Even hardcore professionals now agree to wear a flag belt on occasion. The NFL Pro Bowl has been a 7-on-7 flag football game since 2023.

After NFL owners approved players to play flag football at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 2028 earlier this month, players and fans alike have been dreaming about the potential squad the ...

Now 35, he has played flag — never tackle — since he was 8 years old. He stands 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds, but as he once said, flag football makes quarterback a “size-less position.” ...

NFL players will be allowed to compete in the Olympics for the Team USA flag football team when the Summer Games hit Los Angeles in 2028. Darrell Doucette III is already on the U.S. men’s ...

USA Football, the governing body of U.S. flag football responsible for selecting the national team, has not outlined how NFL players will fit into the tryout process for the 2028 Olympic cycle.

Doucette first made headlines during the summer of 2024 when he proclaimed he would be "better than Patrick Mahomes" at flag football because of his "IQ of the game." "I know he’s right now the ...

In 2023, about 500,000 girls ages 6-17 played flag football, according to an NFHS report in January 2025 — an increase of 63% from 2019.

Some flag football players have been competing on big stages for years now, such as quarterback Darrell "Housh" Doucette, who has led the U.S. national team to four global championships and ...

“I’ll be a little older by the time that thing comes around.” Mahomes turns 30 years old in September. The Olympic flag football competition is scheduled a few months prior to his 33rd birthday.