2016 NFL players who played at Texas 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 Texas?

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 Texas has sent 214 players to the league this season, and that more come from Westlake High (Austin) than any other school.



Want some more fun facts? How about these:

- A total of 163 different Texas schools are represented in the list.

- Westlake High not only has the most players, but a solid legacy as well. Quarterbacks Drew Brees (Saints) and Nick Foles (Chiefs) are part of the program's history, and Ravens kicker Justin Tucker was part of the 2006 team with Foles.

- When it comes to NFL teams choosing Texas-bred players for their rosters, the Seattle Seahawks lead the way with 13. The Cleveland Browns and New Orleans Saints are next with 11 each. The low? The New York Jets have just one player from the Texas high school in quarterback Bryce Petty.

- DeSoto had an impressive run with future NFL players for four consecutive seasons (2006-09). Von Miller (Broncos linebacker) and Tony Jerrod-Eddie (49ers defensive end) teamed up in 2006, then Jerrod-Eddie teamed with Mike Murphy (Saints running back) in 2007. For 2008 and 2009, it was Murphy and Zachary Orr (Ravens linebacker).

- Three future NFL players helped guide the Pflugerville High team to an 8-3 record: IK Enemkpali (Bills defensive end), Alex Okafor (Cardinals linebacker) and Tyrus Thompson (Saints tackle).



- The year 2008 saw a good number of future NFL players teaming up on prep teams. The 2008 Allen team featured Cedric Ogbuehi (Bengals tackle) and Steven Terrell (Seahawks safety). Also in 2008, Bushland had Crockett Gillmore (Ravens tight end) and Weston Richburg (Giants center) on the roster. The 2008 Fort Bend Kempner team had George Iloka (Bengals safety) and Chris Banjo (Packers cornerback) on the roster. Meanwhile, Nimitz (Houston) had Michael Thomas (Dolphins safety) and Josh Huff (Eagles wide receiver) on the roster. And yet another school, West Brook (Beaumont) had Ryan Grant (Redskins wide receiver) and Christine Michael (Packers running back).

- The 2007 Fort Bend Elkins team had D.J. Hayden (Raiders cornerback) and Jake Matthews (Falcons tackle) on the roster. Also in 2007, Knile Davis (Chiefs running back) and Antwon Blake (Titans defensive back) teamed up for Fort Bend Marshall.

- Mansfield Legacy had two consecutive seasons with a pair of future NFL players on the roster. In 2009 and 2010, Josh Doctson (Redskins wide receiver) and Rees Odhiambo (Seahawks guard) played for the Broncos. Their junior year was an 8-4 campaign, but their senior season featured a forgettable 1-9 record.

- Stevens (San Antonio) also got two seasons of future NFL players playing together, with Andrew Williamson (Colts safety) and Mykkele Thompson (Giants defensive back) teaming up in 2009 and 2010. In 2010 the team was a 5A semifinalist.

- Longview had running back Chris Ivory (Jaguars) and offensive lineman Trent Williams (Redskins) in the Class of 2006.

- Brandon LaFell and Brian Orakpo were both born in the same year and went to Lamar (Houston). Their days were before the MaxPreps era but it's safe to say they teamed up at some point.



- William Jackson (Bengals cornerback) and Xavien Howard (Dolphins cornerback) were on the 2010 and 2011 Wheatley (Houston) teams. Despite that, the team went 11-13 in those years.

- Home-state teams are lukewarm on home-state players. The Dallas Cowboys had seven Texas-bred players on the opening day roster and the Houston Texans had three.

- Texas produces lots of defensive backs. Out of 214, 52 are listed as defensive backs.

