NFL Number 26s

On this episode of the Football by Numbers we discuss the top NFL players that ever wore the number 26 with special guest Chris Willis of NFL Films! Join us as we come up with the top ten number 26s of all time in the League! From the Pigskin Dispatch 2021 library.

Celebrated author and football historian, Chris Willis joined Darin to collaborate on the top NFL players to wear the number 26. Some of the books that Chris has written on the early NFL include:

•  The Man Who Built the National Football League: Joe F. Carr,
•  Red Grange: The Life and Legacy of the NFL's First Superstar,
•  Dutch Clark,
•  The Columbus Panhandles

You will not be sorry when you have these titles in your personal library 

We had a great list of candidates that really spanned the entire 101 plus years of history of the League and came up with these 10 player as being the most substantial:  

1. Rod Woodson
2. Herb Adderley
3. George Saimes
4. Antoine Winfield
5. Clinton Portis
6. Raymond Clayborn
7. Wendell Tyler
8. Le'Veon Bell
9. Lydell Mitchell
10. Robert Smith

What do you think about our selections? We would love to hear your feedback. Email us at: PigskinDispatch@gmail.com

Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, by an unidentified photographer for the Australian News And Information Bureau of a 1942 football game Down Under, celebrating the US Independence day. 

Of course we also could not have done the above stat research without the assistance of Football-Reference.com and Stathead.com resources.