This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) and have a last name that starts with "Y" or "Z". [lower-alpha 1] This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
The 1961 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), commonly known at the time as the Big 5 Conference, during the 1961 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bill Barnes, the Bruins compiled a 7–4 record, won the AAWU championship, outscored opponents by a total of 182 to 121, and were ranked No. 16 in the final Associated Press writers poll. They closed the season with a 21–3 loss to Minnesota in the 1962 Rose Bowl.
The National Football League 100th Anniversary All-Time Team was voted on by a panel consisting of media members, former players and league personnel in 2019 to honor the greatest players of the first 100 years of the National Football League (NFL). Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald, and Adam Vinatieri were the only active players when the team was revealed, while Bill Belichick was the only active head coach to be selected; Rob Gronkowski was retired in 2019, but did play in the NFL in 2020 and 2021. Tom Brady was the last active player after his retirement following the 2022 NFL season. Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Gale Sayers, Don Hutson, Chuck Bednarik, Gino Marchetti, and Dick "Night Train" Lane are also part of the NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team.
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1921, two years after their original founding by Curly Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at Lambeau Field in central Wisconsin. Over 1,800 people have played in at least one regular season or postseason game for the Packers since 1921. The team's all-time roster does not include players who only played in games during the 1919 or 1920 seasons. Players who only participated in preseason games or who only were signed to the practice squad are also excluded. Roster sizes have evolved since the early days of the NFL, growing from 18 roster spots in 1921 to the lower 50s by the 2020s.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears franchise and whose last names fall between "Kle" and "Z". For the rest of the players, see Chicago Bears all-time roster (A–Kla). This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions franchise and whose last names fall between "Lat" and "Z". For the rest of the players, see Detroit Lions all-time roster (A–Las). This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season. The Lions franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Portsmouth Spartans. In 1934, the franchise moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions, which was a play on the name of the Detroit Tigers.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams franchise and whose last names fall between "Kir" and "Z". For the rest of the players, see Los Angeles Rams all-time roster (A–Kin). This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.