After the final 53-man cutdowns, it has been resolved that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have the youngest team in the NFL, with an average age of just 25.3 years. In contrast, the New York Jets possess the oldest roster in the league this year, with an average age of 28.9 years, followed by the New Orleans Saints at 28.5 years.
The acquisition of Aaron Rodgers, who is now 39 years old, has been the contributing factor that has propelled the Jets to the top of the list. The veteran quarterback, in the meantime, suffered a season-ending injury in the Week 1 clash against the Bills.
It’s worth noting that although the Jets have the oldest roster in the league, they also have the second-youngest defense in the NFL, with an average age of just 24.1 years.
Oldest NFL players in 2023
Jason Peters, Robbie Gould, and Andy Lee are currently playing football even though they are above the age of 40. Peters is the oldest among them at 41 years old. Additionally, Aaron Rodgers, Mason Crosby, Clark Harris, Joe Flacco, Nick Folk, Matt Overton, and Marcedes Lewis are also playing football and are either at or above the age of 38.
The NFL has a good mix of players belonging to different age groups. Although there are many players who are over 35 years old, there are also some players who are below 25 years old and considered the youngest in the league.
Recently, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Jaire Alexander, and Minkah Fitzpatrick have just turned 26. The youngest player in the league this season will be Isaiah Spiller, who plays as a running back for the Los Angeles Chargers and is only 21 years old. Here is a list of some of the young stars who are below 25 years old and making a name for themselves in the league:
In 2007, Amobi Okoye became the youngest player ever drafted into the NFL at 19 years and 10 months old. Okoye was born in Anambra State, Nigeria, and moved to Alabama at the age of 12. After just two weeks in middle school, he advanced to 9th grade and began playing football as a sophom*ore in high school.
The wait was longer than expected for Braelon Allen, but the Wisconsin product was happy about his destination. Allen, the 11th running back selected in the 2024 NFL Draft and the seventh and final back taken in Round 4, went to the Jets with pick No. 134.
Sam Darnold will be the youngest QB to start a season opener since the 1970 merger. Michael Vick and Alex Smith also started at the age of 21. Take a look at how these young quarterbacks performed in their first start compared to their career stats.
Who is the oldest player in NFL history? George Blanda is the oldest player to play in NFL history. Blanda was a quarterback and placekicker who played in the NFL for 26 seasons. He retired in 1975 at the age of 48.
Strong, 24, announced his retirement via social media Wednesday. He said that a lingering knee injury is the reason for his early retirement from football. "I can hang up the cleats knowing I pushed my knee as far as I possibly could," Strong wrote.
He has been a key figure in the NFL, earning nine Pro Bowl selections, six NFL All-Pro team honors, and being named to the 2010s NFL All-Decade Team. Peters is currently the oldest active player in the NFL, turning 42 in January 2024.
Irrelevant, a title annually bestowed upon the last pick in the NFL draft. The New York Jets selected Alabama safety Jaylen Key with the 257th and final pick of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday in Detroit.
The oldest player ever selected in the NFL draft was quarterback Chris Weinke, who was 28 years and 264 days old when the Panthers selected the Heisman Trophy winner out of Florida State in 2000.
Green Bay was selected to be the 2025 NFL Draft's host site in late May. Following Detroit's successful hosting of the 2024 NFL Draft, which saw a record-breaking 700,000-plus fans attending the event, Titletown is looking to kick things off the most appropriate way it can.
Amobi Okoye(born June 10, 1987) is a Nigerian-born former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Louisville and was selected by the Houston Texans tenth overall in the 2007 NFL Draft, the youngest player in NFL history to be drafted in the first round at 19.
Morten Andersen (born 19 August 1960), nicknamed "the Great Dane", is a Danish-born former football kicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons.
While there is no minimum age for professional football players, the NFL mandates that you must be out of high school for at least three years before you are eligible to play. If you graduate at 17 years old, that means you must wait until you are 20 to enter the NFL draft.
At the age of 12, Baldivieso was the youngest player ever to play professional football when his father, Julio Baldivieso, who managed Club Aurora at the time, sent him on as a late substitute against La Paz on 19 July 2009, until his record was broken by 11-year-old Eric Godpower Marshall in April 2021.
How old was Patrick Mahomes when he got drafted to the NFL? Patrick Mahomes declared for the 2017 NFL Draft at the age of 22. The Kansas City Chiefs traded up with the Buffalo Bills to secure the overall 10th selection, making Mahomes their first pick in the draft.
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