2016 NFL players who played at California high schools

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Who's got the ultimate bragging rights when it comes to sending players to the NFL from the high school ranks in California? 

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 California has sent 216 players to the league this season from 151 schools spanning from Eureka in the north to Chula Vista in the south, and that more come from the Southern Section than any other section. And when it comes to high schools leading the pack, Helix High of La Mesa has a state-high six alums in the NFL, followed by Long Beach Poly, Colton and De La Salle (Concord) with five.



Want some more fun facts? How about these:

- The section by section breakdown is as follows: Southern 108, Sac-Joaquin 26, North Coast 20, Central Coast and San Diego and Los Angeles 15, Central 13, Northern 3 and Oakland 2. The San Francisco Section does not have any alumni in the NFL.

-  Two NFL teams have double-digits when it comes to California players: Baltimore Ravens (11) and Los Angeles Rams (10). The lowest numbers of California players are on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions (two each).

- The leading position produced is wide receiver with 28, and a somewhat surprising 22 tight ends considering that NFL teams carry many more receivers than tight ends.

- Four opening-day starting quarterbacks are part of the 15 total from the Golden State: Aaron Rodgers (Packers), Carson Palmer (Cardinals), Derek Carr (Raiders) and Alex Smith (Chiefs).

- Teams with four players include Crenshaw (Los Angeles), Serra (Gardena) and Servite (Anaheim). Teams with three include Pleasant Valley (Chico), Mission Viejo, Oaks Christian (Westlake Village), Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita), Centennial (Corona), Taft (Woodland Hills) and Grant (Sacramento).



- All three Northern Section players went to the same school, Pleasant Valley (Chico): Aaron Rodgers, Geoff Swaim and Jordan Rigsbee.

- Shareece Wright and Jimmy Smith were both seniors on the 2005 Colton High team and now each is on the Ravens' roster as a cornerback. That team went 9-3.

- Brothers Eric Kendricks (Vikings) and Mychal Kendricks (Eagles) are NFL linebackers, and they played together on the 2007 Hoover (Fresno) team. It didn't equate to huge success, though, as the team went 4-8.

- De La Salle has two alums on the Atlanta Falcons: Terron Ward (Class of 2010, running back) and Austin Hooper (Class of 2013, tight end). They missed each other by one year.

- San Diego Chargers teammates Stevie Johnson and Jason Verrett both went to Rodriguez (Fairfield) but Johnson was much older.

