Fifteen former FCS players are currently on active rosters for the four remaining NFL teams. That total climbs to 23 when including Reserve/Injured and Practice Squad players.
Buffalo and Kansas City square off in the AFC title game, while Washington and Philadelphia play in the NFC championship game.
Here are past FCS players on those rosters.
Players who played multiple years in the FCS and their final year in the FBS will be included. Those who played multiple years in the FBS to end their college careers won’t be included.
Washington
Active:
Grambling State — OL Trent Scott (#73)
Harvard — LS Tyler Ott (#69)
Southern Illinois — S Jeremy Chinn (#11)
Practice Squad:
Norfolk State — CB Bobby Price
Philadelphia
Active:
Houston Christian — OLB Jalyx Hunt (#58)
Old Dominion — LS Rick Lovato (#49)
Sam Houston — S Tristin McCollum (#36)
South Dakota State — TE Dallas Goedert (#88)
Reserve/Injured:
Samford — DB James Bradberry IV
Buffalo
Active:
Bryant/Buffalo — LB Joe Andreessen (#44)
NC Central — CB Brandon Codrington (#29)
Northern Iowa — OL Spencer Brown (#79)
Villanova — CB Christian Benford (#47)
Weber State — CB Taron Johnson (#7)
Practice Squad:
Campbell — OL Mike Edwards
Kansas City
Active:
Holy Cross — OL C.J. Hanson (#61)
North Dakota State — QB Carson Wentz (#11)
Penn — WR Justin Watson (#84)
Reserve/Injured:
South Dakota — LB Jack Cochrane
Reserve/Non-Football Illness:
Stephen F. Austin — DE BJ Thompson
Practice Squad:
Harvard — TE Anthony Firkser
South Dakota State/Samford — QB Chris Oladokun
Samford — WR Montrell Washington