Despite the name “pig skin”, modern day footballs are not made of pigs. Rather, they are made of cow hide. The term pig skin refers to rugby/Aussie Rules Football (the game from which American football derived) whose balls were actually made pig skin.
The NFL orders approximately 12,800 footballs per season.
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