List of family relations in American football

The following is a list of family relations in American football. To be eligible for inclusion, a person must have played or coached at professional level in the National Football League (NFL), or had a notable National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college career. The list is organized alphabetically by surname. Within each listed relationship group, individuals are listed in descending order of age (or alphabetically in the case of twins).

• Ayodele – Akin Ayodele, Remi Ayodele (brothers)^[1]
• Ayanbadejo – Obafemi Ayanbadejo, Brendon Ayanbadejo (brothers)^[2]
• Bahr - Chris Bahr and Matt Bahr (brothers)
• Bailey – Champ Bailey, Boss Bailey (brothers)^[2]
• Barber – Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber (twin brothers).^[3]
• Barber – Marion Barber, Jr. (father); Marion Barber III, Dominique Barber (sons)^[2]
• Belichick - Bill Belichick (father); Stephen Belichick (son)^[4]
• Bennett – Michael Bennett, Martellus Bennett (brothers)^[2]
• Bowden – Bobby Bowden (father); Tommy Bowden, Jeff Bowden, Terry Bowden (sons).^[5][6]
• Bradshaw – Terry Bradshaw, Craig Bradshaw (brothers)^[7]
• Carr – David Carr, Derek Carr (brothers)^[8]
• Celek – Brent Celek, Garrett Celek (brothers)^[7]
• Cline – Tony Cline (father); Tony Cline Jr. (son)^[9]
• Colquitt – Craig Colquitt, Jimmy Colquitt (cousins); Britton Colquitt, Dustin Colquitt (sons of Craig, nephews of Jimmy)^[10]
• Cunningham – Sam Cunningham, Randall Cunningham (brothers)^[7]
• Davis – Vernon Davis, Vontae Davis (brothers)^[2]
• Detmer – Ty Detmer, Koy Detmer (brothers)^[7]
• Donelli – Aldo Donelli; Allen Donelli (brothers)^[11]
• Farr – Mel Farr (father); Mel Farr, Jr., Mike Farr (sons)^[9]
• Fells – Daniel Fells, Darren Fells (brothers)^[12]
• Flacco - Joe Flacco, Mike Flacco (brothers)^[13]
• Fuller – Vincent Fuller, Corey Fuller, Kyle Fuller, Kendall Fuller (brothers)
• Gbaja-Biamila – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (brothers)^[14]
• Geathers- Robert Geathers (father), James Geathers (Brother); Robert Geathers Jr, Clifton Geathers, Kwame Geathers (sons)^[15]
• Golic – Bob Golic, Mike Golic (brothers)^[16]
• Green – AJ Green; TJ Green (cousins)^[17]
• Griese – Bob Griese (father); Brian Griese (son)^[18]
• Gronkowski- Rob Gronkowski, Dan Gronkowski, Chris Gronkowski (brothers)^[19]
• Hambrick - Darren Hambrick, Troy Hambrick (brothers)
• Hannah – Herb Hannah (father); John Hannah, Charley Hannah (sons)^[9]
• Harbaugh – Jack Harbaugh (father); John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh (sons)^[20]
• Hasselbeck – Don Hasselbeck (father); Matt Hasselbeck, Tim Hasselbeck (sons)^[2]
• Heyward - Craig Heyward (father); Cameron Heyward (son)
• Hochuli – Shawn Hochuli (father); Ed Hochuli (son) (family of referees)
• Huard – Damon Huard, Brock Huard (brothers)
• Ismail – Raghib Ismail, Qadry Ismail (brothers)^[2]
• Jenkins – Kris Jenkins, Cullen Jenkins (brothers)^[21]
• Kelce – Jason Kelce, Travis Kelce (brothers)^[22]
• Kendricks – Mychal Kendricks, Eric Kendricks (brothers)^[23]
• Little – Larry Little, David Little (brothers)^[7]
• Long – Howie Long (father); Chris Long (son) Kyle Long (son)^[24]
• Luck – Oliver Luck (father), Andrew Luck (son)^[25]
• Lusk -- Herbert H. Lusk, Hendrick Hamilton Lusk, Harold Hollingsworth Lusk, (brothers)
• Lynch/Johnson/Russell – Marshawn Lynch; Josh Johnson, JaMarcus Russell (cousins)^[26]
• Manning – Archie Manning (father); Peyton Manning, Eli Manning (sons)^[27]
• Matthews – Clay Matthews, Sr. (father); Clay Matthews, Jr., Bruce Matthews (sons), Clay Matthews III, Kevin Matthews, Casey Matthews, Jake Matthews (grandsons)^[9]
• McCourty – Devin McCourty, Jason McCourty (twin brothers)^[2]
• McCown – Josh McCown, Luke McCown (brothers)^[28]
• McKinney - Steve McKinney, Seth McKinney (brothers)
• McMillan – Ernie McMillan (father), Erik McMillan (son)^[9]
• Metcalf – Terry Metcalf (father), Eric Metcalf (son)^[9]
• Ogden - Jonathan Ogden, Marques Ogden (brothers)^[29]
• Palmer – Carson Palmer, Jordan Palmer (brothers)^[30]
• Payton – Eddie Payton, Walter Payton (brothers); Jarrett Payton (son of Walter)^[7]
• Petrino – Bobby Petrino, Paul Petrino (brothers)^[31]
• Phillips – Bum Phillips (father); Wade Phillips (son)
• Pouncey – Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Pouncey (twin brothers)^[32]
• Rodgers – Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Rodgers (brothers)
• Ryan – Buddy Ryan (father); Rex Ryan, Rob Ryan (twin sons)^[33]
• Salaam – Sulton Salaam (father); Rashaan Salaam (son)^[9]
• Sauer – George Sauer (father); George Sauer, Jr. (son)^[9]
• Schwartz - Geoff Schwartz; Mitchell Schwartz (brothers)
• Sharpe – Sterling Sharpe, Shannon Sharpe (brothers)^[34]
• Sharper – Jamie Sharper, Darren Sharper (brothers).^[35]
• Shula – Don Shula (father); Dave Shula, Mike Shula (sons).^[9]
• Shuler – Mickey Shuler (father); Mickey Shuler, Jr. (son)^[36]
• Simms – Phil Simms (father); Chris Simms, Matt Simms (sons)
• Stoops – Bob Stoops, Mike Stoops, Mark Stoops (brothers)^[37]
• Turk – Matt Turk, Dan Turk (brothers)^[38]
• Upshaw – Gene Upshaw, Marvin Upshaw (brothers)^[7]
• Van Buren – Steve Van Buren, Ebert Van Buren (brothers)^[7]
• Vereen – Shane Vereen, Brock Vereen (brothers)^[39]
• Vick – Michael Vick, Marcus Vick (brothers)^[40]
• Watt – JJ Watt, Derek Watt (brothers)^[41]
• Westbrook – Brian Westbrook, Byron Westbrook (brothers)^[42]
• Winslow – Kellen Winslow (father); Kellen Winslow II (son)^[43]
• Young – Willie Young (father); Rodney Young (son)^[9]

