Which colleges lead the way when it comes to producing NFL talent? It likely won’t surprise you to see who tops the list of colleges with the most NFL players on 53-man rosters heading into week one of the season.
As of Sept. 3, 2018 and the announced 53-man rosters heading into the regular season, LSU, Alabama and Florida top the list.
LSU can almost field an entire 53-man roster on its own, with 50 former Tigers on initial 53-man rosters. They have two more players on 53-man rosters than fellow SEC team Alabama and seven more than Florida.
Behind Alabama’s 48 players and Florida’s 43, Miami, Ohio State and USC each have 40 alumni in the NFL on 53-man rosters. Florida State, Clemson, Auburn, Georgia and UCLA round out the teams with at least 30 alumni on NFL 53-man rosters.
Here’s a look at every single college with a player on an NFL 53-man roster (again, rosters as of 9/3/2018):
| COLLEGE | NFL PLAYERS |
|---|---|
| LSU | 50 |
| Alabama | 48 |
| Florida | 43 |
| Miami | 40 |
| Ohio State | 40 |
| USC | 40 |
| Florida State | 36 |
| Clemson | 33 |
| Auburn | 31 |
| Georgia | 31 |
| UCLA | 31 |
| Michigan | 29 |
| Penn State | 29 |
| Stanford | 28 |
| Tennessee | 28 |
| Notre Dame | 27 |
| Oklahoma | 27 |
| California | 26 |
| Iowa | 26 |
| Texas | 26 |
| Texas A&M | 26 |
| Wisconsin | 25 |
| Ole Miss | 23 |
| Nebraska | 22 |
| South Carolina | 22 |
| Washington | 22 |
| Mississippi State | 21 |
| Oregon | 20 |
| Louisville | 19 |
| Michigan State | 19 |
| North Carolina | 19 |
| Pittsburgh | 18 |
| Utah | 18 |
| Missouri | 17 |
| NC State | 17 |
| UCF | 17 |
| Virginia Tech | 17 |
| West Virginia | 17 |
| TCU | 16 |
| Arkansas | 15 |
| Boise State | 15 |
| Illinois | 15 |
| Oregon State | 15 |
| Rutgers | 15 |
| Cincinnati | 14 |
| Colorado | 14 |
| SMU | 14 |
| Temple | 14 |
| Arizona State | 13 |
| Oklahoma State | 13 |
| Texas Tech | 13 |
| Boston College | 11 |
| Louisiana Tech | 11 |
| Maryland | 11 |
| Southern Mississippi | 11 |
| Virginia | 11 |
| No College | 10 |
| Central Michigan | 10 |
| Indiana | 10 |
| Kansas State | 10 |
| Memphis | 10 |
| Northwestern | 10 |
| Purdue | 10 |
| Utah State | 10 |
| Baylor | 9 |
| Duke | 9 |
| Georgia Tech | 9 |
| Harvard | 9 |
| Houston | 9 |
| Rice | 9 |
| South Florida | 9 |
| Toledo | 9 |
| UConn | 9 |
| Wake Forest | 9 |
| Arizona | 8 |
| BYU | 8 |
| Florida Atlantic | 8 |
| Kentucky | 8 |
| San Jose State | 8 |
| Vanderbilt | 8 |
| Wyoming | 8 |
| Fresno State | 7 |
| Minnesota | 7 |
| UTEP | 7 |
| Western Kentucky | 7 |
| Delaware | 6 |
| Illinois State | 6 |
| James Madison | 6 |
| Middle Tennessee | 6 |
| Nevada | 6 |
| North Dakota State | 6 |
| Tulane | 6 |
| Washington State | 6 |
| Western Michigan | 6 |
| Appalachian State | 5 |
| Chattanooga | 5 |
| Colorado State | 5 |
| Eastern Michigan | 5 |
| Eastern Washington | 5 |
| Ferris State | 5 |
| Iowa State | 5 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| South Carolina State | 5 |
| Syracuse | 5 |
| West Alabama | 5 |
| East Carolina | 4 |
| Georgia State | 4 |
| Hawai’i | 4 |
| Idaho | 4 |
| Kent State | 4 |
| Louisiana | 4 |
| Marshall | 4 |
| Missouri Western | 4 |
| New Mexico | 4 |
| Northern Illinois | 4 |
| Northern Iowa | 4 |
| Old Dominion | 4 |
| Samford | 4 |
| San Diego State | 4 |
| South Dakota State | 4 |
| UAB | 4 |
| UNLV | 4 |
| Villanova | 4 |
