List of second-generation NFL players

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.

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

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	0Off. Lineman0	RB	Running Back
DE	Defensive End	KR	0Kick Returner0	OT	Off. Tackle	S	Safety
DT	0Defensive Tackle0	LB	Linebacker	P	Punter	TE	Tight End
FB	Fullback	LS	Long Snapper	PR	0Punt Returner0	WR	Wide Receiver

List of players

Second–generation

Father	Position	Son(s)	Position
Tony Adamle	RB/LB	Mike Adamle	RB
George Adams	RB	Jamal Adams	S/LB
Julius Adams	DL	Keith Adams	LB
Sam Adams Sr.	OL	Sam Adams Jr.	DL
Ray Agnew Jr.	DL	Ray Agnew III	FB
Allen Aldridge Sr.	DL	Allen Aldridge Jr.	LB
Bruce Alford Sr.	End	Bruce Alford Jr.	K
John Alt	OT	Joe Alt	OT
Flipper Anderson	WR	Dres Anderson	WR
Charlie Ane Jr.	C	Charlie Ane III	C
Gene Atkins	S	Geno Atkins	DT
George Atkinson Jr.	S	George Atkinson III	RB
Marion Barber Jr.	RB	Marion Barber III	RB
		Dominique Barber	S
Rudy Barber	LB	Kantroy Barber	RB
Bobby Bell Sr. *	LB/DE	Bobby Bell Jr.	LB
Caesar Belser	LB/S	Jason Belser	S
Bob Bercich	S	Pete Bercich	LB
John Bettridge	LB/FB	Ed Bettridge	LB
Bennie Blades	S	H. B. Blades	LB
John Bosa	DE	Joey Bosa	DE
		Nick Bosa	DE
John Bostic	DB	Jon Bostic	LB
Ed Bradley Sr.	G/DE	Ed Bradley Jr.	LB
Harold Bradley Sr.	G	Harold Bradley Jr.	G
Clyde Brock	T	Matt Brock	DE
Perry Brooks	DT	Ahmad Brooks	LB
Tony Brooks	RB	Anthony Barr	LB
Orlando Brown Sr.	OT	Orlando Brown Jr.	OT
Keith Browner	LB	Keith Browner Jr.	DE
Ross Browner	DE	Max Starks	T
Ed Budde	G	Brad Budde	G
George Buehler	G	David Buehler	K
Hank Bullough	G	Chuck Bullough	LB
Jim Burrow	DB	Joe Burrow	QB
Devin Bush Sr.	S	Devin Bush Jr.	LB
Gill Byrd	CB	Jairus Byrd	S
Ken Campbell	WR	Scott Campbell	QB
Billy Cannon Sr.	RB/TE/E	Billy Cannon Jr.	LB
Reg Carolan	TE	Brett Carolan	TE
Maurice Carthon	FB	Ran Carthon	RB
Rob Carpenter	RB	Bobby Carpenter	LB
Dale Carter	CB	Nigel Warrior	S/CB
Rubin Carter	DT	Andre Carter	DE
Wendell Cason	CB	Antoine Cason	CB
Jeremiah Castille	CB	Tim Castille	FB
		Simeon Castille	CB
Paul Coffman	TE	Chase Coffman	TE
Craig Colquitt	P	Britton Colquitt	P
		Dustin Colquitt	P
Gary Crum	T	Frank Crum	T
Steve DeOssie	C	Zak DeOssie	LS
Tony Dorsett *	RB	Anthony Dorsett	S
Stan Edwards	RB	Braylon Edwards	WR
Mario Edwards	CB	Mario Edwards Jr.	DE
Riki Ellison	LB	Rhett Ellison	TE
Luther Elliss	DT	Christian Elliss	LB
		Jonah Elliss	LB
		Kaden Elliss	LB
		Noah Elliss	DT
George Farmer	WR	Danny Farmer	WR
Chuck Foreman	RB	Jay Foreman	LB
Joe Francis	QB	Jon Francis	RB
		Ikaika Alama-Francis	DE
Oronde Gadsden	WR	Oronde Gadsden II	TE
Derrick Gaffney	WR	Jabar Gaffney	WR
Frank Gore	RB	Frank Gore Jr.	RB
Tom Graham	LB	Daniel Graham	TE
Bob Griese *	QB	Brian Griese	QB
Russ Grimm *	G	Cody Grimm	S
Pat Harlow	T	Sean Harlow	G
Britt Hager	LB	Bryce Hager	LB
James Harrell	LB	Jaylen Harrell	LB
Marvin Harrison *	WR	Marvin Harrison Jr.	WR
Don Hasselbeck	TE	Matt Hasselbeck	QB
		Tim Hasselbeck	QB
Andy Heck	OT/OL	Charlie Heck	OT
Craig Heyward	FB	Cameron Heyward	DT
		Connor Heyward	TE/FB
Wally Highsmith	G	Alonzo Highsmith	RB
James Hodgins	FB	Isaiah Hodgins	WR
Joe Horn	WR	Jaycee Horn	CB
		Joe Horn Jr.	WR
Bobby Humphrey	RB	Marlon Humphrey	CB
Maurice Hurst	CB	Maurice Hurst Jr.	DL
Henry Hynoski Sr.	FB	Henry Hynoski Jr.	FB
Mark Ingram Sr.	WR	Mark Ingram II	RB
Shawn Jefferson	WR	Van Jefferson	WR
Kris Jenkins	DT	Kris Jenkins Jr.	DT
Jason Johnson	WR	Jon'Vea Johnson	WR
Dub Jones	RB	Bert Jones	QB
Robert Jones	LB	Zay Jones	WR
