NFL players born in 1960

46 NFL players on file were born in 1960. Darrell Green leads them with 295 career games played. The first born in 1960 to play in the NFL were Pete Metzelaars, Marcus Allen, Rodney Holman, and Joe Nash and 7 more, in 1982. Rosters are on file in full from 1993; before that only some of the stars are.

Former NFL players born in 1960 (46)

Former NFL players born in 1960

Player	Pos	Years	Seasons	Career	Born
Darrell Green	DB	1983–2002	20	295 GP · 497 tackles, 1 sacks	Houston, TX
Pete Metzelaars	TE	1982–1997	16	235 GP · 3,686 rec yds	Three Rivers, MI
John Elway	QB	1983–1998	16	234 GP · 51,475 pass yds	Port Angeles, WA
Albert Lewis	FS	1983–1998	16	225 GP · 319 tackles, 12.5 sacks	Mansfield, LA
Marcus Allen	RB	1982–1997	16	222 GP · 12,243 rush yds	San Diego, CA
Darryl Talley	LB	1983–1996	14	216 GP · 360 tackles, 38.5 sacks	Cleveland, OH
Rodney Holman	TE	1982–1995	14	212 GP · 4,771 rec yds	Ypsilanti, MI
Richard Dent	DE	1983–1997	15	203 GP · 80 tackles, 137.5 sacks	Atlanta, GA
Joe Nash	DT	1982–1996	14	202 GP · 137 tackles, 47.5 sacks	Boston, MA
Lionel Washington	DB	1983–1997	14	193 GP · 208 tackles, 1 sacks	New Orleans, LA
Tim Krumrie	DT	1983–1994	12	188 GP · 125 tackles, 34.5 sacks	—
Jumpy Geathers	DE	1984–1996	12	182 GP · 92 tackles, 62 sacks	Georgetown, SC
Karl Bernard Mecklenburg	LB	1983–1994	12	180 GP · 128 tackles, 79 sacks	Seattle, WA
Jeff Bryant	DE	1982–1993	12	175 GP · 38 tackles, 63 sacks	Atlanta, GA
Willie Gault	WR	1983–1993	11	170 GP · 6,635 rec yds	Griffin, GA
Mike Pitts	DE	1983–1994	12	169 GP · 116 tackles, 48.5 sacks	Baltimore, MD
Roger Craig	RB	1983–1993	11	165 GP · 8,189 rush yds	Davenport, IA
Howie Long	DE	1982–1993	12	163 GP · 42 tackles, 84 sacks	Somerville, MA
Jim Kelly	QB	1986–1996	11	160 GP · 35,467 pass yds	Pittsburgh, PA
Jamie Williams	TE	1984–1994	11	159 GP · 1,980 rec yds	Vero Beach, FL
Eric Dickerson	RB	1983–1993	11	146 GP · 13,259 rush yds	Sealy, TX
Mike Merriweather	LB	1982–1992	10	139 GP · 0 pass yds	Albany, NY
Anthony Carter	WR	1985–1995	11	137 GP · 7,733 rec yds	Riviera Beach, FL
Jimmy Williams	LB	1982–1993	11	134 GP · 44 tackles, 27.5 sacks	Washington, DC
Gary Plummer	LB	1986–1997	11	132 GP · 331 tackles, 4.5 sacks	Fremont, CA
Dave Russell Duerson	DB	1983–1993	10	129 GP · 16 tackles, 16 sacks	Muncie, IN
Kenneth John O'Brien Jr.	QB	1984–1993	10	129 GP · 25,094 pass yds	Rockville Centre, NY
Chris Martin	LB	1984–1994	9	129 GP · 34 tackles, 20.5 sacks	Huntsville, AL
Mike Pagel	QB	1982–1993	11	128 GP · 9,414 pass yds	Douglas, AZ
Mike Cofer	DE	1983–1992	10	123 GP · 0 pass yds	Knoxville, TN
Michael Walter	LB	1984–1993	8	120 GP · 46 tackles, 8 sacks	Salem, OR
Bobby Hebert	QB	1985–1996	11	118 GP · 21,683 pass yds	Baton Rouge, LA
Brian Hansen	P	1984–1999	15	108 GP · 1 tackles	Hawarden, IA
Cedric Mack	DB	1983–1993	9	106 GP · 1 tackles, 3 sacks	Freeport, TX
Elvis Patterson	DB	1985–1993	8	101 GP · 6 tackles, 1.5 sacks	Bryan, TX
Leonard Milton Harris Jr.	WR	1986–1994	9	85 GP · 1,428 rec yds	McKinney, TX
Morten Andersen	PK	1982–2007	25	32 GP · 2 tackles	Copenhagen, Denmark
Mark Tuinei	OT	1984–1993	3	32 GP · 1 tackles, 1 sacks	Oceanside, CA
Tony Zendejas	PK	1985–1995	11	30 GP · 0 rush yds	Mexico
Norm Johnson	PK	1982–1999	18	16 GP · 27 pass yds	Inglewood, CA
Luis Sharpe	OT	1983–1990	2	16 GP · 11 rush yds	Cuba
Brian David Baldinger	OG	1988	1	16 GP · 37 rec yds	Pittsburgh, PA
Grant Feasel	C	1989	1	16 GP · 5 rec yds	Barstow, CA
Roger Ruzek	PK	1987–1993	7	9 GP · 22 pass yds	San Francisco, CA
Roy Foster	OG	1990	1	2 GP · 2 rec yds	Los Angeles, CA
Reggie McElroy	OT	1983	1	—	Beaumont, TX

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Birth dates as ESPN lists them. Best career first: games played in the regular season, summed over the seasons on file.