Four servings of NFL names for National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month

June is National Fruit and Vegetables Month. The CDC recommends adults take in at least 1½ cups of fruit per day and 2 to 3 cups per day of vegetables. Or you could have a look at the most produce-worthy names in NFL history.

Milt Plum

In 1957, the Cleveland Browns used their first-round draft pick on Jim Brown. Their second pick was quarterback Milt Plum. Plum played for four teams in his 13-year career but is best remembered as a Brown. In 1959, Plum set a record by completing a batted 20-yard pass to himself in a game against the Chicago Cardinals. 

In 1960, Plum's passer rating of 110.4 was the best single-season mark until 1989 when Joe Montana topped it with a 112.4 rating. Plum made two Pro Bowls, both with the Browns, and also played for the Lions, Rams and Giants.

Deron Cherry

Cherry is a six-time Pro Bowler, a member of the Chiefs Hall of Fame, the NFL’s 1980s All-Decade team and a former NFL Man of the Year. Cherry played in 148 career games for Kansas City, with 50 interceptions, 15 fumble recoveries and three touchdowns in an 11-year career.

He joined the Chiefs as a rookie free-agent punter in 1981 but failed to make the team. He rejoined the team as a safety and piled up six 100-tackle seasons. Cherry is president of United Beverage Company, an Anheuser-Busch distributor in Kansas City and in 1995 became a limited partner in the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, making him the first minority owner of an NFL franchise.

Julius Peppers

Before he joined the NFL as the second-overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft, Peppers was a reserve on the 1999–2001 Tar Heels basketball team that made it to the Final Four. As a member of his hometown Carolina Panthers, Peppers was named to nine Pro Bowls and to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2000s and 2010s.

Peppers played 17 seasons for the Panthers, Bears and Packers and ranks sixth all-time among defensive players with 266 career games played. He retired in 2018 as the only player in NFL history with at least 150 sacks and 10 or more interceptions. His 159.5 sacks are fourth-most in NFL history, and his 97 sacks as a Panther remain the most in franchise history.

Eli Apple