NFL Shows 22-Year Age Gap Between 20-Year-Old Rookies and 42-Year-Old Rodgers
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Updated · AS USA · Aug 20
NFL Shows 22-Year Age Gap Between 20-Year-Old Rookies and 42-Year-Old Rodgers
1 articles · Updated · AS USA · Aug 20
Summary
Arvell Reese and Connor Lew entered the preseason as the NFL’s youngest players at 20, with both rookies turning 21 on Aug. 30.
That makes the league’s age spread more than two decades, with 42-year-old Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers the oldest player highlighted and drafted in 2005, the year both rookies were born.
Reese, the Giants’ No. 5 pick, appears set for a 53-man roster spot after an All-American season at Ohio State, while fourth-round Bengals center Lew still faces a roster fight.
If Lew makes Cincinnati’s final roster, he would face Rodgers and the Steelers at least twice this season; Reese would only meet Rodgers in a Super Bowl matchup.