See where all opening day NFL players from Connecticut played their high school ball.
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Check out a handful of plays that you likely have never seen done before.Who's got the ultimate bragging rights when it comes to sending players to the NFL from the high school ranks in Connecticut?
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 Bloomfield lays claim the most NFL players and that two other schools have multiple alums in the league. Seventeen players hail from the Constitution State.
Want some more fun facts? How about these:
- There is a pipeline down to Washington, D.C., evidently. Three of the 17 players were on the Redskins' opening day roster.
- Only three of the 17 are playing for teams west of the Mississippi River. In fact, a large majority are in the northeast.
- Silas Redd (Redskins RB) and Kevin Pierre-Louis (Seahawks LB) were both senior captains on the 2009 King Low team that went 8-1.
- Julian Stanford (Jets LB) and Marcus Cooper (Cardinals DB) were teammates on the 2006 and 2007 Bloomfield High teams. The '06 team went 10-2.
- Windsor High has two alums in the league, and they're both defensive ends.
2016 NFL players from Connecticut high schools
Graphic by SocialRecluse Graphx
| Bloomfield |
Julian Stanford |
LB |
New
York Jets |
| Bloomfield |
Dwight Freeney |
DE |
Atlanta
Falcons |
| Bloomfield |
Marcus Cooper |
DB |
Arizona
Cardinals |
| Bunnell |
Marcus Easley |
WR |
Buffalo
Bills |
| King
Low-Heywood Thomas School |
Silas Redd |
RB |
Washington
Redskins |
| King
Low-Heywood Thomas School |
Kevin Pierre-Louis |
OLB |
Seattle
Seahawks |
| Maloney |
John Jenkins |
DT |
New
Orleans Saints |
| Manchester |
Seth Devalve |
TE |
Cleveland
Browns |
| New
Fairfield |
Jake Ceresna |
DE |
New
York Jets |
| New
London |
Jordan Reed |
TE |
Washington
Redskins |
| Shelton |
Dan Orlovsky |
QB |
Detroit
Lions |
| St.
Joseph |
Tyler Matakevich |
OLB |
Pittsburgh
Steelers |
| St.
Paul |
Byron Jones |
FS |
Dallas
Cowboys |
| West
Haven |
Sio Moore |
LB |
Indianapolis
Colts |
| Windsor |
Chris Baker |
DE |
Washington
Redskins |
| Windsor |
Ryan Delaire |
DE |
Carolina
Panthers |
| Xavier |
Will Tye |
TE |
New
York Giants |
