Jersey Numbers
This player handed his #12 Jersey Number over to Tom Brady when Brady signed with The Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.
Chris Godwin.
Bonus: What number did Godwin change to?
In preparation for the 2021 NFL Season, Reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers was contemplating his future in Green Bay due to conflicts with the Front Office.
At that point, hype began to grow that this backup QB may take over the starting job for The Packers, only for Rodgers to work out his issues before the start of the season.
Name that Backup QB
Jordan Love.
Bonus: Love was chosen by Green Bay at pick #26 in the 2020 NFL Draft. How many QBs were chosen before Love in that draft?
Trevor Lawrence from Clemson was the #1 Overall Pick in the 2021 NFL Draft
Name 4 of the last 5 #1 Overall Picks who were Quarterbacks.
Joe Burrow (2020), Kyler Murray (2019), Baker Mayfield (2018), Jared Goff (2016), Jameis Winston (2015)
Bonus: There was only one #1 Overall Pick in the last Seven NFL Drafts that was not a Quarterback.
Name that player and the team who drafted him.
After being banished from the Kansas City Chiefs for bad behavior, the Cincinnati Bengals signed this player for the league minimum in 2009 as an "insurance policy for Cedric Benson," according to then Head Coach Marvin Lewis.
Name that player.
Larry Johnson.
Johnson ran for only 204 yards on 46 carries and no TDs in his only season with the Bengals.
Bonus: Although with no fanfare, Larry Johnson did play for two more NFL Teams following his stint with the Bengals, only playing in 3 games over those 2 years.
Can you name either of those teams?
Zach Thomas Michael Crabtree
Wes Welker Patrick Mahomes
Texas Tech University.
Bonus: Patrick Mahomes may be a Super Bowl Champion and Former NFL MVP but he wasn't a finalist for the Heisman Trophy in 2016 when he won the Sammy Baugh award for The Best Collegiate passer in his final college season.
What College QB did win the Heisman that year?
Arguably the Greatest WR in NFL History, Jerry Rice wore his famous #80 Jersey Number with every team he played for in his NFL Career, except for one.
Name the only other number he wore and for what team.
HINT: He only played for this team for one preseason.
#19 for the Denver Broncos.
Bonus: What # did Jerry Rice wear while he played with his alma mater, Mississippi Valley State?
Head Coach Romeo Crennel benched Charlie Frye in favor of this Backup QB who then started the next 15 games and ended the 2007 NFL season with 29 TD passes, a 10-6 record for his team, and a Pro Bowl berth.
Derek Anderson for the Cleveland Browns.
Bonus: Anderson left the Browns after 2009 and signed a 2 yr deal to be the starting QB for what team whose previous starter had just retired from the league?
Only one Kicker or Punter has been chosen in the 1st Round since the year 2000.
Name him, and the team who drafted him.
Sebastian Janikowski
Bonus: In 2008, Sebastian Janikowski attempted to shatter the NFL Record for the longest FG. He was unsuccessful but how long was the FG that he attempted?
The Cincinnati Bengals hold the record for the 1st QB-WR combo from the same team to make the Pro Bowl in their rookie seasons.
What QB and WR did this?
Andy Dalton and AJ Green.
Bonus: Andy Dalton and AJ Green have combined for a lot of Touchdowns in their career but uniquely neither was involved in the others First TD Pass or Reception.
Who threw Green his first TD Catch?
Who did Dalton throw his first TD Pass to?
Lance Briggs Nick Foles
Tedy Bruschi Rob Gronkowski
Arizona Wildcats
Bonus: Name the 5 NFL Teams that Nick Foles has played for.
This Former NFL Quarterback paid for his team's Punter Jeff Feagles to take a vacation to Florida for the rights to wear the #10 Jersey as an incoming rookie, the same number he wore in college at Ole Miss.
Eli Manning.
Bonus: How many seasons did Eli Manning wear that #10 for the New York Giants?
The 1987 New England Patriots hold the dubious record of the Most Quarterbacks to start for an NFL Team in one season.
The season started with veteran QB Steve Grogan.
How many starting QBs did they field that season?
Five. (Steve Grogan, Tony Eason, Bob Bleier, Doug Flutie and Tom Ramsey)
Bonus: Doug Flutie was part of one of the greatest games in College Football History in 1984 that ended with a completed 48 yard Hail Mary Flutie TD Pass to Gerard Phelan to win the game. What two teams played in that game?
In 2001, The Atlanta Falcons were looking for a new Franchise QB with Chris Chandler fading from his prime. They made a trade with the San Diego Chargers to move up to #1 Overall and take the Virginia Tech QB Michael Vick.
San Diego received Atlanta's #5 Overall Pick, a third-round pick that same year, their 2nd rounder in 2002, and kick returner Tim Dwight.
Who did San Diego choose with that #5 Overall choice in 2001?
LaDainian Tomlinson RB out of TCU.
