List of second-generation NFL players explained

See also: List of professional sports families and List of family relations in American football. 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.

Key

	Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Bold	Player is active

Positions played

C	Center !	G	Guard !	NT	Nose Tackle !	QB	Quarterback
CB	Cornerback !	K	Placekicker!	OL	Off. Lineman !	RB	Running Back
DE	Defensive End !	KR	Kick Returner !	OT	Off. Tackle !	S	Safety
DT	Defensive Tackle !	LB	Linebacker !	P	Punter !	TE	Tight End
FB	Fullback !	LS	Long Snapper !	PR	Punt Returner!	WR	Wide Receiver

List of players

Second–generation

Father	Position	Son(s)	Position
	RB/LB		RB
	RB	Jamal Adams	SS
	DL		LB
	OL		DL
	DL		FB
	DL		LB
	End		K
	WR		WR
	C		C
	S		DT
	S		RB
	RB		RB
			S
	LB		RB
Bobby Bell Sr. *	LB/DE		LB
	LB/S		S
	S		LB
	LB/FB		LB
	S		LB
	DE	Joey Bosa	DE
		Nick Bosa	DE
Jonathan "John" Bostic Sr.	DB	Jonathan "Jon" Bostic II	LB
	G/DE		LB
	G		G
	T		DE
	DT		LB
	RB	Anthony Barr	LB
	OT	Orlando Brown Jr.	OT
	LB		DE
	DE		T
	G		G
	G		K
	G		LB
	DB	Joe Burrow	QB
	S	Devin Bush Jr.	LB
	CB		S
	WR		QB
	RB/TE/E		LB
	TE		TE
	FB		RB
	RB		LB
	CB		S/CB
	DT		DE
	CB		CB
	CB		FB
			CB
	TE		TE
	P		P
			P
	C		LB
Tony Dorsett *	RB		S
	RB		WR
	CB	Mario Edwards Jr.	DE
	LB		TE
	DT	Kaden Elliss	LB
	WR		WR
	RB		LB
	QB		RB
			DE
	WR		WR
	LB		TE
Bob Griese *	QB		QB
Russ Grimm *	G		S
	T	Sean Harlow	G
	LB		LB
	TE		QB
			QB
	OT/OL	Charlie Heck	OT
	FB	Cameron Heyward	DT
		Connor Heyward	TE/FB
	G		RB
	FB	Isaiah Hodgins	WR
	WR	Jaycee Horn	DB
	RB	Marlon Humphrey	CB
	CB		DL
	FB		FB
	WR	Mark Ingram II	RB
	WR	Vanchi LaShawn Jefferson Jr.	WR
	WR		WR
	RB		QB
	LB	Zay Jones	WR
	TE	Cameron Jordan	DE
	QB		QB
Joe Klecko *	DE/DT		DT/FB
	DT		C
Howie Long *	DL		DE
Kyle Long		G
Ronnie Lott *	S		LB
	QB		QB
	QB		QB
		Peyton Manning *	QB
	G		QB
	WR		S
	QB	Amari Rodgers	WR
	DL		S
	RB		CB
	WR	Christian McCaffrey	RB
		Luke McCaffrey	WR
			WR
	RB		WR
	RB		CB
	G	DK Metcalf	WR
	PR/RB		PR/WR/RB
	LB		LB
Randy Moss *	WR		TE
	C/G/T		RB
Walter Payton *	RB		RB
	G	Andrus Peat	OT
	RB		RB
			QB
	WR		WR
	RB	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
Joey Porter	LB	Joey Porter Jr.	CB
	WR		WR
	DT	Jalen Reagor	WR
	WR		S
	RB		WR
			C/G
	OT	Jon Runyan Jr.	G
	LB		LB
	CB	Asante Samuel Jr.	CB
Don Shula *	CB		WR
	QB		QB
			QB
Jackie Slater *	OT	Matthew Slater	WR/ST
	TE	Irv Smith Jr.	TE
	RB		CB
	LB		LB
	CB	Patrick Surtain II	CB
	G		RB
	RB		LB
	WR		WR
	DL		QB
			FB/RB^[1]
	LB	Grady Jarrett	DE
			LB
	RB		LB
		Billy Turner	OT
	LB		QB
	LB		DL
	S	Christian Watson	WR
	QB		QB
	E		QB
	WR	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR
	RB		CB
	HB		DB/WR
	RB		CB
	CB	Antoine Winfield Jr.	S
Kellen Winslow *	TE		TE
	WR	Robert Woods Jr.	WR

Third–generation

Grandfather	Position	Son(s)	Position	Grandson(s)	Position
	LB		NT		LB
	DT		DT	Ted Karras III	OL
	G		QB	Cooper Kupp	WR
	DL		LB		LB
				Casey Matthews	LB
		Bruce Matthews *	OL	Kevin Matthews	OL
				Jake Matthews	OL
	G		DE		WR
	T		DT		OL
	DT		DT		OL

See also

• List of professional sports families
• List of family relations in American football
• List of association football (soccer) families
  • List of African association football families
  • List of European association football families
    • List of English association football families
    • List of former Yugoslavia association football families
    • List of Scottish football families
    • List of Spanish association football families
    • List of Australian rules football families
• List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
• List of second-generation National Basketball Association players
• List of boxing families
• List of chess families
• List of International cricket families
• List of family relations in the National Hockey League
• List of family relations in rugby league
• List of international rugby union families
• List of professional wrestling families

External links

• Fathers and Sons Who Have Played Pro Football from profootbalhof.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Player Overview . 2023-09-23 . NBC Sports . en-US.