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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder had a little rookie hazing prank up his sleeve on Thursday.

Ponder tweeted the photo you see above and said he found the items in teammate Matt Kalil’s locker. He added, “I hope you’re okay bud.”

Preparation H and Tucks are medications used to treat hemorrhoids.

Kalil, a rookie offensive tackle who was drafted fourth overall in April, wrote back “nice setup lol.”

At least he took it well. A word to the wise, Ponder: You don’t want to get on the bad side of a guy who protects you during games, much less one who is 6’6″ and 300+ pounds.

UPDATE: As CJ Fogler pointed out, Ponder’s tweet was likely payback for this one from Kalil.

H/T SbB Live

Over the years, we have shown you a lot of rookie hazing haircuts here on LBS. Most of them have been phenomenal and teams have done a great job of keeping things original and coming up with new ways to embarrass the newcomers every year. However, we tend to forget that the context we generally see the haircuts in is the least humiliating. Nobody cares what their hair looks like in the locker room or under a football helmet. When the rookies have to go out in public, that’s when the fun begins.

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If the veterans on a team are going to harass the rookies simply because they are rookies, they might as well try to do something creative. The Broncos seemed to accomplish that late Wednesday night. As you can see from the photo above that Broncos rookie quarterback Brock Osweiler shared on Twitter, some of the Denver veterans got together and decided to toss a bunch of the rookies’ clothes in their hotel lobby.

Obviously, the most annoying part of this prank for the rookies was having to figure out which articles of clothing belong to them. Aside from that, I can safely say I would much rather have to walk around picking up my clothes than get an incredibly embarrassing haircut or be taped to a goal post. Heck, even Tim Tebow got it much worse when he was a rookie with the Broncos.

If you’re an NFL rookie who thinks you have it bad, just be thankful you don’t play in Oakland. We don’t really know if their rookies actually get the worst haircuts or if they simply do a great job of publicizing it, but any rookie who plays for the Raiders might as well completely shave their own head before training camp begins. Otherwise, there’s no guarantee you won’t end up with a penis haircut.

As you can see from the photos above that Joseph Barksdale shared with us on Twitter, a couple of Raiders rookies got horrible haircuts from the veterans — one of which Busted Coverage is certain is Carson Palmer because of the distinguished chin. As we saw last summer, this isn’t the first time a batch of rookies has been demolished by the buzzer in Oakland. Jack Del Rio banned hazing haircuts in Jacksonville after the veterans decided to hand out these penis-themed haircuts, so it will be interesting to see if the Raiders do the same. I think I speak for everyone when I say I’m praying they don’t do that.

‘Tis the season for rookie hazing, and that means lots of bad haircuts have been circulating around the NFL and will continue to do so until the start of the regular season. Horrendous haircuts seem to be one of favorite pastimes of veterans during training camp, and the buzz job Jets rookie Antonio Allen received this week was a hilarious reminder of that.

As you can see, the former South Carolina defensive back had a giant “B+” shaved into the back of his head. Unfortunately we have no idea what the reference means, but we do know a number of websites gave the Jets a B+ grade for their pick of Allen in the seventh round. Allen didn’t get it nearly as bad as these Raiders rookies got it last year or Tim Tebow got it two years ago, but he’ll still get plenty of looks when he sits down at a restaurant.

Helmet knock to SI Hot Clicks for the picture

Robert Griffin III may be the Redskins’ franchise quarterback and a player they traded many draft picks to obtain, but he’s not above participating in some traditional rookie hazing.

The former Heisman Trophy winner was filmed by CSN Washington carrying the helmets of his teammates after Redskins practice on Thursday. Some players around the league (and even his teammates) are trying to keep him humble despite all the hype. He seems to be handling it well. And by handling it well, I mean not pulling a Dez Bryant.

Let’s see if he still has the same smile on his face when they give him the ol’ Friar Tuck hairdo.

Helmet smack to D.C. Sports Bog

The Titans ended their practice Monday with some of your garden variety rookie hazing. According to John Glennon of The Tennessean, they did dizzy bat races with a twist. “Players paired off in twos – facing one another – and were told to run about 30 yards with a football wedged between their chests. The players weren’t allowed to use their hands to hold the footballs, and when they reached the halfway point of their races, they were drenched with water by veteran teammates.”

Oh yeah, and rookie Joseph Hills of Tennessee State ended up taped to the goal post before getting doused with water.

If you ask me, he got off a lot easier than some of the Raiders rookies did this year.