Agoura	Clay Matthews	ILB	Green Bay Packers
Alhambra (NCS)	Trevor Davis	WR	Green Bay Packers
Alta Loma	Eric Weddle	DB	Baltimore Ravens
Ayala	Obum Gwacham	DE	New Orleans Saints
Bakersfield	Phillip Thomas	DB	Buffalo Bills
Bakersfield Christian	Derek Carr	QB	Oakland Raiders
Banning	Derron Smith	FS	Cincinnati Bengals
Bellflower	Ed Dickson	TE	Carolina Panthers
Bethel	C.J. Anderson	RB	Denver Broncos
Beverly Hills	Spencer Paysinger	LB	Miami Dolphins
Birmingham	Malik Jackson	DT	Jacksonville Jaguars
Birmingham	Mychal Rivera	TE	Oakland Raiders
Bishop Amat	Sheldon Price	CB	Baltimore Ravens
Blair	Sean Smith	DB	Oakland Raiders
Cajon	Sebastian Tretola	OG	Tennessee Titans
Camarillo	Bryan Anger	P	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cardinal Newman	Scooby Wright	ILB	Cleveland Browns
Carmel	Andrew Franks	K	Miami Dolphins
Carter	Kenny Clark	NT	Green Bay Packers
Cathedral Catholic	Tyler Gaffney	RB	New England Patriots
Centennial (SS)	Vontaze Burfict	OLB	Cincinnati Bengals
Centennial (SS)	Will Sutton	DE	Chicago Bears
Centennial (SS)	Jared Norris	ILB	Carolina Panthers
Centennial (CS)	Cody Kessler	QB	Cleveland Browns
Chaminade	Logan Paulsen	TE	Chicago Bears
Chaminade	Ryan Griffin	QB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Charter Oak	Keith Smith	FB	Dallas Cowboys
Charter Oak	Eric Rogers	WR	San Francisco 49ers
Chatsworth	Matt Cassel	QB	Tennessee Titans
Chino	Greg Salas	WR	Buffalo Bills
Chino Hills	Ifo Ekpre-Olomu	CB	Miami Dolphins
Chino Hills	Cory Harkey	TE	Los Angeles Rams
Colony	Josh Andrews	G	Philadelphia Eagles
Colony	Bobby Wagner	MLB	Seattle Seahawks
Colton	Jimmy Smith	CB	Baltimore Ravens
Colton	Shareece Wright	CB	Baltimore Ravens
Colton	Nat Berhe	SS	New York Giants
Colton	Tyler Ervin	RB	Houston Texans
Colton	Daniel Sorensen	DB	Kansas City Chiefs
Compton	Datone Jones	DE	Green Bay Packers
Crenshaw	Hayes Pullard	OLB	Jacksonville Jaguars
Crenshaw	De'Anthony Thomas	WR	Kansas City Chiefs
Crenshaw	Brandon Mebane	DT	San Diego Chargers
Crenshaw	Marcus Martin	C	San Francisco 49ers
Crespi	Hroniss Grasu	C	Chicago Bears
De La Salle	T.J. Ward	SS	Denver Broncos
De La Salle	T.J. Carrie	SS	Oakland Raiders
De La Salle	Austin Hooper	TE	Atlanta Falcons
De La Salle	Terron Ward	RB	Atlanta Falcons
De La Salle	Dylan Wynn	DT	Cleveland Browns
Deer Valley	De'Ondre Wesley	T	Baltimore Ravens
Deer Valley	Taiwan Jones	RB	Oakland Raiders
Del Campo	Akiem Hicks	DE	Chicago Bears
Dominguez (SS)	Richard Sherman	CB	Seattle Seahawks
Dorsey	Chris Matthews	WR	Baltimore Ravens
Eastlake	Tony Jefferson	SS	Arizona Cardinals
Edison (CS)	Robert Golden	SS	Pittsburgh Steelers
Edison (CS)	T.J. McDonald	SS	Los Angeles Rams
Edison (SJ)	Trumaine Johnson	CB	Los Angeles Rams
Eisenhower	Ryan Clady	T	New York Jets
Elk Grove	Kenny Wiggins	OG	San Diego Chargers
Esperanza	Joe Hawley	C	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Etiwanda	Marvin Jones	WR	Detroit Lions
Eureka	Rey Maualuga	MLB	Cincinnati Bengals
Eureka	Soma Vainuku	FB	Houston Texans
Folsom	Jordan Richards	SS	New England Patriots
Foothill (NCS)	Sean Mannion	QB	Los Angeles Rams
Foothill (SJS)	Devante Bond	OLB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Franklin (Elk Grove)	Ethan Westbrooks	DT	Los Angeles Rams
Frontier	Matt Darr	P	Miami Dolphins
Fullerton	Darren Fells	TE	Arizona Cardinals
Gahr	Dwayne Washington	RB	Detroit Lions
Gahr	Josh Perkins	TE	Atlanta Falcons
Granada	George Atkinson	RB	Cleveland Browns
