2016 NFL players who played at Illinois 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 Illinois?

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 Illinois has sent 46 players to the league this season, and that



Want some more fun facts? How about these:

- Joliet Catholic, Lane Tech and Naperville North are the only Illinois schools to have multiple alums in the NFL, with two each.

- The Indianapolis Colts lead the way when it comes to having Illinois-bred players on their roster with five. Next most are the Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots with four each.

- The home-state Chicago Bears have two players from Illinois high schools: Cameron Meredith (wide receiver from St. Joseph) and Sherrick McManis (cornerback from Richwoods).

- Illinois is by far the home of the tight end position. An astounding nine of the 46 players play that position. That's followed by seven offensive tackles and six wide receivers. Nobody is listed as a special teams player and 35 of the 46 play on the offensive side of the ball.

- Naperville North had two future NFL tight ends on the 2008 and 2009 squads. Matt Lacosse (Giants tight end) and James O'Shaughnessy (Chiefs tight end) helped the Huskies go 10-1 in 2008 and 5-5 the next season.



- The 2009 Lane Tech squad had two future NFL big men on the roster. Laken Tomlinson (Lions guard) and Louis Trinca-Pasat (Lions defensive tackle) teamed up for a squad that only managed a 4-5 record.

Bloomington Central Catholic	Michael Hoomanawanui	TE	New Orleans Saints
Bolingbrook	Antonio Morrison	ILB	Indianapolis Colts
Boylan	Dean Lowry	DE	Green Bay Packers
Brother Rice	Andy Gallik	C	Tennessee Titans
Cahokia	Terron Armstead	T	New Orleans Saints
Carmel	Sean McGrath	TE	San Diego Chargers
Conant	Andre Holmes	WR	Oakland Raiders
Crete-Monee	Laquon Treadwell	WR	Minnesota Vikings
Danville	Justin March-Lillard	LB	Kansas City Chiefs
DuSable	Mike Thomas	WR	Los Angeles Rams
Dwight	Clay Harbor	TE	New England Patriots
Edwardsville	Vincent Valentine	DT	New England Patriots
Eisenhower	Brandon Williams	TE	Seattle Seahawks
Fremd	Scott Tolzien	QB	Indianapolis Colts
Glenbard West	Chris Watt	C	San Diego Chargers
Homewood-Flossmoor	Zach Fulton	G	Kansas City Chiefs
Johnsburg	C.J. Fiedorowicz	TE	Houston Texans
Joliet Catholic	Josh Ferguson	RB	Indianapolis Colts
Joliet Catholic	Coby Fleener	TE	New Orleans Saints
Julians	Isiah Cage	OT	Indianapolis Colts
King	Jeff Allen	OG	Houston Texans
Lake Zurich	Anthony Castonzo	T	Indianapolis Colts
Lane Tech	Louis Trinca-Pasat	DT	Los Angeles Rams
Lane Tech	Laken Tomlinson	G	Detroit Lions
Lemont	Clayton Fejedelem	S	Cincinnati Bengals
Lexington	Alex Tanney	QB	Tennessee Titans
Lincoln-Way Central	Rob Ninkovich	DE	New England Patriots
Marian Catholic	Dennis Kelly	T	Tennessee Titans
Marian Central Catholic	Bryan Bulaga	T	Green Bay Packers
Marmion	Graham Glasgow	C	Detroit Lions
Morgan Park	Corbin Bryant	DT	Buffalo Bills
Naperville Central	Cameron Brate	TE	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Naperville North	Matt LaCosse	TE	New York Giants
Naperville North	James O'Shaughnessy	TE	Kansas City Chiefs
Normal	Tyler Marcordes	LB	San Diego Chargers
Oak Forest	Tevin Coleman	RB	Atlanta Falcons
Plainfield North	Kapri Bibbs	RB	Denver Broncos
Proviso West	Kyle Prater	WR	New Orleans Saints
Richwoods	Sherrick McManis	CB	Chicago Bears
Rolling Meadows	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	New England Patriots
Romeoville	Byron Stingily	T	New York Giants
Sandburg	Michael Schofield	T	Denver Broncos
Simeon	Nate Palmer	LB	Tennessee Titans
Sparta	Darius Jackson	RB	Dallas Cowboys
St. Joseph	Cameron Meredith	WR	Chicago Bears
Wheaton-Warrenville South	Titus Davis	WR	New York Jets