Bonus: Tomlinson broke the NFL Record for Most Rushing Touchdowns in a season in 2006. How many touchdown's did he score that year.
Arguably the Greatest Cincinnati Bengal of all time and the greatest Left Tackle to ever play the game is Anthony Muñoz.
Munoz spent his entire 13-year career in Cincinnati protecting the blind side of Cincinnati's signal callers, but on "tackle-eligible" plays Muñoz would from time to time catch a pass or two.
In his 13 year Bengals career, how many touchdown catches did Anthony Muñoz have?
4 Touchdown Catches.
Bonus: After missing much of the 1992 season battling knee and shoulder injuries, Muñoz attempted to play a 14th season in the NFL. But it wasn't with the Bengals. Can you name that team?
Derrick Brooks Derwin James
Fred Biletnikoff Asante Samuel Jr.
Florida State.
Bonus: What team drafted Asante Samuel Jr. at #47 Overall in the 2021 Draft.
In 2018, This player's request to have "M.D" placed on the back on his jersey following his last name to reflect his real medical degree was denied by the NFL.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Bonus: Duvernay-Tardif has played his entire career for the Chiefs.
In what round was he drafted by the Chiefs in 2014?
In the 1999 Season Opener, Jets starting quarterback Vinny Testaverde ruptured his Achilles in the 1st quarter and the Jets did not have a traditional backup quarterback active for the game, only their emergency QB Rick Mirer
Under NFL rules at the time, using an emergency QB before the 4th quarter meant sitting the team’s first- and second-string QBs for the remainder of the game. So Coach Bill Parcells let this Punter play QB until the 4th Qtr began finishing with 165 yards passing and two touchdowns with no interceptions and a passer rating of 143.7
Name that Punter.
Tom Tupa.
In the Draft's 84 years, only one NFL Team has the distinction of having and making 4 First Found Picks in an NFL Draft, one of those choices being 1 of 35 members of the distiguished 100 Sacks Club, DE/OLB John Abraham.
Name that team.
2000 New York Jets.
Bonus: New York has long been known as the "Home of the NFL Draft." How many years has New York hosted the event?
In the 2021 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals chose LSU WR Ja'marr Chase, reuniting his with his college QB Joe Burrow from their 2019 National Championship Team.
The Bengals have made it a habit in the past to draft players from the same university and several times in the past have even drafted multiple WRs from the same school in the same draft year.
They did it in back to back seasons in 2000 and 2001.
Name the WRs they chose in 2000 and the school that those players shared.
Name the WRs they chose in 2001 and the school that those players shared.
2000: Peter Warrick and Ron Dugans (Florida State)
2001: Chad Johnson and TJ Houshmanzadeh (Oregon State)
Bonus: In 2019, Germaine Pratt and Ryan Finley were drafted back to back and went to the same University. Can you name it?
Jason Witten
Arian Foster
Reggie White
Alvin Kamara
University of Tennessee.
Bonus: 4 Members of the Colquitt Family kicked or punted for the University of Tennessee. Only one is currently playing the NFL. Name that Colquitt and the team he punts for.
This Hall of Famer started his career with the Oakland Raiders in 1960 wearing #50 but switched to #00 in 1961 and wore it until his retirement in 1974.
He is the only player to wear this number in Raiders history.
Jim Otto.
Otto was one of only twenty players to play for the entire ten-year existence of the AFL.
Packers great Brett Favre was drafted in the 3rd Round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.
He spent the season as the Falcons 3rd String Backup QB.
Who was the Falcons Starting QB that season?
Chris Miller.
That 1991 Season was the only time Miller would make the Pro Bowl.
Bonus: Brett Favre made his Packers debut in 1992 in the 3rd Game of the Season against what team?
In 2003, the Minnesota Vikings were unable to complete a proposed trade with the Baltimore Ravens before their 15-minute time limit lapsed causing them to pass their #7 Pick that year, eventually making their choice at #9 Overall.
The Jacksonville Jaguars were the team picking at #8 that year and rushed their card to the podium to take this QB beating the Vikings to the punch.
Name that QB.
Byron Leftwich
Bonus: Leftwich is currently the Offensive Coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he started his coaching career as a Quarterbacks coach and Interim Offensive Coordinator for another team in 2017. Name the team he started with.
Cincinnati Bengals soon-to-be Ring of Honor honoree Ken Rikey ranks fifth all time in the NFL in Interceptions. He is right behind "Night Train" Lane. Just ahead of Ed Reed, and tied with 2021 Hall of Famer Charles Woodson.
How many Interceptions did Ken Riley compile in his career?
65.
Bonus: A former Head Coach of the Cincinnati Bengals is also on this list tied for 10th All-Time with 62 Interceptions. Can you name him ?
Jim Mcmahon Brett Keisel
Taysom Hill Steve Young
BYU (Brigham Young University)
Bonus: Name their mascot.