Alief Taylor	Phillip Supernaw	TE	Tennessee Titans
Alief Taylor	Michael Bennett	DE	Seattle Seahawks
Allen	Cedric Ogbuehi	OT	Cincinnati Bengals
Allen	Jonathan Williams	RB	Buffalo Bills
Allen	Steven Terrell	FS	Seattle Seahawks
Angleton	Quandre Diggs	CB	Detroit Lions
Arlington	Luke Joeckel	T	Jacksonville Jaguars
Arlington Heights	A'Shawn Robinson	DT	Detroit Lions
Austin (Stephen F.)	Jerry Hughes	DE	Buffalo Bills
Austin	Cayleb Jones	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
Ball	Mike Evans	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bell	Josh Mauro	NT	Arizona Cardinals
Bellville	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	Denver Broncos
Berkner	Aqib Talib	CB	Denver Broncos
Big Spring	Ryan Tannehill	QB	Miami Dolphins
Bowie	Ty Nsekhe	T	Washington Redskins
Bowie	Michael Griffin	DB	Minnesota Vikings
Brenham	Malcom Brown	DT	New England Patriots
Bridge City	Matt Bryant	K	Atlanta Falcons
Bridgeport	Colin Jones	DB	Carolina Panthers
Bushland	Crockett Gillmore	TE	Baltimore Ravens
Bushland	Weston Richburg	C	New York Giants
Carroll (Corpus Christi)	Jonathan Anderson	OLB	Chicago Bears
Carroll (Southlake)	Chase Daniel	QB	Philadelphia Eagles
Carroll (Southlake)	Justin Drescher	LS	New Orleans Saints
Carter	Michael Crabtree	WR	Oakland Raiders
Carter	DeAndre Elliott	CB	Seattle Seahawks
Cedar Hill	Josh Thomas	DB	Dallas Cowboys
Cedar Park	Spencer Drango	OG	Cleveland Browns
Chavez	Michael Brockers	DT	Los Angeles Rams
China Spring	Kyle Nelson	LS	San Francisco 49ers
Clear Lake	Dustin Hopkins	K	Washington Redskins
Clear Lake	Josh McNary	ILB	Indianapolis Colts
Columbus	LaAdrian Waddle	T	New England Patriots
Coppell	Bennett Okotcha	DB	Tennessee Titans
Copperas Cove	Robert Griffin III	QB	Cleveland Browns
Copperas Cove	Duke Thomas	DB	Houston Texans
Cuero	Cody Wallace	C	Pittsburgh Steelers
Cy-Ridge	Russell Shepard	WR	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cypress Woods	Bryce Callahan	CB	Chicago Bears
Dallas Jesuit	Jeff Schoettmer	LB	New Orleans Saints
Dayton	Aaron Ripkowski	FB	Green Bay Packers
Del Rio	Cory James	OLB	Oakland Raiders
Denison	Jordan Taylor	WR	Denver Broncos
DeSoto	Zach Orr	LB	Baltimore Ravens
DeSoto	Von Miller	OLB	Denver Broncos
DeSoto	Marcus Murphy	RB	New Orleans Saints
DeSoto	Tony Jerod-Eddie	DE	San Francisco 49ers
Duncanville	Dashaun Phillips	DB	Washington Redskins
Early	Kenny Vaccaro	SS	New Orleans Saints
East Bernard	Shane Lechler	P	Houston Texans
East Chambers	Vance McDonald	TE	San Francisco 49ers
El Campo	Joey Hunt	C	Seattle Seahawks
Flower Mound	James Hanna	TE	Dallas Cowboys
Fort Bend Bush	Emmanuel Ogbah	LB	Cleveland Browns
Fort Bend Bush	Russell Okung	OT	Denver Broncos
Fort Bend Elkins	D.J. Hayden	CB	Oakland Raiders
Fort Bend Elkins	Jake Matthews	T	Atlanta Falcons
Fort Bend Hightower	Derrick Shelby	DE	Atlanta Falcons
Fort Bend Kempner	George Iloka	SS	Cincinnati Bengals
Fort Bend Kempner	Chris Banjo	CB	Green Bay Packers
Fort Bend Marshall	Antwon Blake	DB	Tennessee Titans
Fort Bend Marshall	Knile Davis	RB	Kansas City Chiefs
Fort Bend Marshall	DeAndre Washington	RB	Oakland Raiders
Fossil Ridge	Chris Boswell	K	Pittsburgh Steelers
Garland	Adrian Phillips	CB	San Diego Chargers
Georgetown	Mason Crosby	K	Green Bay Packers
Greenville	Byron Bell	OT	Tennessee Titans
Groveton	Lane Johnson	T	Philadelphia Eagles
