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Today's Linkster #49 · NFL

Jason Kelce to Roquan Smith

On Monday, October 19, 2026, everyone playing the NFL Today's Linkster got the same two players: get from Jason Kelce to Roquan Smith in as few links as possible. Par was 3, counted through colleges, but any shared college, jersey number or team counted as a move.

The two players

  • Jason Kelce (C, 2017–2023) College: Cincinnati. Team: Philadelphia Eagles. Number: #62.
  • Roquan Smith (ILB, 2018–2026) College: Georgia. Teams: Baltimore Ravens and Chicago Bears. Numbers: #0, #18 and #58.

Seasons 2017–2026. Jersey numbers and teams only count from seasons in that range.

How it went

38 players solved it on the day (1 more gave up). 20 beat par with a shortcut, and 29 matched or beat it in all. The winning run was willreichard's: 2 moves in 0:09.0.

The answer

Show a shortest route

Through colleges alone it takes 3, which is par:

  1. Jason Kelce
  2. Cincinnati Pat O'Donnell
  3. Miami Tyrique Stevenson
  4. Georgia Roquan Smith

With every kind of link counting, it could be done in 2:

  1. Jason Kelce
  2. Philadelphia Eagles Kevin Byard
  3. Chicago Bears Roquan Smith