This NFL puzzle ran on Sep 12, 2026. The task was to connect Donald Driver to Nate Wiggins with a chain of real players. The objective: “Your chain must include a Texas or Ohio State alum.” Par was 3 links.
Donald Driver (WR) played in the NFL from 1999 to 2012. A one-team career, spent with the Green Bay Packers (1999 to 2012). College: Alcorn State. As the Start of the chain, a household name like this gives you a lot of teammates to branch from, which makes it a friendly place to begin.
Nate Wiggins (DB) played in the NFL from 2024 to 2026. A one-team career, spent with the Baltimore Ravens (2024 to 2026). College: Clemson. As the Finish of the chain, a household name like this gives you a lot of teammates to branch from, which makes it a friendly place to begin.
Donald Driver and Nate Wiggins do not share a team or a college, so there is no direct link. You need at least one connector in between, and the objective decides which ones are allowed to count.
This was a college objective with two accepted schools. The chain has to pass through an alum of either one. Of the 17,973 players in the pool, 576 satisfy it. The best known are Cris Carter (WR, 1990 to 2002), Ezekiel Elliott (RB, 2016 to 2024), Joey Bosa (DL, 2016 to 2025), Nick Bosa (DL, 2019 to 2026), Eddie George (RB, 1996 to 2004), and Joe Burrow (QB, 2020 to 2026).
31 of those players share a team or college with Donald Driver, and 23 share one with Nate Wiggins. The Finish is the tighter side, so it often pays to work backward from Nate Wiggins.
One shortest chain found by searching the full player pool, preferring the best known names at every step:
Many other chains work. Scoring rewards lower-profile connectors, so the best-known route is rarely the highest scoring one.
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