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American football player
Patrick Mahomes is an American football quarterback who is one of the premier players in the National Football League (NFL). In his second season as a professional (2018), he was named the NFL’s most valuable...
American football player
Tom Brady is a former football quarterback who led his teams to a record seven Super Bowl victories (2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021) and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) five...
American football player
Paul Hornung was a glamorous star of the Green Bay Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s whose versatile on-field performance and off-field reputation as a fun-loving, hard-drinking carouser and playboy...
American football coach
Bill Belichick is widely regarded as the greatest professional gridiron football coach in history. During 24 seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL), he led the team...
American football coach
Jim Harbaugh is an American football coach who has had success at both the professional and college level and is especially known for turning around struggling teams. Under his leadership, the NFL’s San...
American football player
Aaron Rodgers is an American professional football quarterback who is considered one of the greatest to ever play the position. Rodgers led the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) to...
American football player
Tim Tebow is a former American football player who was a dominant dual-threat quarterback at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, where he won a Heisman Trophy and led the team to two national championships....
American football player
Rob Gronkowski is a former NFL tight end who was one of quarterback Tom Brady’s favorite receiving targets—first with the New England Patriots and later with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nicknamed Gronk,...
United States senator
Tommy Tuberville is a Republican U.S. senator from Alabama and a former high-school and college football player and coach. For some 10 months in 2023 Tuberville used his authority under the Senate’s standing...
American football coach and player
Tony Dungy is a former football head coach and player who made history in 2007 when he guided the Indianapolis Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI, thereby becoming the first African American head coach...
American football player
Odell Beckham, Jr. is an American football wide receiver known for his dynamic play, electrifying catches, and charismatic personality in a National Football League (NFL) career beset by injuries. Beckham...
American football player
Peyton Manning is an American collegiate and professional football quarterback who is considered one of the greatest players at his position in National Football League (NFL) history. He won Super Bowls...
American football player
Drew Brees is an American gridiron football quarterback who was one of the most prolific passers in National Football League (NFL) history and set numerous single-season and career passing records, including...
American football player
Travis Kelce is a record-setting tight end in the National Football League (NFL) who helped the Kansas City Chiefs win three Super Bowls (2020, 2023, 2024). Possessing an incredible athleticism and ability...
American football coach
Kyle Shanahan is an American football coach who is considered one of the most creative offensive minds in the NFL. Since 2017 Shanahan has been the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, and he has led...
American football player
Donovan McNabb is known as one of the leading dual-threat quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL), known for both his passing and rushing. During his 13-year career, he threw for 37,276 yards,...
American football player
Archie Griffin is an American football player. Griffin played college football for the Ohio State University, and he is the only two-time winner, in 1974 and 1975, of the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded...
American football coach
Andy Reid is one of the most successful coaches in the National Football League (NFL). He transformed the Kansas City Chiefs into an American football powerhouse and guided them to three Super Bowl victories...
American football player and social activist
Colin Kaepernick is an American gridiron football player and social activist who had success as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers (2011–16) of the NFL but was better known for kneeling during the...
American football player
Lamar Jackson is an American professional gridiron football player who is among the best dual-threat (rushing and passing) quarterbacks in National Football League (NFL) history. As a sophomore at the...
American football player
O.J. Simpson was an American collegiate and professional football player who was a premier running back, known for his speed and elusiveness. His success on the field led to a career in film and television....
American football player
Tyreek Hill is one of the most explosive and prolific wide receivers in the NFL. In 2020 he helped the Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV. However, Hill’s exploits on the field have occasionally been...
American football player
Brett Favre is an American professional gridiron football player who broke all the major National Football League (NFL) career passing records as quarterback of the Green Bay Packers. Admired for his grit...
American football player
Josh Allen is one of the top quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL), known for his arm strength and mobility. In 2018 he was drafted in the first round by the Buffalo Bills, and three years...
American football coach
Jimmy Johnson is a former American football coach who had success at both the college and NFL level. Johnson was the first coach to win both an NCAA national championship (University of Miami, 1987) and...
