louis cardinals and later played for the houston oilers. >> i played with the great warren moon, some of the great players. mike regierre. guys like that. played for the man in black, jerry glanville. >> number 44 for the washington redskins. this right here is herschel walker, 1981. i can name you a few guys, famous guys, that got a few of the scars on me. >> ramsey's football career ended when a neck injury forced him to retire. >> from there it's like i guess downhill. got convicted in '91. got out, stayed out about a year, and here i go again. i chose drugs sociably, trying it out with the crowd, you know. ended up hooked. i feel like i let a lot of people down. i'm just trying to do what i can do right now to try to, you know, regain some of that swagger back. you know, i'm getting kind of old, but i still have faith that one day i could, you know, get back out and maybe contribute something to society. everybody knows prison is not a nice place. football helps me get away from the pressure of being locked up. >> ramsey spends much of his free time mentoring younger inmates, both

we are working with the housing authority, which hud is working closely with those on bringing in oilersget power back up. this is directed at single-family, but hud has been working with those of the housing authority and those that provide low income housing, providing assistance. getting their critical life support a. >> so much of the housing was wiped out in certain areas. is there any reason why this approach could not be used in new jersey are some of the other states that were devastated by hurricane sandy? >> we are working with the state of new jersey task force and this is one of the tools that we are giving them as they look at what those needs are and how to best meet their needs. >> could i ask you about hud and fema. they have always worked when there has been a major storm. how would you describe the major difference now between this new relationship with hud, where they are the lead agency and yet fema you can see that we are talking to you first and foremost, they are still in charge of what the public has said. what is the difference between what you are doing now and

. >>> the oilers moved to tennessee where there is no oil.t allow music. >>> the nba's new orleans hornets making headlines, not for tonight's game against the lakers, but because of a possible name change. that team is expected to change the names to the pelicans as early as the 2013/2014 season. so why pelicans? louisiana, you may or may not know is the pelican state. the brown pelican is the state bird and appears on the state flag and on the seal. the hornets moved to new orleans from charlotte in 2002. charlotte bobcats owner michael jordan told the charlotte observer, he would consider reclaiming the name if it was available again. >> the teams move and they keep the state name and then they end up -- >> something related to -- >> when we come back, some breaking economic numbers. we are just a few minutes away from productivity numbers for the third quarter. right now as we head to a break, take a look at u.s. equity futures still indicated higher, up about 36 points for those futures. >>> welcome back to squawk "squawk box," everybody