Steve Jordan	TE	Cameron Jordan	DE
Jack Kemp	QB	Jeff Kemp	QB
Pete Kendall	G	Drew Kendall	C
Joe Klecko *	DE/DT	Dan Klecko	DT/FB
Earl Leggett	DT	Brad Leggett	C
Howie Long *	DL	Chris Long	DE
		Kyle Long	G
Ronnie Lott *	S	Ryan Nece	LB
Oliver Luck	QB	Andrew Luck	QB
Archie Manning	QB	Eli Manning	QB
		Peyton Manning *	QB
Marv Marinovich	G	Todd Marinovich	QB
Jerry Marion	WR	Brock Marion	S
Tee Martin	QB	Amari Rodgers	WR
Stafford Mays	DL	Taylor Mays	S
James McAlister	RB	Chris McAlister	CB
Ed McCaffrey	WR	Christian McCaffrey	RB
		Luke McCaffrey	WR
		Max McCaffrey	WR
Willie McClendon	RB	Bryan McClendon	WR
Lawrence McCutcheon	RB	Daylon McCutcheon	CB
Terrence Metcalf	G	DK Metcalf	WR
Terry Metcalf	PR/RB	Eric Metcalf	PR/WR/RB
Ray Mickens	CB	R. J. Mickens	S
Corey Miller	LB	Christian Miller	LB
Randy Moss *	WR	Thaddeus Moss	TE
Muhsin Muhammad	WR	Moose Muhammad III	WR
Ted Nesser Jr.	C/G/T	Charlie Nesser	RB
Terrell Owens *	WR	Terique Owens	WR
Walter Payton *	RB	Jarrett Payton	RB
Todd Peat	G	Andrus Peat	OT
Bruce Perkins	RB	Paul Perkins	RB
		Bryce Perkins	QB
Brett Perriman	WR	Breshad Perriman	WR
Michael Pittman Sr.	RB	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
Joey Porter	LB	Joey Porter Jr.	CB
Ricky Proehl	WR	Austin Proehl	WR
Montae Reagor	DT	Jalen Reagor	WR
Willie Jake Reed	WR	J. R. Reed	S
Spencer Reid	LB	Karene Reid	LB
Jerry Rice *	WR	Brenden Rice	WR
		Jerry Rice Jr.	WR
Terry Robiskie	RB	Brian Robiskie	WR
		Andrew Robiskie	C/G
Jon Runyan Sr.	OT	Jon Runyan Jr.	G
Tom Ruud	LB	Barrett Ruud	LB
Asante Samuel Sr.	CB	Asante Samuel Jr.	CB
Deion Sanders *	CB	Shedeur Sanders	QB
		Shilo Sanders	S
Don Shula *	CB	Dave Shula	WR
Phil Simms	QB	Chris Simms	QB
		Matt Simms	QB
Jackie Slater *	OT	Matthew Slater	WR/ST
Irv Smith Sr.	TE	Irv Smith Jr.	TE
Ron Springs	RB	Shawn Springs	CB
Steve Stonebreaker	LB	Mike Stonebreaker	LB
Patrick Surtain	CB	Patrick Surtain II	CB
Steve Suhey	G	Matt Suhey	RB
Mosi Tatupu	RB	Lofa Tatupu	LB
Jason Taylor *	DE	Mason Taylor	TE
Al Toon	WR	Nick Toon	WR
Jeremiah Trotter	LB	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	LB
Manu Tuiasosopo	DL	Marques Tuiasosopo	QB
		Zach Tuiasosopo	FB/RB[1]
Jessie Tuggle	LB	Grady Jarrett	DE
		Justin Tuggle	LB
Maurice Turner	RB	Bryan Kehl	LB
		Billy Turner	OT
Brad Van Pelt	LB	Bradlee Van Pelt	QB
Mike Vrabel	LB	Tyler Vrabel	OT
Ted Washington Sr.	LB	Ted Washington Jr.	DL
Tim Watson	S	Christian Watson	WR
David Whitehurst	QB	Charlie Whitehurst	QB
Jermaine Williams	RB	Josh Williams	RB
George Wilson Sr.	E	George Wilson Jr.	QB
Cedrick Wilson Sr.	WR	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR
Stanley Wilson Sr.	RB	Stanley Wilson Jr.	CB
Tommy Wilson	HB	Steve Wilson	DB/WR
Tim Wilson	RB	Josh Wilson	CB
Antoine Winfield Sr.	CB	Antoine Winfield Jr.	S
Kellen Winslow *	TE	Kellen Winslow II	TE
Robert Woods	WR	Robert Thomas Woods	WR

Third–generation

Grandfather	Position	Son(s)	Position	Grandson(s)	Position
Nick Chickillo	LB	Tony Chickillo	NT	Anthony Chickillo	LB
Ted Karras Sr.	DT	Ted Karras Jr.	DT	Ted Karras III	OL
Jake Kupp	G	Craig Kupp	QB	Cooper Kupp	WR
Clay Matthews Sr.	DL	Clay Matthews Jr.	LB	Clay Matthews III	LB
				Casey Matthews	LB
		Bruce Matthews *	OL	Kevin Matthews	OL
				Jake Matthews	OL
Palmer Pyle	G	Eric Kumerow	DE	Jake Kumerow	WR
George Pyne II	T	George Pyne III	DT	Jim Pyne	OL
Roy Williams	DT	Eric Williams	DT	Kyle Williams	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
  • Category: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