| West Georgia | 4 |
| Brown | 3 |
| Buffalo | 3 |
| California (PA) | 3 |
| Coastal Carolina | 3 |
| Colorado State-Pueblo | 3 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 3 |
| Florida Intl | 3 |
| Georgia Southern | 3 |
| Jacksonville State | 3 |
| Miami (OH) | 3 |
| Monmouth | 3 |
| New Mexico State | 3 |
| North Carolina A&T | 3 |
| Ohio | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 |
| Richmond | 3 |
| Sam Houston State | 3 |
| Texas State | 3 |
| Towson | 3 |
| Troy | 3 |
| UMass | 3 |
| UTSA | 3 |
| William & Mary | 3 |
| Youngstown State | 3 |
| Akron | 2 |
| Arkansas State | 2 |
| Central Arkansas | 2 |
| Eastern Illinois | 2 |
| Grambling | 2 |
| Grand Valley State | 2 |
| Hillsdale | 2 |
| Idaho State | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Mars Hill | 2 |
| Midwestern State | 2 |
| Minnesota State | 2 |
| Missouri State | 2 |
| Montana | 2 |
| Montana State | 2 |
| North Texas | 2 |
| Portland State | 2 |
| Sacramento State | 2 |
| Southern Illinois | 2 |
| Southern Utah | 2 |
| Stony Brook | 2 |
| Tennessee State | 2 |
| University of Regina | 2 |
| Valdosta State | 2 |
| West Texas A&M | 2 |
| Western Carolina | 2 |
| Abilene Christian | 1 |
| Air Force | 1 |
| Alabama State | 1 |
| Albany State (GA) | 1 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 |
| Army | 1 |
| Ashland | 1 |
| Assumption | 1 |
| Augustana (SD) | 1 |
| Ball State | 1 |
| Belhaven University | 1 |
| Beloit College | 1 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 1 |
| Bloomsburg | 1 |
| Bowie State | 1 |
| Bowling Green | 1 |
| Bucknell | 1 |
| Cal Poly | 1 |
| Canisius | 1 |
| Carson-Newman | 1 |
| Central Missouri State | 1 |
| Charlotte | 1 |
| Columbia | 1 |
| Concordia (MN) | 1 |
| Concordia-St. Paul | 1 |
| Cornell | 1 |
| Delaware State | 1 |
| Drake | 1 |
| East Central | 1 |
| Fairmont State | 1 |
| Fordham | 1 |
| Fort Hays State | 1 |
| Fort Valley State | 1 |
| Furman | 1 |
| Hobart | 1 |
| Humboldt State | 1 |
| Incarnate Word | 1 |
| Indiana State | 1 |
| Jacksonville | 1 |
| Kentucky Wesleyan | 1 |
| Liberty | 1 |
| Limestone | 1 |
| Lindenwood | 1 |
| Louisiana College | 1 |
| Manitoba | 1 |
| Marian | 1 |
| Marist | 1 |
| Missouri Southern State | 1 |
| Monmouth (IL) | 1 |
| Mount Union | 1 |
| Navy | 1 |
| Nebraska-Omaha | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 1 |
| Newberry | 1 |
| North Alabama | 1 |
| North Carolina Central | 1 |
| North Greenville | 1 |
| Northern Colorado | 1 |
| Northern Michigan | 1 |
| Northwest Missouri State | 1 |
| Northwestern (IA) | 1 |
| Pittsburg State | 1 |
| Presbyterian College | 1 |
| Princeton | 1 |
| Saginaw Valley | 1 |
| San Diego | 1 |
| Shepherd | 1 |
| Shippensburg | 1 |
| Sioux Falls | 1 |
| Slippery Rock | 1 |
| South Alabama | 1 |
| South Dakota | 1 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1 |
| Southern | 1 |
| Southern Oregon | 1 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 |
| Stetson | 1 |
| Texas A&M-Commerce | 1 |
| The Citadel | 1 |
| Tiffin University | 1 |
| Tulsa | 1 |
| UC Irvine | 1 |
| UW-Whitewater | 1 |
| Virginia State | 1 |
| Wagner | 1 |
| Weber State | 1 |
| Western Illinois | 1 |
| Western Oregon | 1 |
| Western State Colorado | 1 |
| William Penn | 1 |
| Winston-Salem | 1 |
| Wisconsin-Platteville | 1 |
| Yale | 1 |