Haltom	Lance Dunbar	RB	Dallas Cowboys
Haltom	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	OT	Philadelphia Eagles
Harker Heights	Cameron Fleming	OT	New England Patriots
Heritage	Christian Ponder	QB	San Francisco 49ers
Highland Park	Matthew Stafford	QB	Detroit Lions
Horn	Taylor Gabriel	WR	Atlanta Falcons
Horn	De'Vante Harris	CB	New Orleans Saints
Horn	Jakeem Grant	WR	Miami Dolphins
Huntsville	Justin Gilbert	DB	Pittsburgh Steelers
Hurst	Kenneth Farrow	RB	San Diego Chargers
Hutto	Jeremy Kerley	WR	San Francisco 49ers
Jacksonville	Josh McCown	QB	Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville	Luke McCown	QB	New Orleans Saints
Jasper	Sean Weatherspoon	LB	Atlanta Falcons
Jim Ned	Colt McCoy	QB	Washington Redskins
Johnson	Kerry Hyder	DE	Detroit Lions
Judson	Phillip Gaines	CB	Kansas City Chiefs
Judson	Dennis Parks	WR	Cleveland Browns
Katy	Andy Dalton	QB	Cincinnati Bengals
Katy Taylor	Martellus Bennett	TE	New England Patriots
Keller	Nolan Frese	LS	Seattle Seahawks
Kimball	Tashaun Gipson	DB	Jacksonville Jaguars
Kingwood	Travis Swanson	C	Detroit Lions
Klein	Randy Bullock	K	New York Giants
Klein	Eric Rowe	CB	Philadelphia Eagles
Klein	Brandon McManus	K	Denver Broncos
Klein Collins	Demetri Goodson	CB	Green Bay Packers
Lake Dallas	Daryl Williams	OT	Carolina Panthers
Lake Highlands	Marshall Newhouse	OT	New York Giants
Lake Highlands	Phil Dawson	K	San Francisco 49ers
Lakeview Centennial	Valerian Ume-Ezeoke	C	Pittsburgh Steelers
Lamar	Brandon LaFell	WR	Cincinnati Bengals
Lamar	Josh Gordon	WR	Cleveland Browns
Lamar	Brian Orakpo	OLB	Tennessee Titans
Lancaster	Jalen Mills	FS	Philadelphia Eagles
Langham Creek	Kelechi Osemele	OT	Oakland Raiders
LaVega	Dax Swanson	DB	Dallas Cowboys
Lee (Midland)	Eric Winston	T	Cincinnati Bengals
Lee (Tyler)	Jimmy Landes	LS	Detroit Lions
Lee (Tyler)	Brandon Pettigrew	TE	Detroit Lions
Legacy	Tevin Mitchel	CB	Indianapolis Colts
Liberty	Jay Ajayi	RB	Miami Dolphins
Liberty-Eylau	Marqueston Huff	DB	Jacksonville Jaguars
Lincoln	Jonathan Babineaux	NT	Atlanta Falcons
Little Elm	Cole Beasley	WR	Dallas Cowboys
Longview	Trent Williams	T	Washington Redskins
Longview	Chris Ivory	RB	Jacksonville Jaguars
Lufkin	Carrington Byndom	DB	Baltimore Ravens
Lufkin	Don Muhlbach	LS	Detroit Lions
Lufkin	Dez Bryant	WR	Dallas Cowboys
Luling	Craig Mager	CB	San Diego Chargers
MacArthur (Irving)	Ron Brooks	DB	Philadelphia Eagles
MacArthur (San Antonio)	Jace Amaro	TE	Tennessee Titans
Mansfield	Hassan Ridgeway	DT	Indianapolis Colts
Mansfield	Stepfan Taylor	RB	Arizona Cardinals
Mansfield Legacy	Josh Doctson	WR	Washington Redskins
Mansfield Legacy	Rees Odhiambo	OG	Seattle Seahawks
Mansfield Timberview	Marcus Cromartie	CB	San Francisco 49ers
Manvel	SaQwan Edwards	DB	Oakland Raiders
Marble Falls	David Morgan	TE	Minnesota Vikings
Martin	Lane Taylor	G	Green Bay Packers
McNeil	Aaron Williams	SS	Buffalo Bills
Mesquite	Rashard Higgins	WR	Cleveland Browns
Mexia	Kelvin Beachum	T	Jacksonville Jaguars
Midlothian	Bryce Petty	QB	New York Jets
Morton Ranch	Danielle Hunter	DE	Minnesota Vikings
Nimitz	Michael Thomas	FS	Miami Dolphins
Nimitz	Josh Huff	WR	Philadelphia Eagles
North Mesquite	J'Marcus Webb	OT	Seattle Seahawks
North Shore	Chykie Brown	DB	Cincinnati Bengals
North Shore	Earl Mitchell	DT	Miami Dolphins
North Shore	Trey Hopkins	G	Cincinnati Bengals
