Joe Rogan has admitted he is not a big football fan, however he has had a few NFL superstars appear on the JRE podcast. And while Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Brock Lesnar, and Bill Goldberg all had brief stints in the NFL, and would make great guests, they have not yet appeared on the podcast.
The NFL players that have appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast are Arian Foster, Aaron Rodgers, and Derek Wolfe. In addition, UFC fighter Eryk Anders briefly signed with the Cleveland Browns after playing football at the University of Alabama.
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Derek Wolfe (NFL)
On JRE episode #1950, Derek Wolfe played defensive end in the NFL from 2012-2021 for the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens. He was drafted in the second round out of the University of Cincinnati and won Super Bowl 50 while playing with legends Peyton Manning and Von Miller for the Denver Broncos.
On the podcast with Rogan, Wolfe talked about his career in the NFL, being temporarily paralyzed from playing football, and his crazy mountain lion hunting experience. He now is a radio host in Denver for the show “The Drive.”
Aaron Rodgers (NFL)
Aaron Rodgers came onto the Joe Rogan Experience episode #1865 and is an NFL quarterback for the New York Jets, although he suffered an achilles tendon injury in his first game as a Jet. He has been in the NFL since 2005, playing for the Green Bay Packers, and then starting for the Jets in 2023.
For achievements, Rodgers has won Super Bowl XLV (45), Super Bowl MVP, 4-time NFL League MVP, 4-time first team All-Pro, and 10 NFL Pro Bowls. He will be an undeniable NFL Hall-of-Fame inductee when it is his time to get voted in.
On the JRE podcast, Rodgers “cleared the air” about his immunization controversy that made national news. They also talked about the rigors of players in the NFL and the overuse of pain killer medications among NFL players.
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Arian Foster (NFL)
On JRE #928, Arian Foster played in the NFL as a running back from 2009-2016, playing for the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins. Going from an undrafted free agent out of the University of Tennessee, he went on to become a 2-time first team NFL All-Pro as well making four Pro Bowls.
On the podcast, Foster talked about if he had to do it over again he would not have played football because of having 14 surgeries and emphasizing that the money wasn’t worth the damage he did to his body. He also talked about concussions, the use of weed in the NFL, and a funny conversation about whether he could kill a wolf.
Eryk Anders (College Football)
Although he never played football in the NFL, Eryk Anders did sign with the Cleveland Browns after playing football for the University of Alabama. As a senior he started 14 games for the Crimson Tide, and after the NFL did not work out, he went on to have a career in MMA competing in the UFC middleweight division.
Anders appeared on the JRE MMA Show #126 and talked about fighting Lyoto Machida, learning from his MMA losses, getting knocked unconscious from football, and whether he regrets not specializing in fighting sooner.
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