Green Bay Packers right tackle Zach Tom revealed Sunday he has changed his name to Zach Bako-Bewele, a nod to his Nigerian ancestry. The 27-year-old said Bako is his paternal grandmother's last name and Bewele is his paternal grandfather's last name. "Especially when I start having kids and stuff, I want to have a name that I can pass down where it represents where they came from, where I came from," Bako-Bewele said. The fifth-year pro from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had his new last name on the back of his No. 50 jersey at practice Sunday.

He said he began the official process in March but had been thinking about it for years. Bako-Bewele has been limited to individual drills and walk-through snaps during training camp after undergoing knee surgery for a partially torn patellar tendon. "It's getting better," he said. "Hopefully I can start doing team within a week or so.".