Is Dennis Rodman a New York Jets fan?
Reportedly, yes. Dennis Rodman is a New York Jets fan, according to CBS Detroit (AP wire story).
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“It's time to take over New York. No more Giants, but the New York Jets. Jets, Jets, Jets.”
CBS Detroit (AP wire story), 2016.
Last checked November 6, 2026: the quote still matched the page word for word.
What has Dennis Rodman said about the New York Jets?
The Jets claim traces to a 2016 AP wire story carried by CBS Detroit, in which Dennis Rodman is quoted saying: "It's time to take over New York. No more Giants, but the New York Jets. Jets, Jets, Jets." Because the claim comes through that outlet's reporting and not through an interview or post of his own that anyone has put in front of us, the accurate description is that he is reportedly a Jets fan. The quote is his, but the label is the outlet's.
Did Dennis Rodman grow up a New York Jets fan?
Nothing in his background points to the Jets as a childhood team. Rodman was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on May 13, 1961, but he and his two sisters, Debra and Kim, grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, and he went to South Oak Cliff High School there. His college years were spent at North Central Texas and then Southeastern Oklahoma State. None of those places is New York, and no date is given for when he took up the Jets, so the story here is a stated favorite and not a hometown inheritance.
The Jets quote does not appear to be about geography in any case. It reads as a statement about New York as a whole, with the Giants set aside in favor of the Jets.
Does Dennis Rodman like the New York Jets?
By the 2016 report, yes. He named them as the team he was backing and repeated their name three times. There is no sign in the material that this ended or that anyone disputes it, though it also has no second outlet behind it. It stands as one reported statement from 2016.
His pro career gives a different set of cities: Detroit from 1986 to 1993, San Antonio from 1993 to 1995, Chicago from 1995 to 1998, then the Lakers in 1999 and the Mavericks in 2000, followed by a run of lower-level and overseas teams through 2006. None of those stops was in the New York area, so the Jets interest does not come from a team he played for.
Does Rodman root for other teams too?
He does. Separately from the Jets, Rodman has named the Dallas Cowboys as a team of his in his own words. That fits with having grown up in Dallas, and it sits alongside the Jets report without any stated conflict between the two.
Which other athletes are New York Jets fans?
No other players are named as Jets fans here.
Questions people ask
Is Dennis Rodman a New York Jets fan?
Reportedly, yes. CBS Detroit ran an AP wire story in 2016 quoting him backing the Jets, but it is a reported fandom and not one confirmed in a separate statement of his own.
What has Dennis Rodman said about the New York Jets?
The 2016 story quotes him saying: "It's time to take over New York. No more Giants, but the New York Jets. Jets, Jets, Jets."
Did Dennis Rodman grow up a New York Jets fan?
There is nothing to say so. He was born in Trenton, New Jersey, but grew up in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.
Which other athletes are New York Jets fans?
No other players are named as Jets fans here.