Indianapolis Colts unretired longtime NFL veteran quarterback Philip Rivers will wear #17 again for the Horseshoe, which was the same number he wore back in 2020—and throughout his 8x NFL Pro Bowl career with the Chargers organization, as well as for NC State and in high school:
Because injured starting quarterback Daniel Jones was placed on injured reserve with a season-ending Achilles injury, his #17 is eligible to be recirculated to Rivers for the remainder of the 2025 campaign.
Per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, an NFL spokesman indicated that, “The league approved it as it does not present a competitive issue as one player will be wearing that number.”
It may not mean much, but Rivers likely would’ve looked weird with another jersey number (and we all know #18 was already unavailable!)
It’s best to have the 44-year-old quarterback most comfortable resuming his pro career, and it also provides Colts fans who bought a Rivers jersey back in 2020 the opportunity to wear a current one again—without any change to a new jersey number for the remainder of this year.
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