eakfootball
Footballguy
Ive noticed that mike williams is wearing #1 with the seahawks. i thought only kickers and punters could wear 1, cant WRs only wear 10-19 or 80-89 unless there converted from other positions like devin hester.
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how can mike williams wear #1 (1 Viewer)
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massraider
Footballguy
In the preseason, the rules are lax, sometimes there aren't enough numbers. Now that he made the team, he'll switch numbers, I assume.
eakfootball
Footballguy
ok becasue i figured he wasnt a converted punter
fridayfrenzy
Footballguy
He can not be #1. He is letting his daughter pick his new number for the season. #84 is available. 
Good thing Antonio Cromartie didn't take that approach. He'd be in Week 12 before he figured out which daughter he originally chose to pick his number.He can not be #1. He is letting his daughter pick his new number for the season. #84 is available.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
the moops
Footballguy
ExceptionsThere have been granted many exceptions to the rules. The most notable case may be former wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson, who was allowed to wear number 19 despite available numbers in the 80s. This, combined with the fact that more NFL teams were retiring 80s numbers, led to the league to allow wide receivers to wear numbers 10-19 in addition to 80s numbers in 2004.
Former New York Giants linebacker Brad Van Pelt was allowed to wear number 10 with the team despite not being covered in the grandfather clause, as the team drafted him in 1973, the year the newer jersey number system went into effect. This was because Van Pelt served as the team's backup kicker his rookie season.[5] Van Pelt did wear number 91 at the end of his career for the Los Angeles Raiders and Cleveland Browns.
While with the New England Patriots, current Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel wore number 50 despite also playing tight end in goal line offensive packages. As of December 2009, Vrabel still wears the same number.
Another former wide receiver, Dwight Stone, was allowed to wear number 20 when he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he spent the majority of his career. Stone did wear 80s numbers after he left the Steelers. Another former Steeler, tight end Matt Cushing, wore number 48, but he was listed as a "tight end/fullback", since he was also the team's backup fullback.
A number of current players wear numbers outside the range for their primary position. Tight ends Chris Cooley of the Washington Redskins and Jeff King of the Carolina Panthers both wear number 47. Tight end/linebacker Spencer Havner of the Green Bay Packers wears number 41. Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark wears number 44. Unlike the aforementioned Cushing, none of these players play any other position. In addition, Chicago Bears wide receiver/return specialist Devin Hester wears number 23, which represented the position the team originally drafted him for, cornerback. Hester was allowed to keep 23 after the team converted him to wide receiver. Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Aaron Kampman wears number 74, which represented the position for which he was drafted, defensive end (or defensive tackle). Kampman moved to linebacker since his former team, the Green Bay Packers switched from 4-3 defense to a 3-4 defense under the new defensive coordinator before the 2009 season (see Packers switch to from 4-3 to 3-4 defence).
Both current Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mike Furrey, wearing number 87, and New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss, wearing number 81, plays Safety and/or cornerback in some defensive packages by their respective teams. Baltimore Ravens tight end Edgar Jones wears number 84, but sometimes plays defensive end or outside linebacker, his original position when he signed with Baltimore in 2007. Devin Hester, with the Chicago Bears wears number 23 as a wide receiver because his original position is cornerback.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
You're right. I'm dumb. Link I posted was from like the Ice Bowl era. Carry on.
Touchdown Syndrome
Footballguy
Not true.Otto played before the modern uniform numbers standard was established. Teams don't even issue 0 or 00 as uniform numbers anymore, and haven't for years.A WR can't just say, "Hey NFL, let me wear #00", and it'll happen. He can wear 10-19 or 80-89...that's it. For RBs it's 20-49...that's it. IIRC Reggie Bush petitioned to wear his college #5 in the NFL and was flatly and unsurprisingly denied.The exceptions mentioned in the above post were often because the number was issued for the player's drafted position (such as Devin Hester getting a CB number). In the cases of Dallas Clark and Chris Cooley, a TE can wear a number in the 40's when a number in the 80s is unavailable (as far as I know anyway...I know a WR can wear a 10-19 number even if an 80s number is available).
Hipple Long Ware & Peete
Footballguy
wow has this shtick jumped the
