Greater Miami area high school football is hotbed for NFL talent
By Mitch Stephens
Jan 29, 2020, 3:45pm
A whopping 86 NFL players starred as South Florida preps - more than all but four states.
Video: Miami-area players in the NFL
A list of every current NFL player from Miami.
The football and sporting world is converging on Miami this weekend for Super Bowl LIV, featuring a matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium.
It's a fitting destination for football's biggest game because the greatest number of current NFL players played high school in the greater Miami area.
A whopping 86 players on 2019 NFL rosters prepped in Miami, which is more than every state in the nation but four: California, Texas, Georgia and, of course, Florida.
The Bosa brothers each graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas, whose 15 graduates is more than 20 states.
See the full list of Greater Miami high schools and the players below:
Oliver Vernon
David Rivers
Jawill Davis
Isaiah McKenzie
Brian Burns
Sony Michel
Patrick Peterson
Antonio Callaway
Chad Thomas
Denver Kirkland
Quinton Dunbar
Matthew Thomas
Eddie Jackson
JoJO Natson
Josh Bynes
Greg Mabin
Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)R.J. McIntosh
Marquise Brown
Deon Bush
Coconut Grove
Johnny Holton
Frank Gore
Denzel Perryman
Buddy Howell
Danny Isidora
Jason Pierre-Paul
Brandon Powell
Devin Bush
Patrick Robinson
Corey Liuget
Jabaal Sheard
John Brown
Anthony Wint
James Burgess
Lamar Miller
Rashad Fenton
Allen Hurns
John Miller
Deatrick Nichols
Devonta Freeman
Ahmad Thomas
Carroll Phillips
Kevin Pamphile
Dalvin Cook
Keith Reaser
Norland (Miami)Carlton Davis
Northwestern (Miami)Lavonte David
Amari Cooper
Deandre Baker
Teddy Bridgewater
Artie Burns
Eli Rogers
T.Y. Hilton
Jermaine Grace
Geno Smith
Trevon Coley
Calvin Ridley
Anthony Walker
Kayvon Webster
Ereck Flowers
Duke Johnson
Xavier Rhodes
Kemal Ishmael
Johnathan Cyprien
Nevin Lawson
Robby Anderson
Jamal Carter
Justin McCray
Nick Bosa
Geno Atkins
Giovani Bernard
Bobby Hart
Bryan Cox
Gabe Holmes
Joey Bosa
James Crawford
Brandon Linder
Rashad Greene
Michael Palardy
James White
Phillip Dorsett
Lamarcus Joyner
Marcus Gilbert
University (Fort Lauderdale)Quincy Wilson
Skai Moore
Jon Feliciano
