Which school and conference can lay its claim as the producer of the best talent in the NFL? If you let the players decide, they'll tell you the SEC and Alabama and Georgia, according to the latest NFL 100 released this summer.
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The NFL 100 is a yearly list that is voted on by the players, ranking the best players currently in the NFL. Here we'll break down the most recent list by colleges and conferences to see where the best NFL talent comes from.
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NFL 100 By College
As you might expect, Alabama and Georgia produced the most players on the list with five each. Alabama's players included Julio Jones (No. 3), Landon Collins (No. 28), Amari Cooper (No. 53), Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (No. 77) and Dont'a Hightower (No. 94); while Georgia landed A.J. Green (No. 17), Matthew Stafford (No. 31), Geno Atkins (No. 68), Justin Houston (No. 76) andThomas Davis (No. 89) on the list.
Four schools had four players make the list: Oklahoma, Stanford, USC and Wisconsin. Here's who represents those colleges:
Oklahoma: DeMarco Murray (No. 33), Trent Williams (No. 47), Gerald McCoy (No. 52), Adrian Peterson (No. 98)
Stanford: Richard Sherman (No. 21), Andrew Luck (No. 51), Doug Baldwin (No. 88), David DeCastro (No. 97)
USC: Tyron Smith (No. 18), Clay Matthews (No. 82), Jurrell Casey (No. 86), Everson Griffen (No. 92)
Wisconsin: Russell Wilson (No. 24), Joe Thomas (No. 25), J.J. Watt (No. 35), Travis Frederick (No. 87)
Next in line, six schools have three players on the list, 13 have a pair of players, and 30 more schools landed at least one alum in the Top 100.
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NFL 100 By College Conference
Again, there won't be any surprises as the SEC has the most players on the list — 23 — making up nearly a quarter of the top 100 players. The Big Ten is next in line with 20 players, followed by the rest of the Power 5 conferences with the Pac-12 (16 players) the ACC (14 players) and the Big 12 (11 players).
Interestingly, the D2 football ranks (4 players) have as many players on the list as the MAC. The Mountain West Conference (2 players) and FBS Independents (RE Notre Dame) are next in line, while the AAC, C-USA, Sun Belt and FCS level each have one player on the list.
