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Meet the NFL's 'All-Easter' team
Former Indianapolis Colts receiver Hank Baskett (81) in 2009. Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

Meet the NFL's 'All-Easter' team

With Easter Sunday looming, let's take a moment to look back at the players with the most "Easter-iffic" names in football history.

Hank Baskett

Baskett was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2006 but traded to the Eagles for fellow wide receiver Billy McMullen. As a rookie, he averaged 21.1 yards per catch for 464 yards with two touchdowns. He scored four more in his next three years with the team before signing with the Colts in 2009 and finishing his career with the Vikings in 2010. 

For many, Baskett is better known as the ex-husband of former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson. The two starred in a reality series called "Kendra" on E! from 2009 to 2011 and another series, "Kendra on Top," which ran on WEtv from 2012 to 2014.

Charles William “Bunny” Belden

If you’ve seen the movie "Leatherheads," starring George Clooney and Jon Krasinski, you’re familiar with the Duluth Eskimos. Considered “the best football team ever put together” by legendary Bears coach George Halas, the Eskimos enjoyed two NFL seasons as a barnstorming attraction but folded after winning just one game in 1927.

Belden played six games for the Eskimos before landing with the Chicago Cardinals in 1930. The 5-foot-8, 173-pound tailback appeared in 20 games for his hometown team with five scores as Cardinal.

Delbert Allen “Rabbit” Keen

Keen played halfback and wide receiver for Arkansas before joining the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 1937. As the quickest and smallest member of the team’s backfield (5-foot-9, 170 pounds) he earned the nickname “Rabbit” and was considered the league’s fastest player.

The former Razorback played nine games in two years with the team, rushing for 164 yards and completing one of five pass attempts, an 86-yard touchdown against the Packers.

Dan “Peep” Short

The 1983 New York Giants weren’t good. Even with Hall of Famers like Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor and head coach Bill Parcells on the sidelines, the team won three games and finished last in the NFC East.

It certainly wasn’t Short’s fault. After two years as a starter for the University of Pittsburgh, the former defensive back signed with New York as a free agent in the preseason but failed to make the team. 

Is that enough to be listed among NFL players? Probably not. But this time of year, anyone nicknamed “Peep” deserves a little credit.

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