Where Super Bowl LI players went to high school

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See the Patriots player as a prep in 2007.

The big game is finally here. Super Bowl LI will pit the New England Patriots against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday in Houston and of course MaxPreps has the game covered from the high school angle with the prep alma maters of every player on the roster for each team.

Here are some fun facts surrounding the game:

- The Super Bowl is a homecoming of sorts for a handful of players. The following Patriots players played their prep ball at schools in the Houston area: Danny Amendola (The Woodlands), Cameron Fleming (Cypress Creek), Elandon Roberts (Houston Memorial) and Eric Rowe (Klein). LaAdrian Waddle is from Columbus, about 75 miles from Houston. For the Falcons, it's a homecoming for Jake Matthews (Fort Bend Elkins) and Derrick Shelby (Fort Bend Hightower). Matt Bryant played about 100 miles away at Bridge City.



- Local fans in the Atlanta area may be torn. David Andrews played his prep ball at Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.) and now he's fighting for a Super Bowl title with the Patriots.

- It doesn't work exactly the same way with Falcons players with ties to the northeast. Dwight Freeney played his high school ball at Bloomfield (Conn.), about 100 miles form the Patriots' home stadium in Foxboro, Mass. Also, Matt Ryan played his high school ball at William Penn Charter (Philadelphia), but played in college at Boston College.

- When it comes to which state produces the most Super Bowl players, it's a three-way tie among states that fans would expect. California, Texas and Florida lead the way with 15 players each.

- Let's count Washington, D.C. as a state. In that situation, that means that 18 states do not have players in the Super Bowl.

- Michigan ranks No. 9 in population but has nobody going to the Super Bowl. Washington, at No. 13, is next, followed by Massachusetts at No. 14.

- Big props to Delaware, ranked 45th in population, but with two players. Patriots
Ray Allen - West Salem (Salem, Ore.)
Danny Amendola - The Woodlands (Texas)
David Andrews - Wesleyan (Norcross, Ga.)
Martellus Bennett - Taylor (Texas)
LeGarrette Blount - Taylor County (Perry, Fla.)
Brandon Bolden - Scotlandville (Baton Rouge, La.)
Tom Brady - Serra (San Mateo, Calif.)
Alan Branch - Cibola (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Jacoby Brissett - Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)
Malcolm Brown - Steele (Cibolo, Texas)
Malcolm Butler - Vicksburg (Miss.)
Marcus Cannon - Odessa (Texas)
Joe Cardona - Granite Hills (El Cajon, Calif.)
Patrick Chung - Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.)
Justin Coleman - Brunswick (Ga.)
Nate Ebner - Hilliard Davidson (Ohio)
Julian Edelman - Woodside (Calif.)
Cameron Fleming - Cypress Creek (Houston)
Trey Flowers - Columbia (Huntsville, Ala.)
Michael Floyd - Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minn.)
D.J. Foster - Saguaro (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Jonathan Freeny - Coconut Creek (Fla.)
Jimmy Garoppolo - Rolling Meadows (Ill.)
Stephen Gostkowski - Madison Central (Miss.)
Geneo Grissom - Hutchinson (Kan.)
Rob Gronkowski - Woodland Hills (Pittsburgh)
Duron Harmon - Caesar Rodney (Camden, Del.)
Dont'a Hightower - Marshall County (Lewisburg, Tenn.)
Chris Hogan - Ramapo (Franklin Lakes, N.J.)
Tre' Jackson - Wayne County (Jesup, Ga.)
Cyrus Jones - Gilman (Baltimore)
Jonathan Jones - Carrollton (Ga.)
Ted Karras - Cathedral (Indianapolis)
Brandon King - Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.)
Matt Lengel - Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
Dion Lewis - Albany (N.Y.)
Chris Long - St. Anne's-Belfield (Charlottesville, Va.)
Shaq Mason - Central (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Shea McClellin - Marsing (Idaho)
Devin McCourty - St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.)
Barkevious Mingo - West Monroe (La.)
Malcolm Mitchell - Valdosta (Ga.)
Rob Ninkovich - Lincoln-Way Central (New Lenox, Ill.)
Jordan Richards - Folsom (Calif.)
Elandon Roberts - Memorial (Houston)
Eric Rowe - Klein (Texas)
Logan Ryan - Eastern (Voorhees, N.J.)
Greg Scruggs - St. Xavier (Cincinnati)
Jabaal Sheard - Hollywood Hills (Hollywood, Fla.)
Matt Slater - Servite (Anaheim, Calif.)
Nate Solder - Buena Vista (Colo.)
Joe Thurney - Archbishop Alter (Kettering, Ohio)
Vincent Valentine - Edwardsville (Ill.)
Kyle Van Noy - McQueen (Reno, Nev.)
Sebastian Vollmer - Quirinus Gymnasium (Germany)
LaAdrian Waddle - Columbus (Columbus, Texas)
James White - St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)



