Green Bay’s Randall Cobb, first NFL player born in 1990s, tears it up in rookie debut

Yahoo Sports ^ | Sep 09 2011 | By Doug Farrar

[US Navy Vet]

Ready to feel just a bit older than you did before? Check this little factoid out.

Green Bay Packers rookie Randall Cobb(notes), the team's second-round pick out of Kentucky, is the first person born in the 1990s to play in an NFL game. That's right — the 5-foot-10, 191-pound 2011 junior was born on August 22, 1990, just a year before the beginning of the career of New Orleans Saints kicker John Kasay(notes). Kasay was on the wrong side of the Packers' 42-34 season-opening win, and Cobb made all the difference in his first regular season NFL game.

[US Navy Vet]

Just WOW!

[From The Deer Stand]

GO PACK!

[Baynative]

"Back to Cobb. The man who amassed 980 kick return yards and no touchdowns in his entire collegiate career, ~snip~
Of course, Cobb is no stranger to the concept of coming up big in big moments — in Kentucky's 37-34 heartbreaking loss to eventual national champs Auburn last October, Cobb caught a touchdown pass, threw for another, and rushed for two more."

Poor reporting? I don't get it...

[SaintDismas]

Except it isn’t true. Tyron Smith rookie on the Dallas Cowboys is the youngest player in the league only 20 years old. I guess if you’re talking about a regular season game, then I guess it’s true.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

And he's loaded for bear!!

[Ingtar]

If the Saints hadn’t tried the same stupid play on 3 or 4 different short yardage situations, we might at least have seen overtime. That was two very evenly matched teams last night.

[dfwgator]

Yep, those two teams probably will cross paths again down the road.

[Ingtar]

Can you think of another team that could have even kept it that close last night?

[Nonsense Unlimited]

The way I read it Cobb is not the youngest, just the first born in the 1990s.

I have no idea why that is relevant to anything.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

Except it isn’t true. Tyron Smith rookie on the Dallas Cowboys is the youngest player in the league only 20 years old. I guess if you’re talking about a regular season game, then I guess it’s true.

Like all NFL stats, the pre-season simply doesn't count, nor should it.

[Kozak]

Heard him interviewed about the game. The TD pass was a blown route. The kickoff return was also a mistake, he was supposed to take a knee. Hope he keeps making mistakes like that all year!!!

[Hatteras]

LOL! That is exactly what I thought of when I read this kid’s name. ;-)

[kevkrom]

I believe the “no touchdowns” was in reference to kick returns, not rushing, passing, or receiving.

[Baynative]

I think you’re right. When I re-read it that way it does make sense.

[big'ol_freeper]

Go Pack Go!