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The 2023 NFL season marks a recent begin for the lately reinstated Calvin Ridley in various methods. He will play for a brand new staff for the primary time in his profession after spending the 2018-2021 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons following his choice because the twenty sixth total choose within the 2018 NFL Draft out of Alabama. The former first spherical choose will even put on a brand new jersey quantity for the primary time in his NFL profession after sporting 18 in every of his first 4 seasons. Furthermore, his jersey switch-up is historic, as Ridley seems to be the primary participant within the league to make the most of Tuesday’s NFL enjoying guidelines modification that enables using zero (0) as a jersey quantity.
The Philadelphia Eagles proposed the rule modification to the NFL’s Rule 5, Section 1, Article 2 of their rulebook that stipulates what jersey numbers gamers can put on. Their proposal was permitted Tuesday on the NFL homeowners conferences in Phoenix, Arizona. Now, any participant can put on the quantity zero (0), and kicker and punters can put on any jersey quantity between 0-49 and 90-99.
Per Jaguars PR, by way of ESPN, here is a have a look at what Ridley will seem like when he takes the sector in 2023.
However, the 2023 season will not be the primary the place NFL gamers wore zero. The numbers “0” and “00” was once worn, most notably by Raiders Hall of Fame heart Jim Otto. He rocked the double zero quantity for 14 seasons, from 1961-74.
Back in 2020, the NCAA allowed for gamers to put on the one zero. The yr after, the NFL made a jersey change, permitting broad receivers, working backs, linebackers and defensive backs to put on single-digit jersey numbers.
