To honor the 2014 Major League Baseball season, we thought it would be fun to select the best players who wore number 14 for each major league team. Fouts played his entire NFL career with the San Diego Chargers, between the years of 1973 to 1987. NFL's best active players by jersey number, from 1 to 99 | Sporting News SN names the best NFL player at each jersey number — 1 through 99 — for the 2017 season. A third round selection in the 1973 NFL draft, out of the University of Oregon, Fouts played in ten games in his rookie year of 1973. LISTING OF PRIMARY NUMBERS IN CAPS; Secondary Numbers in lower case Pro Football Hall of Famers by Jersey Numbers Class of 2004 inductee Bob Brown wore #76 with the Eagles, Rams, and Raiders. The choice made here however, is Dan Fouts, as the best NFL athlete to wear jersey number 14. Jersey numbers are oftentimes an afterthought, arbitrarily handed out to a player with little rhyme or reason. The Best Players of the Super Bowl Era by Uniform Number.