He claims that he went back to school to fulfill a promise he made to his mother after leaving UCLA just two courses shy of graduating, but photographic evidence suggests he went back for more promiscuous reasons.

In either case, he confirms that he will attend UCLA’s spring 2009 graduation ceremony where he’ll receive a diploma for a bachelor’s degree sociology.

This is what we came up with.

Teri Hatcher: San Francisco 49ers

Though known for her role as one of the wrinkled MILFs on Desperate Housewives, Teri Hatcher began her career as a 9′ers girl. We felt obligated to include her, partially because she was a Bond girl, but mostly because she was in MacGyver.

She’s attractive… old, but attractive… plus she was in MacGyver.

Melissa Hodges: Tennessee Titans

Quoted as saying: “Eventually we’ll take the cells and we will extract RNA from them and then form cDNA, and with that we’ll use a method called quantitative real time PCR, and study the gene expressions.”

The 23-year-old New Orleans native recently graduated with a Bachelors in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt, and is working toward a career in medicine. She has been a cheerleader for the Tennessee Titans for three years… and counting. sort of sounds like the typical ‘stripper’ story, right?

Stacy Keibler: Baltimore Ravens

Cheerleader, wrestler, dancer, actress and member of the honor roll–no matter what the task, if having a great ass is a prerequisite, Stacy Keibler excels at it. Along the way she has broken her ribs, broken her nose, and broken many a heart.

Important note: At 5’11″ she’ll kick your ass if you try to get to hers…

Romi Bean: Denver Broncos

Romi Bean is in her fourth season as a Bronco’s cheerleader. She’s a seasoned veteran and was kind enough to share her pregame routine with us… though she made no mention of the post-game cheerleader shower photoblog we were expecting…

“Just like the players, we have a very intense game day schedule that keeps us on our toes and demands our full energy all day long. Before we set foot on the field at 2:05, we have a field rehearsal four hours prior to game time. As a cheerleader, timeliness is essential – and we all tend to follow the old saying “if you are early, you are on time, and if you are on time, you are late!” This means we all arrive at the stadium about five hours before the game so we can stretch, unpack our bags, and practice on our own before field rehearsal.”

Cassie Trammell: Dallas Cowboys

Cassie’s Trivia:

1. Her mother is Judy Trammell, the choreographer for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.

2. She is currently a student and lives with her two brothers.

3. hopes to graduate with a degree in Elementary Education because she loves children

Our thoughts: If she enjoys making children as much or more than she loves being around them, she deserves the top spot on our list… so long as she doesn’t mind making children and then aborting them.

21 year old Jessica Trainham of the Atlanta Falcons is not bad either, but does her great body compensate for her lackluster face?

And finally, Christina Parker of the Dallas Cowboys looks a bit like Jessica Simpson.

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