2016 NFL players who played at Colorado 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 Colorado?

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 Colorado has sent 16 players to the league this season, and no school has multiple alums in the NFL.

Want some more fun facts? How about these:

- The home-state Denver Broncos didn't have anybody from Colorado high school on their opening day roster. The same goes for the entire AFC West Division.



- Three Colorado-bred players are on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Kenny Bell (Fairview), Kivon Cartwright (Pueblo South) and Vincent Jackson (Widefield).

- The Chicago Bears have a pair of Colorado players in Lamarr Houston (Doherty) and Mitch Unrein (Eaton).

- A diverse group of high schools is represented. Players come from all corners of the state, like Grand Junction, Pueblo and Fort Morgan.

Bear Creek	Jeremiah Sirles	OT	Minnesota Vikings
Buena Vista	Nate Solder	T	New England Patriots
Cherokee Trail	Josh Martin	LB	New York Jets
Doherty	Lamarr Houston	OLB	Chicago Bears
Eaton	Mitch Unrein	DE	Chicago Bears
Fairview	Kenny Bell	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Fort Morgan	Ryan Jensen	OG	Baltimore Ravens
Grand Junction Central	Ben Garland	C	Atlanta Falcons
Grandview	Mike Pennel	DE	Green Bay Packers
Highlands Ranch	Mike Purcell	NT	San Francisco 49ers
Horizon	John Denney	LS	Miami Dolphins
Mullen	Ryan Hewitt	TE	Cincinnati Bengals
Pueblo South	Kivon Cartwright	TE	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
South	Calais Campbell	DE	Arizona Cardinals
Thunderridge	Cole Manhart	OG	Pittsburgh Steelers
Widefield	Vincent Jackson	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers