New York Giants Rookie Cam Skattebo’s NFL Knowledge Ages Fans originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The New York Giants drafted former Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo with the 105th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Skattebo is a bruising running back who should slot in nicely to New York’s running back rotation.
Skattebo brings an impressive resume to the NFL, rushing for 1,711 yards and crossing the end zone 24 times in the Pac-12 last season. At 23 years old, Skattebo will be among the youngest players on the field in each NFL game during his first season.
During a recent appearance on the St. Brown Brothers Podcast, Skattebo showed his age, failing to identify a number of 2000’s NFL greats.
Amon-Ra and Equanimeous St. Brown showed Skattebo photos of former NFL stars and asked him to identify them. It got ugly.
First and foremost; Calvin Johnson. Megatron. One of the greatest receivers in NFL history, and a Class of 2021 Hall of Fame inductee. After squinting at the screen, Skattebo gave a defeated “I got no idea who this is.” Amon-Ra St. Brown was baffled, asking Skattebo “There’s no way. When were you born?” To which Skattebo replied “2002.”
The rest of the quiz didn’t get much better. Hall of Famer Brett Favre? Nope. Former New York Giant receiver and Super Bowl Champion Golden Tate? Nope. Pro Bowler Marques Colston? Nope. 4-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl Champ Kam Chancellor? Nope. Hall of Fame All-2010s Teamer Darren Sproles? Nope.
Skattebo needed lifelines on every single one. While the clip was light-hearted and funny, it was a brutal watch if you grew up watching these stars play on Sundays.
Skattebo was also clearly not a fan of the FX show “The League,” which had memorable appearances from both Taco’s favorite cereal; Golden Tate, and D.A. Lipscomb’s favorite running back Darren Sproles.
On the bright side, it’s Skattebo’s job to break tackles and fight for yards, not scour football-reference for receiving yard leaders in the 2000s. If Skattebo becomes a star for New York, some day there will be a generation of young players who can’t recognize his face or name either. The hope for the Giants is he reaches that status.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.