Football is hardly a game that promotes longevity. Players are literally risking their necks and incur numerous concussions during every single play. However, there are some positions that lend themselves to the players who are able to build long-lasting legacies. Quarterbacks get more protection from anyone else on the field and kickers just have to make sure their hamstrings stay nice and loose. With Tom Brady still going strong at the age of 42, we thought we’d take a look at the players of yesteryear who defied father time.
Ben Graham
So, we thought we should start with a Jet and although many of you will already be hollering that Graham wasn’t that old when he played, what made him special was that at the time (2004) he was the oldest rookie to ever take to the field in a regular-season NFL game, at the ripe old age of 31.