Chad Ochocinco — I’ll Pay to Keep My #85
He’s been traded to a new team … but Chad Ochocinco DOES NOT want a new jersey number — and sources close to the NFL star tell TMZ .. he’s willing to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to sport #85 for the New England Patriots this season. Problem is …. the number currently belongs to Patriots STUD tight end Aaron Hernandez — who rocked #85 in 2010 … when he DOMINATED all season long. We’re told Ochocinco — who CHANGED HIS LAST NAME to match his jersey number a few years ago — wants to PAY Hernandez to give up the digits … and sources say Chad feels “no number is too high.” FYI — jersey numbers don’t come cheap — it cost Clinton Portis a cool $18k to buy the #26 from a teammate when he was traded to the Washington Redskins a few years ago.