Granada	Tristan Okpalaugo	LB	Arizona Cardinals
Granite Bay	Peyton Thompson	DB	Jacksonville Jaguars
Granite Hills (SDS)	Joe Cardona	LS	New England Patriots
Grant (SJS)	James Sample	SS	Jacksonville Jaguars
Grant (SJS)	Devontae Booker	RB	Denver Broncos
Grant (SJS)	Shaq Green-Thompson	OLB	Carolina Panthers
Hart	Matt Moore	QB	Miami Dolphins
Harvard-Westlake	Erik Swoope	TE	Indianapolis Colts
Helix	Jamar Taylor	DB	Cleveland Browns
Helix	Reggie Bush	RB	Buffalo Bills
Helix	Alex Smith	QB	Kansas City Chiefs
Helix	Levine Toilolo	TE	Atlanta Falcons
Helix	Jimmy Pruitt	CB	New Orleans Saints
Helix	Kevin Bowen	OT	Washington Redskins
Hesperia	Marcel Reece	FB	Oakland Raiders
Highland (SS)	DeShawn Shead	CB	Seattle Seahawks
Hoover (CS)	Eric Kendricks	MLB	Minnesota Vikings
Hoover (CS)	Mychal Kendricks	ILB	Philadelphia Eagles
Inderkum	Eric Pinkins	LB	Seattle Seahawks
Inglewood	Benson Mayowa	DE	Dallas Cowboys
Irvington	Robert Turbin	RB	Indianapolis Colts
Kaiser	Chris Carter	LB	Baltimore Ravens
Kennedy (SS)	Eddie Pleasant	DB	Houston Texans
Kingsburg	Tyler Bray	QB	Kansas City Chiefs
La Costa Canyon	Kenny Stills	WR	Miami Dolphins
La Habra	Kyle Peko	NT	Denver Broncos
La Mirada	Keith McGill	CB	Oakland Raiders
Liberty (CS)	Colton Schmidt	P	Buffalo Bills
Lincoln (Stockton)	Brandin Cooks	WR	New Orleans Saints
Long Beach Poly	Kaelin Clay	WR	Baltimore Ravens
Long Beach Poly	DeSean Jackson	WR	Washington Redskins
Long Beach Poly	Marcedes Lewis	TE	Jacksonville Jaguars
Long Beach Poly	Jurrell Casey	DE	Tennessee Titans
Long Beach Poly	Jamize Olawale	RB	Oakland Raiders
Los Alamitos	Orlando Scandrick	CB	Dallas Cowboys
Los Gatos	Kiko Alonso	LB	Miami Dolphins
Los Osos	Tony Washington	OLB	Houston Texans
Loyola	Anthony Barr	OLB	Minnesota Vikings
Loyola	Chris Conte	SS	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Marin Catholic	Jared Goff	QB	Los Angeles Rams
Mariposa County	Cody Wichmann	OG	Los Angeles Rams
Mater Dei	Jason Myers	K	Jacksonville Jaguars
Mayfair	Alterraun Verner	CB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
McClymonds	Marcus Peters	CB	Kansas City Chiefs
Millbrook	Keith Marshall	RB	Washington Redskins
Mission Viejo	Tre Madden	RB	Seattle Seahawks
Mission Viejo	Mark Sanchez	QB	Dallas Cowboys
Mission Viejo	Nick Dzubnar	LB	San Diego Chargers
Modesto Christian	Nate Sudfeld	QB	Washington Redskins
Modesto Christian	Isaiah Burse	WR	San Diego Chargers
Montclair Prep (closed)	Stephane Nembot	OT	Baltimore Ravens
Monte Vista	Zach Ertz	TE	Philadelphia Eagles
Montgomery (NCS)	Koa Misi	OLB	Miami Dolphins
Moorpark	Dennis Pitta	TE	Baltimore Ravens
Mount Miguel	Cory Littleton	OLB	Los Angeles Rams
Muir	Kevon Seymour	CB	Buffalo Bills
Narbonne	Dashon Goldson	DB	Atlanta Falcons
Newbury Park	Jordan Cameron	TE	Miami Dolphins
Nipomo	Akeem King	DB	Atlanta Falcons
Norco	Daimion Stafford	FS	Tennessee Titans
Norte Dame (Sherman Oaks)	Nick Folk	K	New York Jets
Notre Dame (Riverside)	Kenjon Barner	RB	Philadelphia Eagles
Oakland Tech	Josh Johnson	QB	New York Giants
Oaks Christian	Jordan Payton	WR	Cleveland Browns
Oaks Christian	Alani Fua	OLB	Arizona Cardinals
Oaks Christian	Cassius Marsh	DE	Seattle Seahawks
Oceanside	Brian Schwenke	C	Tennessee Titans
Oceanside	Sam Brenner	C	Denver Broncos
Pacifica (Garden Grove)	Jon Dorenbos	LS	Philadelphia Eagles
Palisades	Mitchell Schwartz	OT	Kansas City Chiefs
Palm Desert	D.J. Alexander	LB	Kansas City Chiefs
Palmdale	Josh Shaw	CB	Cincinnati Bengals
Palmdale	Davon House	CB	Jacksonville Jaguars
