Washington Commanders Icon Returning to Field at 66 to Pursue Olympic Gold?

One of the greatest players in Washington Commanders-Redskins history is returning to the field for the first time in 24 years, and it is all in an attempt to win Olympic gold in 2028.

In two years, the Olympics will return to the United States for the Los Angeles Summer Games. And for the first time, American football will be among the sports played. However, it won’t be traditional tackle football and will instead be the debut of flag football as an Olympic sport.

This week, the national team trials are taking place in Chula Vista, California, and among the athletes looking to make the USA football roster is a Hall of Famer. The Associated Press reports that Washington Commanders legend Darrell Green will be one of the players competing in the tryouts.

What makes the news so fascinating is that the seven-time Pro Bowler is just a few weeks removed from his 66th birthday. And the last time he played in an NFL game was all the way back in 2002. However, Green will go down as one of the greatest cornerbacks in league history because he was a freak athlete with epic speed, and it seems the senior citizen has something left in the tank.

Darrell Green has already impressed USA football officials

“Darrell qualified through our digital combine. He’s later in his career than the other trial participants, but his testing results were impressive,” senior director of high performance and national teams for USA football, Callie Brownson, told the AP. “Our coaches and staff felt he deserved a closer look. … He’s a rare athlete who has stayed in shape and is ready to compete this week.”

Green went viral in 2024 after a video emerged of how good an athlete the then-64-year-old still was while taking some high school players under the learning tree in a training session. Furthermore, this is the same man who ran a 4.2 40-yard dash when he was 40 years old back in 2000.

If there were any player who could stun USA football officials and make the team, it’s Darrell Green. It also helps that few current NFL stars will be taking part in flag football’s Olympic debut.

The corner played all 20 of his NFL seasons in Washington, and is their all-time leader in games played, interceptions, and defensive touchdowns. He was a first-ballot inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

By Jason Burgos

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