Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Jimmy Garoppolo, George Kittle all were 3-star recruits or lower coming out of high school.
Video: Patrick Mahomes high school highlights Watch 2018 NFL MVP star in three sports at Whitehouse (Texas).
The NFL has shown it's not where you start, but how you perform.
San Francisco 49ers starting safeties Jaquiski Tartt and Jimmie Ward each had one college offer coming out of Davidson
(Mobile, Ala.) and neither warranted even a single star from 247Sports – meaning they were unrated and off the radar.
Of the 106 players on Super Bowl LIV rosters, a surprising 28 were given the same zero-star status as Tartt and Ward in high school.
Kansas City's Kendall Fuller and Dorian O'Daniel both graduated from DMV
power Our Lady of Good Counsel (Md.) in 2013. They were Top 100-rated players and Fuller was one of 35 5-star players in that class. That
season the Falcons won the 2012 WCAC championship and finished the year
at No. 19 in the Top 25 rankings.
Fuller is one of nine 5-star players preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl. There also are 21 4-star players and 37 3-stars in Miami, including Chief's starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes. His counterpart, San Francisco's Jimmy Garoppolo, was a 2-star prospect coming out of Rolling Meadows (Ill.).
There are three 5-stars on the 49ers rosters – Nick Bosa, Arik Armstead and Solomon Thomas.
The Chiefs have six 5-stars – Chris Jones, Sammy Watkins, Mecole Hardman, LeSean McCoy, Chad Henne and Fuller.
Many stars of the Chief and Niners' season – George Kittle, Travis Kelce, Tyreek Hill, Emmanuel Sanders, Raheem
Mostert, Eric Fisher, Joe Staley and Anthony Hitchens – were some of
the players from their respected classes rated outside of the
Top 1,000.
Thirty-one states have players on Super Bowl rosters along with three countries – Canada, Australia and Germany. California and Florida has double-digit players represented with the Golden State landing 13 followed by 10 from the Sunshine State. Texas, Georgia,
Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania were the only other states with at least
five players featured.
Here is the complete list of where each player
graduated from high school and their player ranking based off 247sports
composite list. The depth charts are according to NFL.com.
Patrick Mahomes, Whitehouse
File photo by Kyle Dantzler
Quarterbacks
Rankings: 2-star, No. 2,304 overall, No. 67 pro-style quarterback, three offers
2-star, No. 2,255 overall, No. 98 pro-style quarterback, four offers
3-star, No. 1,115 overall, No. 52 pro-style quarterback, two offers
Running Backs
3-star, No. 1,225 overall, No. 149 wide receiver, two offers
3-star, No. 646 overall, No. 39 running back, 12 offers
2-star, No. 2,902 overall, No. 186 running back, six offers
2-star, No. 2,640 overall, No. 150 running back, four offers
No stars, not ranked, one offer
Wide Receivers
3-star, No. 838 overall, No. 112 wide receiver, nine offers
2-star, No. 2,096 overall, No. 232 wide receiver, one offer
No stars, not ranked, four offers
3-star, No. 1,400 overall, No. 126 athlete, three offers
3-star, No. 904 overall, No. 120 wide receiver, six offers
3-star, No. 1,283 overall, No. 162 wide receiver, one offer
Tight Ends
3-star, No. 1,535 overall, No. 199 wide receiver, one offer
No stars, not ranked, one offer
4-star, No. 210 overall, No. 5 tight end, three offers
4-star, No. 208 overall, No. 5 tight end, 15 offers
Offensive Line
2-star, No. 1,141 overall, No. 61 tight end, one offer
4-star, No. 172 overall, No. 12 offensive tackle, 18 offers
3-star, No. 625 overall, No. 29 offensive guard, one offer
No stars, not ranked, one offer
No stars, not ranked, one offer
3-star, No. 1,005 overall, No. 108 offensive tackle, five offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
Defensive Line
5-star, No. 8 overall, No. 1 strong side defensive end, 11 offers
3-star, No. 436 overall, No. 17 weak side defensive end, one offer
4-star, No. 224 overall, No. 15 weak side defensive end, nine offers
5-star, No. 14 overall, No. 1 athlete, eight offers
5-star, No. 26 overall, No. 2 strong side defensive end, 28 offers
4-star, No. 111 overall, No. 11 defensive tackle, 23 offers