Falcons
Robert Alford - Hammond (La.)
Ricardo Allen - Mainland (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Jonathan Babineaux - Lincoln (Dallas)
Vic Beasley - Adairsville (Ga.)
Matthew Bosher - Jupiter (Fla.)
Matt Bryant - Bridge City (Texas)
De'Vondre Campbell - Cypress Lake (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Chris Chester - Tustin (Calif.)
Adrian Clayborn - Webster Groves (Mo.)
Tevin Coleman - Oak Forest (Ill.)
Jalen Collins - Center Hill (Olive Branch, Miss.)
Tom Compton - Rosemount (Minn.)
Patrick DiMarco - Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs, Fla.)
Devonta Freeman - Central (Miami)
Dwight Freeney - Bloomfield (Conn.)
Devin Fuller - NV - Old Tappan (Old Tappan, N.J.)
Taylor Gabriel - Horn (Mesquite, Texas)
Ben Garland - Aurora Central (Colo.)
Dashon Goldson - Narbonne (Harbor City, Calif.)
C.J. Goodwin - Linsly (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Ra'Shede Hageman - Washburn (Minneapolis)
Justin Hardy - West Craven (Vanceboro, N.C.)
Josh Harris - Carrollton (Ga.)
Austin Hooper - De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Kemal Ishmael - North Miami Beach (Fla.)
Tyson Jackson - West St. John (Edgard, La.)
Grady Jarrett - Rockdale County (Conyers, Ga.)
Deion Jones - Jesuit (New Orleans)
Julio Jones - Foley (Ala.)
Josh Keyes - Chatham (N.Y.)
Akeem King - Nipomo (Calif.)
Andy Levitre - San Lorenzo Valley (Felton, Calif.)
Alex Mack - San Marcos (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
Jake Matthews - Fort Bend Elkins (Missouri City, Texas)
Chris Mayes - Spalding (Griffin, Ga.)
Keanu Neal - South Sumter (Bushnell, Fla.)
Sharrod Neasman - Braden River (Bradenton, Fla.)
Ayodeji Olatoye - Dublin Scioto (Ohio)
Joshua Perkins - Gahr (Cerritos, Calif.)
Brian Poole - Southeast (Bradenton, Fla.)
Brooks Reed - Sabino (Tucson, Ariz.)
LaRoy Reynolds - Maury (Norfolk, Va.)
Aldrick Robinson - Waxahachie (Texas)
Matt Ryan - William Penn Charter (Philadelphia)
Mohamed Sanu - South Brunswick (Monmouth Junction, N.J.)
Matt Schaub - East (Erie, Pa.)
Ryan Schraeder - Maize (Kan.)
West Schweitzer - Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Derrick Shelby - Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City, Texas)
Tyler Starr - George- George-Little Rock (George, Iowa)
Jacob Tamme - Boyle County (Danville, Ky.)
D.J. Tialavea - West Jordan (Utah)
Levine Toilolo - Helix (La Mesa, Calif.)
Desmond Trufant - Wilson (Washington, D.C.)
Courtney Upshaw - Eufaula (Ala.)
Joe Vellano - Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Terron Ward - De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Sean Weatherspoon - Jasper (Texas)
Eric Weems - Seabreeze (Daytona Beach, Fla.)
Philip Wheeler - Shaw (Columbus, Ga.)
Nick Williams - Minor (Adamsville, Ala.)
Paul Worrilow - Concord (Wilmington, Del.)
Blidi Wreh-Wilson - General McLane (Edinboro, Pa.)