How Old Are The NFL Quarterbacks?

How old are the NFL quarterbacks? The average age of an NFL quarterback is 27.5 years old. The oldest NFL quarterback is Tom Brady, who is 41 years old. The youngest NFL quarterback is Baker Mayfield, who is 23 years old.

Tom Brady

Tom Brady, who is 42 years old, has been playing in the NFL for 19 years.

Drew Brees

Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He had a record-setting college career with the Purdue Boilermakers, where he became the Big Ten Conference’s all-time leader in passing yards and total offensive yards. After a slow start to his NFL career, he exploded into stardom in 2006, when he led the Saints to their first-ever Super Bowl appearance. Since then, he has been one of the most consistent and successful quarterbacks in the league, being selected to eleven Pro Bowls and winning Super Bowl XLIV, for which he was named Super Bowl MVP. As of 2019, he is ranked as the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.

Brees was born on January 15, 1979, in Dallas, Texas, to Mina Ruth (née Aiken) and Eugene Wilson Brees II. He has an older brother named Reid. His parents both worked as appellate court justices: his mother was a prosecutor before becoming a judge, while his father was a public defender before becoming a judge. He has Dutch ancestry on his father’s side and Irish ancestry on his mother’s side. He was raised Catholic.

Eli Manning

Eli Manning is 38 years old.

Ben Roethlisberger

Ben Roethlisberger is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of six quarterbacks in NFL history to have won two or more Super Bowls while having been on the winning team in each one. Big Ben has played his entire professional career with the Steelers, and has earned a number of awards and accolades, including being selected to nine Pro Bowls, winning two Super Bowl MVPs, and being named the NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2009.

So how old is Ben Roethlisberger? He was born on March 2, 1982, which makes him 37 years old as of 2019. That puts him in the middle of the pack when it comes to NFL quarterbacks — not too young, but not too old either. In fact, he’s only one year older than Tom Brady, who is widely considered to be one of the best quarterbacks ever to play the game.

Philip Rivers

Rivers is 37 years old and was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina State, where he led the Wolfpack to an ACC Championship and was named the ACC Player of the Year. Rivers has been selected to eight Pro Bowls and is a four-time All-Pro. He was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 2013 and is the Chargers’ all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns, and completions.

Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan is 33 years old.

Aaron Rodgers

Rodgers was born December 2, 1983, in Chico, California. He is currently 36 years old.

Alex Smith

Alex Smith will turn 33 years old during the 2017 NFL season.

Derek Carr

Derek Carr is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Raiders in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State, where he was a two-time Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year.

Carr is 26 years old.

Kirk Cousins

Kirk Cousins is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State, and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Marcus Mariota

Marcus Mariota is 25 years old.

Jameis Winston

Jameis Winston is a 26-year-old quarterback who is currently playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was drafted first overall in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers.

Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott was born on July 29, 1993. He is 26 years old.

Jimmy Garoppolo

Jimmy Garoppolo is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Eastern Illinois and was drafted in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He was traded to the 49ers in 2017.

Mitch Trubisky

Mitch Trubisky is 26 years old.

Baker Mayfield

Baker Mayfield (born April 14, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma, where he was a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist, winning the prestigious award in 2017.

Sam Darnold

Sam Darnold is the starting quarterback for the New York Jets. He was born on June 5, 1997, making him 21 years old as of 2018.

Josh Rosen

Rosen, selected 10th overall in the 2018 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals, is the youngest starter in the NFL. He’s also one of only four pivots 23 years of age or younger who have started a game this season — Sam Darnold (21), Baker Mayfield (23), and Lamar Jackson (21) are the others.

Josh Allen

Josh Allen is a 23-year old quarterback who was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 2018.

Lamar Jackson

Lamar Jackson is a 23-year-old professional American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisville, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2016.