References

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9. Timothy W. Smith, "Pro Football: Notebook; Dad-Son Duos Run Up the Score," The New York Times (June 18, 1995). Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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21. "Kris Jenkins". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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26. Marshawn Lynch
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30. Carson Palmer
31. "Paul Petrino hired as Idaho coach". ESPN.com. December 3, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013. 'All I've ever wanted to do was to be a head coach,' said Petrino, who is the brother of former Razorbacks coach Bobby Petrino.
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34. Farrar, Doug (7 August 2011). "Sharpe's tribute to his brother went above and beyond". Yahoo!. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
35. Jamie Sharper
36. Stelino, Vito (2015-09-15). "Q&A with Jaguars TE Mickey Shuler Jr., who could be forced into action". Florida Times Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
37. "Mark Stoops Named UK Head Football Coach" (Press release). University of Kentucky Sports Information. November 27, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013. Stoops was defensive coordinator and DBs coach at Arizona from 2004–09, working for his brother, Mike, who was head coach of the Wildcats. . . . Mark and Mike are also brothers of Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, with Mark being the youngest of the three. Mike is currently the defensive coordinator on Bob's staff at Oklahoma.
38. Justice, Richard (20 June 2010). "Justice: Every day like Father's Day for Texans' Turk". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
39. Whitmer, Michael (25 October 2014). "Vereen brothers are set for reunion bash". Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
40. Shilken, Chuck (6 November 2012). "Marcus Vick comes to brother Michael Vick's defense on Twitter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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42. Fitzgerald, Gary (10 May 2010). "This Westbrook Is Taking a Different Path.". Redskins.com. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
43. Barker, Barbara (September 27, 2013). "After having promising career derailed, Kellen Winslow is back in the game with Jets". Newsday. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

External links

• Brothers Who played Pro Football