Cryptic Football Players

In time for Football season, can you decipher these cryptic players?

1. Habitats for the clergy.
   
2. Polynesian figurine who cuts hair.
   
3. How you tell your son to make the sound associated with a boo-boo.
   
4. Plant that grows on rocks, with high libido.
   
5. Erection from drinking coffee.
   
6. Section of hospital for Kerry's wife.
   
7. Irish river that could cut you.
   
8. Southern hotdogs.