Robbie Anderson settles the debate, reveals correct spelling of his name

One of the Carolina Panthers’ top receivers underwent a bit of a name change this summer. The wideout once known as Robby Anderson has now decided to swap the y at the end of his name for an ie — spelling his name “Robbie Anderson” rather than “Robby Anderson.”

Fantasy owners and football fans around the world may be a bit thrown off by his change in name. But don’t fret, Robbie is still the same guy as Robby, just with a few different letters.

This was a move Anderson himself sort of announced over the summer, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter confirmed Friday that he will indeed officially switch over to Robbie.

Per Schefty: “Panthers’ WR Robbie Anderson told reporters today that he now will be going by Robbie as opposed to Robby. “I kinda like how it looks It’s better on paper with the ‘ie’ on the end,” Anderson said. “That’s what it was when I wore No. 3, too.”

Anderson’s interesting summer

This isn’t the first time Robbie Anderson won a few headlines this summer. A little over a month ago, the Panthers receiver randomly tweeted this message out to his 43,000+ followers: “Ain’t gone lie Thinking bout Retiring …”

That tweet was abruptly deleted. Shortly afterward, he posted this picture to his Twitter page, seemingly throwing sand on the retirement rumor he started:

🥶 pic.twitter.com/Dad2VEV9AW

— Robbie Anderson (@chosen1ra) June 13, 2022

So we can all expect to see Robbie Anderson back in a Panthers uniform this fall. And likely catching passes from new quarterback Baker Mayfield.

Hopefully the name change can spark a revival in Anderson’s game as well. The 29-year-old wideout finished with his only season his career recording 1,000+ yards in 2020 with Carolina. But in 2021, he saw those numbers dip. Despite appearing in all 17 games, Anderson finished with the lowest yardage output of his career with just 519.