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Kenny Hill's Family Files Trademark for 'Kenny Trill' While QB Works to Live Up to Moniker on the Field

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Kenny Hill may be making the Texas A&M offense his own, but he is taking after Johnny Manziel after all, as his parents are reportedly trying to trademark "Kenny Trill."

According to Yahoo Sports, Hill's parents filed the trademark on Sept. 3, the day after their son told reporters he preferred the moniker "Trill" rather than "Football." However, a Louisiana resident filed a trademark for "Kenny Trill" before Hill's parents were able to.

Manziel went through the same thing when a firm filed a trademark for "Johnny Football" months before his family did so. Manziel seems like he will win the trademark, because the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office ruled that the firm was not an individual. Hill appears headed toward the same situation.

Unnamed sources told ESPN Texas A&M University's licensing and compliance departments have sent at least five cease and desist letters to t-shit makers using "Kenny Trill."

Urban Dictionary defines "trill" as a combination of the words "true" and "real," though rapper Bun B popularized the hybrid word. The hip hop artist wrote on Twitter he liked the sound of "Kenny Trill," but indicated Hill will need to continue his success on the football field.

"Yeah, Bun B said I'm not really Trill yet," Hill told ESPN Tuesday. "I have to keep earning that, which I think at some point I can earn that nickname."

Last year he was Manziel's backup and in his first game as the Aggies' starter, Hill broke several of his predecessor's single-game records. Through two games, Texas A&M is 2-0 and Hill has thrown for 794 yards and seven touchdowns.

"I think it's cool. It's funny," Hill said Tuesday. "I really don't care about the nickname too much. But it's something that everybody else likes and the football team jokes about it with me all the time. I'll walk in and they'll say 'Kenny Trill!'

"I don't know. I think it kind of took a life of its own after last week."

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