What does G mean in football?
G is a guard in football. The lineman between the centre and the tackle, working in the tightest space on the field.
What a guard looks like
157 guards are on NFL rosters right now, and the median one is 6' 5" and 315 lb.
- On rosters
- 157
- Median height
- 6' 5"
- Median weight
- 315 lb
- Median age
- 26
Like every interior lineman, he has no counted statistic: the box score records what happens to the ball, and his work is to keep it from happening to his quarterback.