One might think a football player with the nickname of "Pop" earned it delivering the vicious hit on the football field.

That's not so much the case for 4-star tight end Naseir Upshur, a North Philadelphia prospect with 40 offers. He said his nickname came from his mother, with a slight remix from his late uncle.

"My mom used to call me Poppy Seed, but my uncle didn't like it," Upshur said. "He called me Pop, and I just ran with it."

Watch Upshur's highlight film, and the nickname, when defining him as a bruiser on the football field, would make sense. The 6'3",...

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