Odessa	Marcus Cannon	OT	New England Patriots
Odessa	Bradley Marquez	WR	Los Angeles Rams
Palestine	Adrian Peterson	RB	Minnesota Vikings
Palo Duro	Ziggy Hood	DE	Washington Redskins
Pearce	Corey Coleman	WR	Cleveland Browns
Pearland	Fozzy Whittaker	RB	Carolina Panthers
Pearland	Thomas Morstead	P	New Orleans Saints
Pflugerville	IK Enemkpali	DE	Buffalo Bills
Pflugerville	Tyrus Thompson	OT	New Orleans Saints
Pflugerville	Alex Okafor	OLB	Arizona Cardinals
Pittsburg	Kendall Wright	WR	Tennessee Titans
Plano	Rex Burkhead	RB	Cincinnati Bengals
Plano East	Keenan Robinson	LB	New York Giants
Port Arthur Memorial	Elandon Roberts	ILB	New England Patriots
Port Arthur Memorial	Jamaal Charles	RB	Kansas City Chiefs
Prosper	Mario Edwards	DE	Oakland Raiders
Queen City	Jason Peters	T	Philadelphia Eagles
Rockdale	Le'Raven Clark	OT	Indianapolis Colts
Roosevelt	Quintin Demps	SS	Houston Texans
Rowlett	Marquise Goodwin	WR	Buffalo Bills
Royal	Brandon Williams	CB	Arizona Cardinals
Sacred Heart	Cole Wick	TE	Detroit Lions
Seven Lakes	Caleb Benenoch	OT	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Shoemaker	Roy Miller	DT	Jacksonville Jaguars
Skyline	Corey Nelson	OLB	Denver Broncos
Skyline	Mike Morgan	OLB	Seattle Seahawks
Smithson Valley	Andrew Sendejo	SS	Minnesota Vikings
South Oak Cliff	Jacquies Smith	DE	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Splendora	Brian Robison	DE	Minnesota Vikings
Spring	Marqui Christian	DB	Arizona Cardinals
St. Mark's	Ty Montgomery	WR	Green Bay Packers
St. Mark’s	Sam Acho	OLB	Chicago Bears
St. Michael's	Mitch Morse	C	Kansas City Chiefs
Stafford	Craig Robertson	LB	New Orleans Saints
Steele	Malcolm Brown	RB	Los Angeles Rams
Stephenville	Cody Davis	DB	Los Angeles Rams
Stevens	Mykkele Thompson	DB	New York Giants
Stevens	Andrew Williamson	DB	Indianapolis Colts
Stony Point	Trevin Wade	DB	New York Giants
Strake Jesuit	Pace Murphy	OT	Los Angeles Rams
Stratford	Andrew Luck	QB	Indianapolis Colts
Sweeny	Tank Carder	ILB	Cleveland Browns
Terrell	Brice McCain	DB	Tennessee Titans
Texas	Ryan Mallett	QB	Baltimore Ravens
Tyler	Teddy Williams	DB	Carolina Panthers
Tyler	Jeremy Lane	CB	Seattle Seahawks
University	Jerrell Freeman	LB	Chicago Bears
University	Perrish Cox	CB	Tennessee Titans
Waco	Andrew Billings	NT	Cincinnati Bengals
Waco	Derrick Johnson	ILB	Kansas City Chiefs
Wagner	Derrick Kindred	FS	Cleveland Browns
Warren	Darryl Morris	DB	Indianapolis Colts
Waxahachie	Aldrick Robinson	WR	Atlanta Falcons
West Brook	Ryan Grant	WR	Washington Redskins
West Brook	Christine Michael	RB	Seattle Seahawks
West Mesquite	Trevone Boykin	QB	Seattle Seahawks
West Orange-Stark	Earl Thomas	FS	Seattle Seahawks
Westbury	Charles Sims	RB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Westlake	Justin Tucker	K	Baltimore Ravens
Westlake	Nick Foles	QB	Kansas City Chiefs
Westlake	Drew Brees	QB	New Orleans Saints
Westlake	Bryce Hager	ILB	Los Angeles Rams
Westside	Germain Ifedi	OG	Seattle Seahawks
Wheatley	William Jackson	CB	Cincinnati Bengals
Wheatley	Xavien Howard	CB	Miami Dolphins
White	Terrance Williams	WR	Dallas Cowboys
Wichita Falls	Armonty Bryant	OLB	Cleveland Browns
The Woodlands	Danny Amendola	WR	New England Patriots
The Woodlands	Daniel Lasco	RB	New Orleans Saints
Wylie	Case Keenum	QB	Los Angeles Rams
Wylie	Nikita Whitlock	FB	New York Giants
Yates	Damion Square	NT	San Diego Chargers