1 day ago · The next generation of potential NFL players are growing up with a much different experience. At the beginning of the NFL season, 15 of the league’s 32 starting quarterbacks were Black.

3 days ago · Kraft then conducted what many around the NFL viewed as a sham hiring process — interviewing two out-of-work Black coaching candidates, Byron Leftwich and Pep Hamilton, to check the Rooney Rule ...

3 days ago · The NFL in recent years has gotten a lot of attention for their stance on racism and racial inequality, and particularly how it impacts the Black community. Initially, there was backlash on how ...

6 days ago · The “End Racism” slogan has widely been part of NFL end zone imagery since 2021, when an apparent “racial reckoning” was ignited after the heinous death of a Black man, George Floyd ...

5 days ago · An NFL-record 15 teams fielded a Black quarterback to start the 2024 season. Lamar Jackson is the favorite for league MVP, ...

6 days ago · The AP polled more than 65 Black NFL players, asking them three questions, but not every player answered all of them. When asked whether they were discouraged by the number of Black head coaches ...

4 days ago · In 1920, when the NFL was founded, major league baseball had been racially segregated for more than 50 years. But football was unpopular and good players were hard to find. Team owners figured the public wouldn’t care enough to complain about the few Black players on their rosters.

Aug 29, 2024 · Officially affixed atop the lineup, Brissett becomes the 15th Black quarterback projected to open the 2024 season under center -- the most ever since the NFL's inception. The historic feat...

Jan 31, 2025 · Steve McNair Getty Images . Drafted No. 3 overall out of Alcorn State in 1995, the highest-selected Black quarterback in NFL history at the time, McNair played sparingly to start his career before ...

Join us in celebrating Black History Month throughout February and year-round as we recognize and commemorate the impact of African Americans on the game of football, our culture and our society....