If there are two things you should never ever do as an NFL rookie, it’s opt out of any type of (reasonable) hazing activity and let your teammates pick a haircut for you. Redskins rookie kicker Zach Hocker did both of those and now he is paying the price.
Hocker opted out of a rookie activity where he had to prepare a funny skit because he couldn’t think of anything. So his solution was to let the team pick a haircut for him. These are the results as posted by him:
No one ever said your rookie season would be easy… pic.twitter.com/KjZA3NCg5V
— Zach Hocker (@zhocker18) July 31, 2014
Ouch. Here is another shot from a teammate:
Gotta love rookie show hair cuts. Right @zhocker18? Lookin goooooood. pic.twitter.com/8Xg8Aq7SGd
— Nick Sundberg (@NickSundberg) July 31, 2014
Moral of this story is don’t let your NFL teammates pick your haircut.