Panthers LB Christian Rozeboom has no idea how he got his crazy nickname
"The Exploding Flower" just might be one of the craziest nicknames in the NFL. What's even crazier is that "The Exploding Flower" himself didn't even know that it was his nickname until very recently.
Linebacker Christian Rozeboom, who agreed to a one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers on Wednesday, spoke with reporters from Bank of America Stadium this afternoon. ESPN's David Newton asked Rozeboom about his "Exploding Flower" moniker, to which he admitted he had no idea about prior to landing with the team.
"I have no idea," Rozeboom replied. "I heard it start on ESPN, so maybe you have a little more insight to that than I do. I honestly have no clue."
Newton then asked Rozeboom when he believed people started using the nickname.
"I think it was yesterday. I hadn't heard it before yesterday," he said.
Well, whoever came up with it clearly used Christian's surname as their inspiration.
"Roze-" = flower . . . "-boom" = exploding . . . get it?
Anyway, Rozeboom exploded for career-highs in starts (11), combined tackles (135) and stops (43) with the Los Angeles Rams in 2024.
Hopefully for the Panthers, he continues to bud in 2025.
This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: Panthers' Christian Rozeboom has no idea how he got his crazy nickname
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