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🏈 Guess the NFL player

Balltelligence's NFL game asks you to name a mystery football player. In Classic you get 8 guesses at a current player, and every guess shows seven clue tiles. In Legacy you name an all-time great from NFL history in 3 guesses.

Play today's NFL Daily

Who can be the answer?

• Daily: one of 46 current NFL stars. Everyone gets the same player that day.
• Free Play: pick a pool when a round starts: Stars (46 players), Regulars (179) or Full roster (1698). It locks in with your first guess.
• Any guess: you can guess anyone on a current roster, all 1698 of them, even when they can't be the answer.

Rosters: 2026 season rosters (as of Sep 22, 2026).

Reading the NFL clue tiles

Each guess fills a row: Team, Conf, Div, Pos, Ht, Age and #. Green means an exact match. Yellow means close: height, age or number within 2, or a position in the same group. Gray means no match, and arrows show whether the answer is higher or lower.

• Team: the team's abbreviation (see the list below). Green or gray only.
• Conf: AFC or NFC.
• Div: the division, shortened, for example AFC E, AFC N or AFC S.
• Pos: green for the same position, yellow for the same position group:
  • Quarterbacks: QB (quarterback)
  • Running backs: RB (running back), FB (fullback)
  • Receivers: WR (wide receiver), TE (tight end)
  • Offensive line: OT (offensive tackle), OG (offensive guard), C (center)
  • Defensive line: DE (defensive end), DT (defensive tackle)
  • Linebackers: LB (linebacker)
  • Secondary: CB (cornerback), S (safety)
  • Specialists: K (kicker), P (punter), LS (long snapper)
• Ht, Age, #: height, age today and jersey number, with arrows.

After 3 guesses you can take up to 3 hints (the draft and country, then initials, then the jersey badge). Hard mode hides Conf and Div and turns hints off.

NFL Legacy

Legacy picks a retired NFL legend. You see the number, the first and last seasons, every team and the career honors (Pro Bowl selections, league titles and awards). Each miss unlocks a clue written by us. The game has 233 hand-picked NFL legends, and 156 of the best known can be the Legacy Daily. In Legacy Free Play, choose the eras you want, from the 1920s to the 2020s.

Recent NFL answers

Finished Dailies, with a write-up of each answer (spoilers):

• Sun, Oct 25
• Sat, Oct 24
• Fri, Oct 23
• Thu, Oct 22
• Wed, Oct 21
• Tue, Oct 20
• Mon, Oct 19

All past answers

NFL teams and their tile abbreviations