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Being variants of 19th century rugby football, [1] American and Canadian football position nomenclature has its origin there. Early rugby did no more than distinguish in tactics between the great bulk of the players who played as forwards, and the relative few who played back defensively as "tends", as in goaltenders.
The following is a partial list of National Football League players whose fathers also played professional football in the NFL or any league that merged with it. The list includes the son's name and position and the father's name and position.
The CFL and NFL competed for the same player pool in their earlier years before the CFL settled into a de facto (and from time to time formal) developmental role to its American counterpart. Dozens of professional players move between these codes' top professional leagues every year, making any attempt at a list incomplete at best.
This position is used in 3-4 formations, or goal line situations. Most nose tackles are 320-350 pounds, and are the biggest players on the roster. This position is the most physically demanding, due to being forced into constant double or triple teams, and needing enough speed to collapse the interior of the offensive line.
This list include the players have spent the most seasons in their entire NFL career with one franchise (minimum 15 seasons). Each player has played at least one game in fifteen different NFL seasons for a single NFL franchise. The seasons are not necessarily consecutive. Time playing on amateur teams or teams out of the NFL are not considered.
List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, A–K) List of College Football Hall of Fame inductees (players, L–Z) List of Heisman Trophy winners; List of NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders; List of NCAA football records; List of NCAA Division I FBS quarterbacks with at least 90 career passing touchdowns
Rank Player Position Career Points 43 Jerry Rice: Wide receiver: 1985–2004 1,256 62 Emmitt Smith: Running back: 1990–2004 1,052 74 LaDainian Tomlinson
List of Detroit Lions all-time roster (A–Las, Lat–Z) List of Green Bay Packers all-time roster; Houston Texans all-time roster; Indianapolis Colts all-time roster; Jacksonville Jaguars all-time roster; Kansas City Chiefs all-time roster; Las Vegas Raiders all-time roster; Los Angeles Chargers all-time roster; Los Angeles Rams all-time ...