7 former NFL stars with sons who just committed to college football programs

Some big names with kids off to major programs.

Earlier this year, we got to see the children of Patrick Surtain, Joe Horn and Asante Samuel get drafted into the NFL.

Yes, it made some of us (ahem, me) feel old.

But after National Signing Day went down earlier this week, we now have a bunch of ex-NFL players who have kids going to college, some of whom may end up in the league someday. This started when I heard Antonio Gates’s kid was off to Michigan State, and started looking around and … lots of ex-NFLer sons here!

Let’s run through the notable names who have some famous fathers: