Baby Name??

My boyfriend and I are huge college football fans. We live in the South where football is like a form of religion lol. We want to name the baby after a player or something relating to football.. Don't judge please... but want to have it as a middle name. He is a huge Bama fan, but I like the name Knox for a boy (Knox would be a Tennessee reference.. He doesn't care for that team.) And Neyland for a girl (another Tennessee reference since it's the name of the stadium).

He liked the name Bryant after Bear Bryant.

Thoughts?