For the second year running, the same two players will be the league’s eldest statesmen when the 2025 NFL season begins.
Who are the oldest and youngest players in the NFL in 2025?
After the final 53-man cutdowns, it has been revealed that the Green Bay Packers have the youngest team in the NFL 2025 season, with an average age of just 25.23 years. By contrast, the Washington Commanders possess the oldest roster in the league this year, with an average age of 28.09 years, just ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers at 27.28 years.
Oldest NFL players in 2025
For the second year in succession, the two same players will be the league’s oldest when the season gets up and running in Week 1.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers, 41, who after a rather unsatisfying two-season stint with the Jets will try his luck in Pittsburgh, tops the list. The quarterback is one of two 41-year-olds currently in the NFL. Tight end Marcedes Lewis, also 41, plays for the Chicago Bears.
Aaron Rodgers doing this at 42 years old is simply insane.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 12, 2025
One of the best to ever do it 🐐pic.twitter.com/6Lck7V7nUr
Nick Folk of the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns’ Joe Flacco will both turn 41 before the end of the season.
Despite Rodgers’ advancing years, in NFL terms, he remains significantly younger than Tom Brady was when he started the 2022 season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (45 years, 1 month and 9 days).
Youngest NFL players in 2025
The NFL has a good mix of players belonging to different age groups. Although there are many players who are over 35 years old, there are also plenty who are below 25 years old and considered the youngest in the league.
Braelon Allen already has one season under his belt with the Jets and just turned 21, and there are a host of 21-year-olds on rosters across the country, with a few examples listed below.
Dolphins rookie Jordan Phillips going through drills at training camp. pic.twitter.com/33SeUerP5q
— Inside Maryland Sports (@Terrapins247) August 6, 2025
Jordan Philips, a 21-year-old defensive tackle, plays for the Miami Dolphins is one of the youngest players in the league. Another of the league’s youngest players is the Browns RB Dylan Sampson, who was born on Sep. 14, 2004, which makes him 21 as well.
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