The FCS has more than 280 players on current 90-man NFL rosters, which obviously will be trimmed down to 53-man rosters by the time the regular season kicks off in September.
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That's a bunch of FCS talent playing in the NFL, and we wondered what would happen if we took that talent pool and put together an all FCS 53-man roster — starting lineup and bench and all. Would this team be a playoff team in the NFL? Take a look at the roster below, with your knowledge of the NFL, and consider whether this assemblage of talent could win games in the NFL. What would the team's name be?
We made sure to include rookies too, giving the top spots to rookies who were drafted the most highly.
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OFFENSE
| NFL TEAM | PLAYER | FCS SCHOOL | STARTER |
| PHILADELPHIA | Wentz, Carson | North Dakota State | QB |
| ARIZONA | Johnson, David | Northern Iowa | RB |
| NEW ENGLAND | Develin, James | Brown | *FB |
| CHICAGO | Gabriel, Taylor | Abilene Christian | *WR |
| L.A. RAMS | Kupp, Cooper | Eastern Washington | WR |
| NEW ENGLAND | Hogan, Chris | Monmouth (NJ) | WR |
| TAMPA BAY | Brate, Cameron | Harvard | TE |
| CLEVELAND | Tretter, JC | Cornell | OC |
| INDIANAPOLIS | Haeg, Joe | North Dakota State | OG |
| MINNESOTA | Easton, Nick | Harvard | OG |
| HOUSTON | Davenport, Julie'n | Bucknell | OT |
| NEW ORLEANS | Armstead, Terron | Arkansas – Pine Bluff | OT |
DEFENSE
| NFL TEAM | PLAYER | FCS SCHOOL | STARTER |
| TAMPA BAY | Spence, Noah | Eastern Kentucky | DE |
| NEW ENGLAND | Rivers, Derek | Youngstown State | DE |
| BALTIMORE | Pierce, Michael | Samford | DT |
| PITTSBURGH | Hargrave, Javon | South Carolina State | DT |
| DENVER | Davis, Todd | Sacramento State | ILB |
| BALTIMORE | Onwuasor, Patrick | Portland State | OLB |
| L.A. CHARGERS | Emanuel, Kyle | North Dakota State | OLB |
| N.Y. GIANTS | Jenkins, Janoris | North Alabama | CB |
| NEW YORK JETS | Johnson, Trumaine | Montana | CB |
| ARIZONA | Bethea, Antoine | Howard | FS |
| NEW YORK JETS | Skrine, Buster | Chattanooga | *DB |
| CAROLINA | Adams, Mike | Delaware | SS |
(*) – Indicates situational starter – 3rd receiver, fullback and nickel.
SPECIAL TEAMS
| NFL TEAM | PLAYER | FCS SCHOOL | STARTER |
| NEW YORK JETS | Edwards, Lachlan | Sam Houston State | P |
| INDIANAPOLIS | Vinatieri, Adam | South Dakota State | PK |
| DETROIT | Agnew, Jamal | San Diego | PR/KR |
| N.Y. GIANTS | DeOssie, Zak | Brown | LS |
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THE RESERVES
| NFL TEAM | PLAYER | FCS SCHOOL | POS |
| CAROLINA | Bradberry, James | Samford | DB |
| ATLANTA | Alford, Robert | Southeastern Louisiana | DB |
| BALTIMORE | Ricard, Patrick | Maine | DE/FB |
| SAN FRANCISCO | Juszczyk, Kyle | Harvard | FB |
| TAMPA BAY | Smith, Evan | Idaho State | OL |
| KANSAS CITY | Williams, Xavier | Northern Iowa | DL |
| L.A. RAMS | Ebukam, Samson | Eastern Washington | LB |
| BALTIMORE | Flacco, Joe | Delaware | QB |
| NEW YORK JETS | McCown, Josh | Sam Houston State | QB |
| NEW YORK JETS | Crowell, Isaiah | Alabama State | RB |
| SAN FRANCISCO | Tartt, Jaquiski | Samford | DB |
| TAMPA BAY | Smith, Ryan | North Carolina Central | CB |
| ARIZONA | Edmonds, Chase | Fordham | RB |
| BUFFALO | Johnson, Taron | Weber State | CB |
| CHICAGO | Nichols, Bilal | Delaware | DT |
| CINCINNATI | Harris, Davontae | Illinois State | CB |
| GREEN BAY | Donnerson, Kendall | SEMO | LB |
| L.A. RAMS | Franklin, John | Stephen F. Austin | DE |
| NEW ENGLAND | Crossen, Keion | Western Carolina | CB |
| OAKLAND | Parker, Brandon | North Carolina A&T | OT |
| INDIANAPOLIS | Leonard, Darius | South Carolina State | ILB |
| OAKLAND | Hall, PJ | Sam Houston State | DT |
| CHICAGO | Cohen, Tarik | North Carolina A&T | RB |
| PHILADELPHIA | Goedert, Dallas | South Dakota State | TE |
| MIAMI | Allen, Chase | Southern Illinois | ILB |