3-star, No. 883 overall, No. 42 weak side defensive end, five offers
4-star, No. 136 overall, No. 10 strong side defensive end, 11 offers
3-star, No. 428 overall, No. 9 fullback, five offers
Linebackers
4-star, No. 91 overall, No. 7 outside linebacker, 19 offers
4-star, No. 318 overall, No. 28 outside linebacker, six offers
3-star, No. 831 overall, No. 60 safety, six offers
3-star, No. 2,026 overall, No. 144 outside linebacker, three offers
3-star, No. 591 overall, No. 47 outside linebacker, six offers
No stars, not ranked, one offer
Defensive Backs
3-star, No. 676 overall, No. 57 athlete, five offers
3-star, No. 880 overall, No. 61 cornerback, five offers
No stars, not ranked, one offer
No stars, not ranked, one offer
3-star, No. 1,326 overall, No. 109 cornerback, one offer
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
3-star, No. 486 overall, No. 38 safety, one offer
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
4-star, No. 79 overall, No. 11 safety, 17 offers
Special Teams
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
Mitch Wishnowsky, Lumen Christi College (Martin, Western Australia), Class of 2012 No stars, not ranked, zero offers
No stars, not ranked, one offer
Kansas City Chiefs
Quarterbacks
3-star, No. 398 overall, No. 22 pro-style quarterback, three offers
4-star, No. 216 overall, No. 12 pro-style quarterback, two offers
5-star, No. 18 overall, No. 3 pro-style quarterback, five offers
Running Backs
3-star, No. 697 overall, No. 58 running back, one offer
3-star, No. 1,718 overall, No. 31 all purpose back, zero offers
5-star, No. 29 overall, No. 9 running back, five offers
3-star, No. 1,028 overall, No. 48 inside linebacker, two offers
Wide Receivers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
5-star, No. 20 overall, No. 4 wide receiver, five offers
5-star, No. 12 overall, No. 1 athlete, 32 offers
4-star, No. 78 overall, No. 10 wide receiver, 14 offers
2-star, No. 1,910 overall, No. 256 wide receiver, one offer
Tight Ends
2-star, No. 1,583 overall, No. 85 tight end, seven offers
4-star, No. 66 overall, No. 1 dual threat quarterback, one offer
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
Offensive Line
2-star, No. 1,944 overall, No. 159 offensive tackle, one offer
3-star, No. 508 overall, No. 46 offensive tackle, six offers
2-star, No. 2,182 overall, No. 167 offensive tackle, one offer
4-star, No. 98 overall, No. 4 offensive guard, seven offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
3-star, No. 851 overall, No. 69 defensive tackle, one offer
2-star, No. 2,011 overall, No. 193 offensive tackle, one offer
3-star, No. 843 overall, No. 11 center, four offers
2-star, No. 2,804 overall, No. 180 offensive guard, one offer
4-star, No. 250 overall, No. 18 offensive tackle, four offers
Defensive Line
3-star, No. 692 overall, No. 42 athlete, seven offers
5-star, No. 18 overall, No. 2 strong side defensive end, six offers
4-star, No. 97 overall, No. 7 defensive tackle, 17 offers
4-star, No. 62 overall, No. 2 athlete, one offer
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
No stars, not ranked, one offer
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
Linebackers
3-star, No. 1,559 overall, No. 116 outside linebacker, five offers
4-star, No. 40 overall, No. 1 inside linebacker, one offer
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
3-star, No. 1,522 overall, No. 112 outside linebacker, three offers
3-star, No. 636 overall, No. 42 athlete, 16 offers
4-star, No. 100 overall, No. 8 outside linebacker, 19 offers
Defensive Backs
4-star, No. 218 overall, No. 15 cornerback, seven offers
3-star, No. 452 overall, No. 35 safety, one offer
5-star, No. 17 overall, No. 3 cornerback, 21 offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
3-star, No. 549 overall, No. 50 safety, one offer
3-star, No. 540 overall, No. 26 athlete, six offers
3-star, No. 948 overall, No. 86 cornerback, 16 offers
4-star, No. 201 overall, No. 14 safety, 10 offers
3-star, No. 1,274 overall, No. 87 safety, four offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
Special Teams
3-star, No. 1,094 overall, No. 3 kicker, four offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
No stars, not ranked, zero offers
