Who Is The Oldest NFL Player Right Now?
The answer may surprise you. At 45 years old, Adam Vinatieri is the oldest player in the NFL.
Brett Favre
Brett Favre is the oldest player in the NFL right now. He is a quarterback who plays for the Minnesota Vikings. He is 43 years old and has been playing in the NFL for 20 years. He is the all-time leading scorer in the NFL and has won many awards.
He was born on October 10, 1969
Brett Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was born on October 10, 1969, in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Favre played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a two-time All-American (1988, 1989). He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft, but he chose to instead play for the Packers.
Favre became the starting quarterback for Green Bay in 1992 and led the team to eight consecutive NFC North championships, five NFC Championship Games, and Super Bowl XXXI. He was a three-time league MVP (1995–97) and holds many NFL records, including most career passing yards, most career touchdown passes, most consecutive starts by a player, and most wins by a starting quarterback.
In July 2008, Favre retired from professional football after he had signing with the New York Jets. He returned to play for Minnesota in 2009. After one season with Minnesota in 2010 Favre again retired from professional football.
He played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings
Brett Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Southern Mississippi, and was selected in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. Favre spent most of his first season as a backup to veteran Steve DeBerg, and saw little playing time on special teams. He then became the Packers’ starting quarterback in 1992 after DeBerg was released, leading them to an 11–5 record and a divisional playoff appearance. Favre improved his performance over consecutive seasons, culminating in him winning NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards for three consecutive years from 1995 to 1997.
In 2007, after 16 seasons with the Packers that included two Super Bowls and 11 playoff appearances, Favre decided to retire. He announced his retirement on March 4 following months of speculation that he would return to play another season. However, on July 25, he filed paperwork indicating that he had reconsidered his decision to retire and was reinstated into the league. On August 6, he made an official retirement announcement in a press conference hosted at Lambeau Field. After waiting what turned out to be one season too long to make a decision on his future, Brett Favre finally decided to call it quits following an illustrious 20-year career in which he established himself as one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game
Adam Vinatieri
NFL veteran Adam Vinatieri is currently the oldest player in the league. The 45-year-old Vinatieri is in his 24th season and is showing no signs of slowing down. He is currently a member of the Indianapolis Colts and has played for the team since 2006.
He was born on December 28, 1972
Adam Matthew Vinatieri (/ˌvɪnəˈtɪəri/; Italian: [viˈna:tjer i]; born December 28, 1972) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He has played in five Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, winning four of them. He also holds the NFL record for most playoff points scored with 226. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest kickers in NFL history.
Vinatieri was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1996 NFL Draft. Since then he has also played for the Indianapolis Colts, with whom he spent 10 seasons. With both teams, he played in five Super Bowls, winning four – XXXVI (2001), XXXVIII (2003), XLI (2007), and LI (2017) – all with New England; and losing XLIV (2009) to New Orleans while with Indianapolis.
He played for the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts
Adam Vinatieri (/vɪnəˈtɛri/; born December 28, 1972) is an American football placekicker who plays for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He has played in five Super Bowls: four with the Patriots and one with the Colts, winning four times. He holds NFL records, among all players, for most overtime field goals made (13), most regular season games played (341), most playoff games played (30), and most field goals made in a career (589). He is also tied with Morten Andersen for the most successful field goal attempts in NFL history (656). As of 2019, Vinatieri is the oldest active player in the NFL.
Matt Hasselbeck
Even though he’s currently not playing in the NFL, Matt Hasselbeck is technically the oldest player in the league. That’s because he’s still under contract with the Indianapolis Colts, who placed him on the reserve/retired list back in 2016.
He was born on September 25, 1975
Matt Hasselbeck is a former NFL quarterback who is currently the oldest active player in the league. He was born on September 25, 1975, in Boulder, Colorado, and played college football at Boston College. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and also played for the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans during his professional career. He retired after the 2019 season.
He played for the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, and Tennessee Titans
Hasselbeck was born in Westwood, Massachusetts, the son of Beth (née Ciota), a teacher, and Don Hasselbeck, a pro football player for the New England Patriots and New York Giants. He is of Irish ancestry on his father’s side, and Swedish on his mother’s. He was raised Catholic.Hasselbeck played football and baseball at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts, graduating in 1995.
