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The earliest numbering systems were significantly different from the modern variation. Until the 1920s, when the NFL limited its rosters to 22 players, it was rare to see player numbers much higher than 25 (Red Grange was a notable exception, wearing 77 with the Chicago Bears while playing halfback, which would not be allowed under current NFL rules), and numbers had little correlation with ...
Jim Kelly, the first player to have his jersey number (12) officially retired by the Buffalo Bills, is seen here in 2010 Otto Graham, whose number 14 was retired by the Browns, at his new job, as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletic Director in 1959 Jim Brown's #32 was retired by the Browns after his 9-years tenure on the franchise Lenny Moore, whose number 24 was retired by the Colts, poses ...
The NFL rulebook does not specify an official jersey number range for long snappers. However, they typically wear numbers between 40 and 59, with occasional exceptions. In the XFL , the NFL numbering conventions were followed with a slight exception being that wide-receivers are allowed to wear single-digit numbers (i.e. 1–9); the NFL itself ...
With the NFL's new rules on jersey numbers, Thompson chose to switch his jersey number to #7 in 2021 - the number he wore in college. [ 41 ] In March 2022, Thompson agreed to a contract restructure in order free up cap space for the Panthers. [ 42 ]
NFL official (2016–present) Alan A. Eck (born March 8, 1969) is an American professional football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2016 NFL season , wearing uniform number 76.
Maia Chaka 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) [1] is a former official in the National Football League (NFL). She wore uniform number 100. She was the first black woman hired by the NFL as an on-field official. [2] [3] The native of Rochester, New York [4] became the league's third female on-field official after Shannon Eastin and Sarah Thomas.
On April 8, 2015, Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history, [note 1] and for the 2020 NFL season, she was on the officiating crew headed by referee Shawn Hochuli. [4] She wears uniform number 53. In January 2021, she became the first woman to earn an on-field assignment for an NFL playoff game.
Craig Wrolstad (born September 5, 1965) [1] is an American professional football official in the National Football League (NFL) since the 2003 NFL season, wearing uniform number 4. [2] As an official in the NFL, Wrolstad is known for working Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 as a field judge. He wore uniform number 89 and 4 as a field judge. [3]