Samson Ebukam was a fourth-round pick in 2017, has started just 21 games and recorded only 8.5 sacks in his career. He certainly isn’t a household name among NFL fans, but having been in the league for three years, it’s reasonable to expect that the most well-known commentators would be able to pronounce his name by now.
On Sunday night against the Seahawks, Ebukam recorded two sacks and five tackles, getting his name called fairly often throughout the game. Yet NBC’s Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels couldn’t seem to get the pronunciation of Ebukam right.
He called them out on Twitter for pronouncing it “Ekubam.”
Nnamaka Ebukam✔@samysosa_3
I don’t mean to be rude.. but why is it so hard for y’all to say my name right.. whoever that’s announcing, bruhh stopp
’n my name up it’s 6 letters.. #EBUKAM not EKUBAM https://twitter.com/RamsNFL/status/1203850525315194882 …
Los Angeles Rams✔@RamsNFL
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According to the Rams’ official media guide, his name is pronounced “eh-BOO-kahm.” That’s not how Collinsworth and Michaels said it, and this isn’t the first time a commentator has gotten it wrong.
This season, Ebukam has 3.5 sacks in 13 games, making five starts. He also has four tackles for loss and eight quarterback hits, providing good production off the bench for the Rams.
