It is difficult for an athlete to make it to a pro team, no matter if they play football, basketball, baseball or any other sport. The athletes’ parents are typically over the moon when their offspring makes it pro. What about the parents who have more than one child who goes pro?
NFL alone has multiple siblings who have played professionally. Jason and Travis Kelce both play for the NFL. Travis plays for the Kansas City Chiefs and Jason plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. Even though they play for two different divisions, they became the first set of brothers to face each other in the SuperBowlduringtheFebruary 2023 championship.
Two of the more famous sibling sets are Peyton and Eli Manning. Peyton began his career with the Indianapolis Colts, then traded to the Denver Broncos while his little brother Eli started with the San Diego Chargers then moved on to the New York Giants. Both Mannings have retired from the NFL.
The Watt clan has three brothers in the NFL. J.J. is the oldest, and was with the Arizona Cardinals. He retired in 2022. Derek and T.J. play for the Los Angeles Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, respectively.
Almost every football fan has heard of Aaron Rodgers, who has been the quarterback for the Green Bay Packerssince2005.Notmany know that Aaron’s younger brother Jordan was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013.
The Gronkowski brothers are another triple threat in the NFL. Rob, whose friends call 'Gronk', played for the New England Patriots and retired in 2019. However, he recanted one year later to join formerteammateTomBrady and the Buccaneers. Dan has played for the Detroit Lions, the Broncos, the Patriots and the Cleveland Browns. Chris was a member of the Dallas Cowboys, the Colts and the Broncos until his 2013 retirement.
The Griffin brothers were drafted one year apart by the Seattle Seahawks. Shaquill was drafted in 2017 and Shaquem in 2018. Shaquill has since been traded to the Jaguars and Shaguem retired.
The McCourty brothers are a set of twins who have madetheirmarksintheNFL. Devin and Jason both played for the Patriots in 2018 after Jason was traded from the Broncos.
Ryan Kalil played for the CarolinaPanthersasacenter before retiring in 2019. His younger brother, Matt originally joined the Panthers in 2017, but currently plays for the Houston Texans.
Other siblings in the NFL are Michael and Martellus Bennett, Clay and Casey Matthews, Cam, Caylin and Cecil Newton, Stefon and Trevon Diggs and Joey and Nick Bosa.