Kolb's No. 4 jersey gains popularity

Posted: May 06, 2010

The change from No. 5 to No. 4 won't just be seen in the Eagles' huddle.

It will be seen on the backs of fans throughout the region, if the NFL's jersey-sales figures on the NFL's website for April are an early indication.

New Eagles starter Kevin Kolb's No. 4 was ranked 12th in sales.

If that is a substantial feat for a quarterback with two career starts, consider that the best-selling jersey for the month was rookie Tim Tebow's No. 15 for Denver. Tebow had the best-selling rookie jersey since the NFL started keeping track in 2006. Thirty percent of the orders came from Florida.

Behind Tebow was Donovan McNabb's new No. 5 jersey with Washington. McNabb's Eagles jersey wasn't even in the top 25 for the year ending March 31, trailing even teammate Michael Vick.

The rest of the top 10 is Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, LaDainian Tomlinson, Tony Romo, Ndamukong Suh, Sam Bradford and Troy Polamalu.

Ben Roethlisberger, a longtime mainstay among the league's most popular jerseys, ranked 11th for the year ending March 31. He's nowhere to be seen in the top 25 for April, a month when he was suspended without pay for six games.

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