We Can’t Believe How Many Uncrustables the Minnesota Vikings Eat Every Week

When you do a lot of strenuous physical work, you need to be able to provide your body the sustenance it needs! Whether you work in a physically taxing field or you workout a lot, getting the nutrients you need is important.

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I remember back in high school when I did competitive kickline plus I was in drumline (i.e. I was burning a TON of calories every day) I ate so. much. food. We would go to Panera a lot and I would down a bread bowl soup no problem. Literally yesterday I could barely finish a normal cup of soup and half a sandwich.

In other words, when you're extremely physically active, you need plenty of food, and that especially goes for professional football players.

How Many Calories Do Football Players Burn?

According to Clear Gear, football players burn the 4th most amount of calories per hour. They say football players burn an average of 735 calories per hour.

Number three, according to Clear Gear's study, is swimming (899 calories per hour), number two is boxing (981 calories per hour), and number one is skiing (1348 calories per hour).

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A registered dietician named Destini Moody spoke with Food Institute and said, “'[professional] football players burn about 3,000 calories per day, give or take a few hundred depending on their position'".

That's a ton! Which means they need to be taking in a ton of calories. And that's where the insane number of how many Uncrustables players in the NFL eat comes in.

How Many Uncrustables Are Consumed Each NFL Season

I saw this story circling recently about just how many Uncrustables NFL players eat each season.

The graphic I found came from NFL on CBS on Facebook. They say that NFL players eat more than 80,000 Uncrustables every season!

Some teams eat more Uncrustables than others, according to the graphic. They say that the Denver Broncos eat the most at 700 Uncrustables per week. That's crazy!

Food Institute says that each Uncrustable "contains 210 calories and 28 grams of carbs". On game day, NFL teams have 48 players on the roster. If each of the players on the Broncos eats the same amount of Uncrustables, that's 14.58 Uncrustables every week per player. That equates to about 3,062 calories and 408 grams of carbs just from Uncrustables!

However, registered dietician Destini Moody says it's perfect for pro football players: “'Peanut butter is rich in healthy fats that are dense in calories, allowing players to keep up with their calorie expenditure from exercise with a smaller volume of food.'"

How Many Uncrustables the Minnesota Vikings Consume Per Week

But what about our Minnesota Vikings? NFL on CBS says that the Vikings eat 200 Uncrustables every week. The regular season is 18 weeks (including the one bye week). That's a total of 3,600 Uncrustables per season.

Like all other NFL teams, the Vikings have 48 players on the roster for game day. If each of them has the same amount of Uncrustables, that's 4.17 Uncrustables per week per player

Who would have thought that the thing you wanted in your school lunch as a kid would also be one of the top foods for professional football players!