- Sweetness, the enigmatic life of Walter Payton, Jeff Pearlman
- Go long!, my journey beyond the game and the fame, Jerry Rice with Brian Curtis
- Finish strong, a father's code and a son's path, Nate Ebner and Paul Daugherty ; foreword by Urban Meyer
- The mosquito bowl, a game of life and death in World War II, Buzz Bissinger
- The last folk hero, the life and myth of Bo Jackson, Jeff Pearlman
- No excuses, growing up deaf and achieving my Super Bowl dreams, Derrick Coleman, Jr., with Marcus Brotherton
- That's why I'm here, the Chris & Stefanie Spielman story, Chris Spielman with Bruce Hooley
- LT over the edge, tackling quarterbacks, drugs, and a world beyond football, Lawrence Taylor with Steve Serby
- Aaron Hernandez's killing fields, exposing untold murders, violence, cover-ups, and the NFL's shocking code of silence, Dylan Howard
- Jim Brown, the fierce life of an American hero, Mike Freeman
- QB, my life behind the spiral, Steve Young with Jeff Benedict
- The valley of the shadow of death, a tale of tragedy and redemption, Kermit Alexander, Alex Gerould, and Jeff Snipes
- Junior Seau, the life and death of a football icon, Jim Trotter
- Things that make white people uncomfortable, Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin ; foreword by Martellus Bennett
- Out of the pocket, football, fatherhood, and College GameDay Saturdays, Kirk Herbstreit ; with Gene Wojciechowski
- Path lit by lightning, the life of Jim Thorpe, David Maraniss
- The yards between us, a memoir of life, love, and football, R.K. Russell
- All the way, my life in four quarters / Joe Namath with Sean Mortimer and Don Yaeger
- Mind and matter, a life in math and football, John Urschel and Louisa Thomas
- Brady vs Manning, the untold story of the rivalry that transformed the NFL, Gary Myers
- The long snapper, a second chance, a Super Bowl, a lesson for life, Jeffrey Marx
- My life on the line, how the NFL damn near killed me, and ended up saving my life, Ryan O'Callaghan with Cyd Zeigler
- Believe, my faith and the tackle that changed my life, Eric Legrand with Mike Yorkey
- Boots on the ground by dusk, the life and death of Pat Tillman, Mary Tillman and Narda Zacchino
- Best of rivals, Joe Montana, Steve Young, and the inside story behind the NFL's greatest quarterback controversy, Adam Lazarus
- All-American murder, the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row, James Patterson and Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvkey
- Teammates, Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Barry Root
- Why football matters, my education in the game, Mark Edmundson
- Game day, Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Barry Root
- All-American murder, the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row, James Patterson & Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvkey
- All American, two young men, the 2001 Army-Navy game and the war they fought in Iraq, Steve Eubanks
- In the name of the father, family, football, and the Manning dynasty, Mark Ribowsky
- Coming back stronger, unleashing the hidden power of adversity, Drew Brees with Chris Fabry
- Namath, a biography, Mark Kriegel
- America's quarterback, Bart Starr and the rise of the National Football League, Keith Dunnavant
- A life impossible, living with ALS : finding peace and wisdom within a fragile existence, Steve Gleason with Jeff Duncan
- After the cheering stops, an NFL wife's story of concussions, loss, and the faith that saw her through, Cyndy Feasel, with Mike Yorkey
- Path lit by lightning, the life of Jim Thorpe, David Maraniss
- Through my eyes, Tim Tebow, with Nathan Whitaker
- Chasing space, an astronaut's story of grit, grace, and second chances, Leland Melvin
- The game, Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968, George Howe Colt
- The football 100, Mike Sando, Dan Pompei and The Athletic NFL staff
- Alan Ameche, the story of "the Horse", Dan Manoyan
- Rise, a soldier, a dream, and a promise kept, Daniel Rodriguez with Joe Layden
- All-American murder, the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row, James Patterson & Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvkey
- Through the banks of the red cedar, my father and the team that changed the game, Maya Washington
- The Mosquito Bowl, a game of life and death in World War II, Buzz Bissinger
- Unnecessary roughness, inside the trial and final days of Aaron Hernandez, Jose Baez with George Willis
- Slow getting up, a story of NFL survival from the bottom of the pile, Nate Jackson
- 53rd man, fighting to make it in the NFL, John Vampatella