Daniel Wilco | NCAA.com | September 11, 2018 Colleges most represented on 2018 NFL rosters College Football Playoff party crashers Share For a select few NCAA athletes, after their collegiate playing days are over, NFL Sundays call. And with the arrival of September, those Sundays are back. Final 53-man rosters were announced for the start of the 2018-19 NFL season, and among the 32 NFL teams, there are almost 1,700 players on roster. Almost all started at an NCAA school. About 86 percent (1,460 players) of them come from FBS teams. But which team has sent the most of its athletes to the NFL? RELATED: Former DII football players on 2018 NFL rosters (Disclaimer: this list only highlights players on 53-man rosters as of Sept. 6. It does not include players on the injury reserved lists, practice squads, or commissioner’s exempt list). USA Today Sports Images That’d be Alabama. The Crimson Tide have 44 players spread across 24 teams, including four 2018 first-round picks in Minkah Fitzpatrick (Miami Dolphins), Da’Ron Payne (Washington Redskins), Rashaan Evans (Tennessee Titans), and Calvin Ridley (Atlanta Falcons). Ridley will be playing alongside All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones, who had 1,133 receiving yards for the Crimson Tide in 2010. Close behind Alabama is LSU, with 40 Tigers on 26 teams to start the season. The Tigers have churned out stars like Odell Beckham Jr. (New York Giants), Jarvis Landry (Cleveland Browns), Leonard Fournette (Jacksonville Jaguars), Tyrann Mathieu (Houston Texans), and Patrick Peterson (Arizona Cardinals). Third in the rankings is Florida, which boasts 38 players on 23 teams. That includes both Pouncey brothers, Maurkice (Pittsburgh Steelers), and Mike (Los Angeles Chargers) — who won a title with the Gators in 2008. If you’ve been paying attention, you’d notice that the top three teams all hail from the same conference: the SEC. The SEC leads all conferences with 335 players on active NFL rosters — 96 more than the next conference. Here’s every FBS conference ranked: Conference Players ON NFL ROSTERS SEC 335 Big Ten 239 ACC 228 Pac-12 210 Big 12 123 American 100 Mountain West 63 C-USA 63 Independent 40 MAC 39 Sun Belt 20 Wondering where your school falls on the list? Here is the full ranking of FBS schools with players on NFL 53-man rosters: Rank FBS school Players 1 Alabama 44 2 LSU 40 3 Florida 38 4 Miami 36 4 Ohio State 36 6 Florida State 33 7 Southern Cal 32 8 Clemson 29 9 Auburn 28 9 Georgia 28 11 Stanford 27 11 UCLA 27 11 Tennessee 27 14 Michigan 26 14 Notre Dame 26 16 Iowa 25 17 Texas 24 17 Penn State 24 17 Texas A&M 24 20 Oklahoma 23 21 Wisconsin 22 21 California 22 21 Washington 22 21 Mississippi 22 21 South Carolina 22 26 Nebraska 19 26 Oregon 19 28 North Carolina 18 29 Pittsburgh 17 29 Michigan State 17 29 Mississippi State 17 32 North Carolina State 16 32 Missouri 16 34 Louisville 15 34 Central Florida 15 36 Virginia Tech 14 36 Temple 14 36 West Virginia 14 36 Utah 14 40 SMU 13 40 TCU 13 40 Texas Tech 13 40 Rutgers 13 40 Boise State 13 40 Arkansas 13 46 Cincinnati 12 46 Illinois 12 46 Colorado 12 46 Oregon State 12 50 Boston College 11 50 Virginia 11 50 Oklahoma State 11 53 Memphis 10 53 South Florida 10 53 Kansas State 10 53 Maryland 10 53 Purdue 10 53 Louisiana Tech 10 53 Southern Mississippi 10 53 Arizona State 10 61 Georgia Tech 9 61 Baylor 9 61 Indiana 9 61 Northwestern 9 61 Central Michigan 9 66 Rice 8 66 Utah State 8 66 Arizona 8 66 Kentucky 8 66 Vanderbilt 8 71 Duke 7 71 Wake Forest 7 71 Connecticut 7 71 Houston 7 71 Minnesota 7 71 Western Kentucky 7 71 BYU 7 71 Toledo 7 71 Fresno State 7 71 San Jose State 7 81 Tulane 6 81 Wyoming 6 83 Syracuse 5 83 Florida Atlantic 5 83 Middle Tennessee 5 83 Colorado State 5 83 Nevada 5 83 Washington State 5 83 Appalachian State 5 90 East Carolina 4 90 Kansas 4 90 Marshall 4 90 Old Dominion 4 90 Kent State 4 90 Northern Illinois 4 90 Western Michigan 4 90 New Mexico 4 90 San Diego State 4 99 UTEP 3 99 Massachusetts 3 99 Eastern Michigan 3 99 Ohio 3 99 Texas State 3 99 Troy 3 105 Iowa State 2 105 Florida International 2 105 North Texas 2 105 UAB 2 105 New Mexico State 2 105 Buffalo 2 105 Miami - OH 2 105 Hawaii 2 105 Coastal Carolina 2 105 Georgia Southern 2 105 Georgia State 2 116 Navy 1 116 Tulsa 1 116 Charlotte 1 116 Army 1 116 Liberty 1 116 Ball State 1 116 Air Force 1 116 UNLV 1 116 Arkansas State 1 116 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 116 South Alabama 1 2022 SEC softball bracket: Complete scores, final results Here's the 2022 SEC softball bracket, schedule and TV times for the conference tournament, which is May 10-14 in Gainesville, Fla., at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium READ MORE Texas A&M softball rolls past No. 2 Alabama in five innings Texas A&M won the weekend series against No. 2 Alabama with a 9-1 win in five innings. 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