In the early 1960s, Roger Brown of the Detroit Lions became the NFL’s first 300-pound player. Some 60 years later, every team is loaded with 300 pounders along their offensive and defensive lines. It’s no secret that football players have gotten bigger, faster, stronger and heavier over the years — that goes for every level of football.
But who is the heaviest player, ever, at the highest level of football?
It took another 50 years before a player passed the 400-pound mark in the NFL but it probably won’t be long before another joins those ranks. Here are the 15 heaviest players in NFL history.