Palo Alto	Davante Adams	WR	Green Bay Packers
Palo Alto	Kevin Anderson	LB	Pittsburgh Steelers
Palos Verdes	Joe Walker	ILB	Philadelphia Eagles
Paraclete	Darian Thompson	S	New York Giants
Paraclete	Todd Davis	MLB	Denver Broncos
Piedmont Hills	Stephen Anderson	TE	Houston Texans
Pitman	Colin Kaepernick	QB	San Francisco 49ers
Pleasant Grove	Arik Armstead	DE	San Francisco 49ers
Pleasant Valley	Aaron Rodgers	QB	Green Bay Packers
Pleasant Valley	Geoff Swaim	TE	Dallas Cowboys
Pleasant Valley	Jordan Rigsbee	OG	Carolina Panthers
Pomona	Delanie Walker	TE	Tennessee Titans
Rancho Bernardo	Aaron Wallace	OLB	Tennessee Titans
Rancho Cucamonga	Randall Telfer	TE	Cleveland Browns
Rancho Cucamonga	Patrick Chung	SS	New England Patriots
Rancho Verde	Quincy Enunwa	WR	New York Jets
Rancho Verde	Tyron Smith	T	Dallas Cowboys
Rodriguez	Steve Johnson	WR	San Diego Chargers
Rodriguez	Jason Verrett	CB	San Diego Chargers
Roosevelt (SS)	Tyler Slavin	WR	Seattle Seahawks
Saddleback	Rishard Matthews	WR	Tennessee Titans
Saint Francis	Rhett Ellison	TE	Minnesota Vikings
Saint Francis	Ty Sambrailo	OT	Denver Broncos
Salinas	Evan Smith	OG	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
San Clemente	Kyle Murphy	OT	Green Bay Packers
San Jacinto	David Irving	DT	Dallas Cowboys
San Leandro	Charles Leno	T	Chicago Bears
San Lorenzo Valley	Andy Levitre	G	Atlanta Falcons
San Marcos (SS)	Alex Mack	C	Atlanta Falcons
Santa Margarita	Gavin Escobar	TE	Dallas Cowboys
Santa Margarita	Max Tuerk	C	San Diego Chargers
Santa Margarita	Carson Palmer	QB	Arizona Cardinals
Seaside	Mason Foster	ILB	Washington Redskins
Seaside	Terry Poole	OT	Seattle Seahawks
Serra (SS)	Robert Woods	WR	Buffalo Bills
Serra (CCS)	David Bakhtiari	T	Green Bay Packers
Serra (SS)	Duke Ihenacho	SS	Washington Redskins
Serra (SS)	Paul Richardson	WR	Seattle Seahawks
Serra (CCS)	Tom Brady	QB	New England Patriots
Serra (SS)	Marqise Lee	WR	Jacksonville Jaguars
Servite	Matthew Slater	WR	New England Patriots
Servite	Matt Kalil	T	Minnesota Vikings
Servite	Ryan Kalil	C	Carolina Panthers
Servite	Troy Niklas	TE	Arizona Cardinals
Soquel	Dwight Lowery	DB	San Diego Chargers
St. Bernard	Donald Penn	T	Oakland Raiders
St. Bonaventure	Troy Hill	CB	Los Angeles Rams
St. John Bosco	Bryce Treggs	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
St. Mary's	Doug Martin	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
St. Mary’s Prep	Lorenzo Alexander	LB	Buffalo Bills
Taft (LAS)	Michael Thomas	WR	New Orleans Saints
Taft (LAS)	Darrion Weems	OT	Denver Broncos
Taft (LAS)	Malcolm Smith	OLB	Oakland Raiders
Tokay	Julius Thomas	TE	Jacksonville Jaguars
Tracy	Matt Overton	LS	Indianapolis Colts
Tulare Union	Marquess Wilson	WR	Chicago Bears
Tulare Union	Virgil Green	TE	Denver Broncos
Tustin	Chris Chester	OG	Atlanta Falcons
Tustin	Frostee Rucker	DE	Arizona Cardinals
University (LAS)	Steve Smith	WR	Baltimore Ravens
Vacaville	Brock Hekking	LB	San Diego Chargers
Valencia (Valencia)	Shane Vereen	RB	New York Giants
Vallejo	Rashad Ross	WR	Washington Redskins
Vanden	Deone Bucannon	OLB	Arizona Cardinals
View Park	Bene' Benwikere	CB	Carolina Panthers
Vista	Leon Hall	DB	New York Giants
Vista Murrieta	Su'a Cravens	DB	Washington Redskins
West (CS)	Ryan Mathews	RB	Philadelphia Eagles
Western	Mike Iupati	G	Arizona Cardinals
Westlake	Nelson Spruce	WR	Los Angeles Rams
Woodrow Wilson	Joel Bitonio	G	Cleveland Browns
Woodside	Julian Edelman	WR	New England Patriots