin

23. Jon Beason

22. Jordan Senn

21. Terell McClain

20. Thomas Keiser

19. Greg Hardy

18. Brandon LaFell

17. Ryan Kalil

16. Bryon Bell

The Downright Bizzare:

15. Darius Butler

14. Jyles Tucker

13. Geoff Hangartner

12. Kenny Onatolu

11. Luke Kuechly

10. Antwan Applewhite

9. Olindo Mare

8. Andre Neblett via www2.oanow.com

7. Lee Ziemba

6. Kehloha Pilares

5. Sione Fua

4. Haruki Nakamura

3. Amini Silatolu

2. Captain Munnerlyn

1. J.J. Jansen

You may be surprised that I have ranked "J.J. Jansen", the name belonging to the Panthers' Long Snapper, as the weirdest on the roster. I urge you to take a closer look at this seemingly conventional name.

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If you were to look at J.J. Jansen's birth certificate it would read, "Jeffrey Richard Jansen". The only logical conclusion is that "J.J." derives from the first letter in "Jeffrey", and from the first letter in "Jansen". If you were to say aloud, "J.J. Jansen" you would essentially be saying, "Jefferey Jansen Jansen". If Jansen had even a grain of common sense he would have chosen the nickname J.R. Jansen (Jeffery Richard Jansen). These facts place Jeffery Jansen Jansen at the number one spot on my list.

Please let me know if you disagree with any of my rankings.