American football player
Joe Burrow is an elite National Football League (NFL) quarterback, known for his cool demeanor and accurate passing. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals as the number one pick in the 2020 NFL draft,...
American football player
Jalen Hurts is an American football quarterback known for his passing and rushing proficiency. Hurts played for the University of Alabama (2016–18)—where he was a member of the team that won the 2018 College...
American football coach
Nick Saban is considered one of the greatest college gridiron football coaches of all time. He led his teams to a record-setting seven National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) top-division football...
American football player
Trevor Lawrence is an American football quarterback who led Clemson University to a national championship in 2019 as a freshman. Known for his strong arm, elusive scrambling talents, and mane of long blond...
American football and baseball player
Deion Sanders is an American gridiron football player, baseball player, and football coach who is the only person to have played in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. Known for his flashy personality...
American football player
Jason Kelce is a former American football player who is considered to have been among the game’s best centers. In 2018 he helped the Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl LII. In addition to his outstanding...
American football coach
Sean McVay is an American football head coach who, since 2017, has coached the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL. McVay has set several age-related records, most notably becoming the youngest head coach in NFL...
American football coach and executive
Bill Parcells is an American professional gridiron football coach and executive who coached the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) to Super Bowl victories in 1987 and 1991. Parcells...
American football player
Adrian Peterson is an American professional gridiron football player who is considered one of the finest running backs in the history of the sport. Peterson dedicated himself to football at a young age,...
American football player
Tony Romo is an American professional gridiron football player who emerged as one of the leading quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL) in the early 21st century. Romo spent most of his childhood...
American football player
Eli Manning is an American professional gridiron football player who quarterbacked the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL) to two Super Bowl championships (2008 and 2012), earning the...
American football coach and executive
Al Davis was an American gridiron football coach and executive who, as commissioner of the American Football League (AFL), was a key actor in the merger of the AFL with the National Football League (NFL)...
American football player
Dak Prescott is an American football player who is one of the NFL’s premier quarterbacks, known for his strong arm and leadership abilities. After playing college football at Mississippi State University...
American football player
Michael Vick is an American professional gridiron football quarterback who was the highest-paid player in National Football League (NFL) history before pleading guilty, in 2007, to charges of running an...
American football coach
Mike Tomlin is an American football head coach who, since 2007, has coached the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. Tomlin is the second youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl (2009), and he has never had a losing...
American football coach and television commentator
John Madden was an American football coach and television commentator who was one of the best-known personalities in National Football League (NFL) history. In addition to his accomplishments in the NFL,...
American football coach
Jon Gruden is an American gridiron football coach and television broadcaster who led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl championship in 2003. Gruden was raised around football: his father, Jim, was...
American football player
Nick Bosa is widely considered one of the best defensive players in the National Football League (NFL), known for his speed, size, and play-reading ability. A standout defensive end at the Ohio State University...
American football coach
Joe Paterno was an American collegiate gridiron football coach, who, as head coach at Pennsylvania State University (1966–2011), was the winningest major-college coach in the history of the sport, with...
American investor and philanthropist
Paul Allen was an American investor and philanthropist best known as the cofounder of Microsoft Corporation, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. Allen was raised...
American sports commissioner
Roger Goodell is an American sports executive who served as commissioner (2006– ) of the National Football League (NFL). Goodell was born into a prominent New York family—his father, Charles Ellsworth...
American football player
Brock Purdy is an American professional football player who went from being the last player selected in the 2022 NFL draft—a pick known as “Mr. Irrelevant”—to one of the top young quarterbacks in the league....
American football player
Von Miller is an American defensive lineman who became one of the most dominant defensive football players of his generation. He helped the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) win the...
American football player
Randy Moss is an American professional football player who is considered one of the greatest wide receivers in National Football League (NFL) history. Moss was a standout high-school football and basketball...
American baseball and football player
Bo Jackson is an American athlete who starred for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) during his short but storied professional...
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