06-07-2025
We hit 63 in our Raiders countdown to kickoff. Who wore it best and who's wearing it now
We've reached 63 days until the Raiders season opener at Foxboro against the Patriots, With our countdown at 63 days we take a look at who currently dons the number in Silver & Black and who has brought it the most distinction.
No. 63
Who's wearing it now: No one
In fact, the number hasn't been used in the regular season by a Raiders player since 2013 when Lamar Mady wore it for seven games. Before that, you have to go back to 2003 when Barret Robbins wore it.
Who wore it best: G Gene Upshaw
The man known as Highway 63 paved the way to help the Raiders win two Super Bowls. He was a starter from day one as a rookie and the Raiders went to their first Super Bowl. To this day he is the only player in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl with the same team in three different decades. And he went to seven Pro Bowls and was named an All Pro five times along the way. He played for 15 years and for the first 14 of those years, he never missed a game or a start. An NFL record 231 straight games.
Upshaw was a member of the Hall of Fame All 1970s team and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987. He later was named the Executive Director of the NFL Players Association. He passed away of pancreatic cancer in 2008 five days after his 63rd birthday.
