NFL owners voted Tuesday to allow the league’s players to try out for flag football teams at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The vote, which came at the spring league meeting in Minneapolis, was 32-0.
In response, it’s only natural to wonder which players could make up the U.S. men’s team.
Before we get to an answer, though, let’s set some ground rules. The games will be played in a five-on-five format, and teams will have 10-player rosters, so that essentially gives each team a two-deep depth chart.
Six yet-to-be-determined countries — including the U.S. — will field men’s flag football teams in the 2028 Olympics. Only one player from each NFL team can try out for each country. For example, that means the U.S. men’s team couldn’t have both Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles try out.
Roger Goodell calls passing of resolution to allow NFL players to compete in Olympic Flag football “great opportunity for the sport. For the NFL, it’s truly the next step in making NFL football, and football a global sport for men and women of all ages and all opportunities.” pic.twitter.com/aDyGdN68uI
— Mike Jones (@ByMikeJones) May 20, 2025
The traditional offensive alignment in five-on-five flag football is quarterback, center and three…
