One school has sent four alumni into the NFL this season and a pair of NFL teammates went to the same high school.
Video: Jameis Winston high school highlights
Before the Buccaneers, Winston led the Hueytown High football team. See him in action.Who's got the ultimate bragging rights when it comes to sending players to the NFL from the high school ranks in Alabama?
To find out, MaxPreps and Lateral Sports teamed up and found the alma mater of every player on an NFL roster as of opening day (we included suspended and injured reserve players). Then we broke it all down by state and came up with the table below.
You will find that Alabama has sent 68 players to the league this season, and that more come from
Vigor (Prichard) than any other school in the state, with four. Second place is a tie among 12 different schools with two players each.
Want some more fun facts? How about these:
- The AFC North loves Alabama kids. The Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals each have five players from Alabama schools, the most in the league.
- A pair of starting quarterbacks come from the state in the Chargers' Philip Rivers and the Buccaneers' Jameis Winston.
- Davidson High alumni Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward play together for the San Francisco 49ers.
- Only two of 32 NFL teams don't have players from Alabama on their rosters: Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins.
- Fifty-three different Alabama schools have players on 2016 NFL rosters.
2016 NFL players from Alabama high schools
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| Anniston |
Troymaine Pope |
RB |
New York Jets |
| Athens |
Philip Rivers |
QB |
San Diego Chargers |
| Auburn |
Cody Core |
WR |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Auburn |
DeMarcus Ware |
OLB |
Denver Broncos |
| Baldwin County |
Wallace Gilberry |
DE |
Detroit Lions |
| Beauregard |
Lardarius Webb |
CB |
Baltimore Ravens |
| Bibb County |
Ben Jones |
C |
Tennessee Titans |
| Bob Jones |
Reggie Ragland |
ILB |
Buffalo Bills |
| Booker T. Washington |
Zamir Carlis |
DT |
San Diego Chargers |
| Carroll |
Steve McLendon |
DT |
New York Jets |
| Carroll |
Larry Donnell |
TE |
New York Giants |
| Central |
Rakeem Nunez-Roches |
DT |
Kansas City Chiefs |
| Clay-Chalkville |
Quinton Dial |
DE |
San Francisco 49ers |
| Columbia |
Trey Flowers |
DE |
New England Patriots |
| Dallas County |
Michael Johnson |
DE |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Daphne |
T.J. Yeldon |
RB |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Daphne |
Michael Pierce |
DT |
Baltimore Ravens |
| Davidson |
Jaquiski Tartt |
SS |
San Francisco 49ers |
| Davidson |
Jimmie Ward |
SS |
San Francisco 49ers |
| Decatur |
Jerraud Powers |
DB |
Baltimore Ravens |
| Decatur |
Rolando McClain |
MLB |
Dallas Cowboys |
| Eufaula |
Courtney Upshaw |
DT |
Atlanta Falcons |
| Foley |
Julio Jones |
WR |
Atlanta Falcons |
| Gadsden |
Dre Kirkpatrick |
CB |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Gardendale |
Jordan Howard |
RB |
Chicago Bears |
| Greenville |
Za'Darius Smith |
LB |
Baltimore Ravens |
| Hazlewood |
Don Jones |
DB |
Cleveland Browns |
| Homewood |
Ameer Abdullah |
RB |
Detroit Lions |
| Homewood |
Evan Mathis |
G |
Arizona Cardinals |
| Hueytown |
Jameis Winston |
QB |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Huffman |
Marcell Dareus |
DT |
Buffalo Bills |
| Huffman |
Andre Smith |
OT |
Minnesota Vikings |
| Jefferson Davis |
LaDarius Gunter |
CB |
Green Bay Packers |
| Lee |
Darian Stewart |
FS |
Denver Broncos |
| Lee |
Chester Rogers |
WR |
Indianapolis Colts |
| Leroy |
Sammie Coates |
WR |
Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Madison Academy |
Jordan Matthews |
WR |
Philadelphia Eagles |
| McGill-Toolen |
D.J. Fluker |
OG |
San Diego Chargers |
| Midfield |
J.J. Nelson |
WR |
Arizona Cardinals |
| Minor |
Nick Williams |
DT |
Kansas City Chiefs |
| Murphy |
Captain Munnerlyn |
CB |
Minnesota Vikings |
| Northridge |
Malcolm Johnson |
FB |
Cleveland Browns |
| Opelika |
Corey Grant |
RB |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Oxford |
Bobby McCain |
CB |
Miami Dolphins |
| Oxford |
Kwon Alexander |
MLB |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Pickens County |
Michael Williams |
TE |
New England Patriots |
| Pleasant Grove |
James Bradberry |
CB |
Carolina Panthers |
| Prattville |
Roman Harper |
DB |
New Orleans Saints |
| Rain |
Rodney Hudson |
C |
Oakland Raiders |
| St. Clair County |
Dee Ford |
OLB |
Kansas City Chiefs |
St. Paul’s Episcopal
|
AJ McCarron |
QB |
Cincinnati Bengals |
St. Paul's Episcopal
|
Mark Barron |
OLB |
Los Angeles Rams |
| Stanhope Elmore |
Dee Milliner |
CB |
New York Jets |
| Sulligent |
Rashad Johnson |
DB |
Tennessee Titans |
| Sylacauga |
T.J. Green |
FS |
Indianapolis Colts |
Tarrant City
|
Mario Addison |
DE |
Carolina Panthers |
| Theodore |
C.J. Mosley |
ILB |
Baltimore Ravens |
| Thompson |
Brandon King |
DB |
New England Patriots |
| UMS-Wright Prep |
Jay Prosch |
FB |
Houston Texans |
| Vigor |
Jacoby Glenn |
CB |
Chicago Bears |
| Vigor |
Sen'Derrick Marks |
DT |
Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Vigor |
Jalston Fowler |
FB |
Tennessee Titans |
| Vigor |
Darius Philon |
DE |
San Diego Chargers |
| Wenonah |
Joe Webb |
QB |
Carolina Panthers |
| Williamson |
Matt McCants |
T |
Oakland Raiders |
| Williamson |
Nick Fairley |
DT |
New Orleans Saints |
| Woodlawn |
Karlos Dansby |
LB |
Cincinnati Bengals |
| Woodlawn |
Chris Davis |
CB |
San Francisco 49ers |
