5 NFL players who have publicly opposed the COVID vaccination protocol

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins

#3 - Leonard Fournette, RB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

“Playoff Lenny” is also “No Jab Lenny.” The Buccaneer’s starting RB also tweeted out earlier this year his thoughts on the vaccine:

“Vaccine I can’t do it . . .”

His tweet was deleted shortly after that. In September, head coach Bruce Arians later disclosed that every Buccaneers player, coach, and personnel are 100% vaccinated.

#2 - DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Arizona Cardinals

The star wide receiver of the Arizona Cardinals was one of the first notable NFL players to voice their concerns and displeasure with the NFL vaccination protocol. In a tweet, Hopkins stated his thoughts on the matter:

“Never thought I would say this, but being put in a position to hurt my team because I don’t want to partake in the vaccine is making me question my future in the NFL.”

He would delete that tweet soon after.

#1 - Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers

Of the 5.9% (of apparently unvaccinated NFL players), you cannot get a bigger voice against the vaccine than the reigning league MVP. Aaron Rodgers made waves on and off the field when he had to sit out the superstar matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs because of testing positive for COVID-19.

Because he was unvaccinated, his time to return was longer and he was forced to sit out. If he doesn’t produce two negative tests 24 hours apart and clear hurdles by Sunday, Week 10, he could miss another game against the Seattle Seahawks.

Rodgers took his shots off the field and called out all the critics who took their shots at him when appearing on his regular stint with The Pat McAfee Show.