Daniel Wilco | NCAA.com | September 11, 2018

Colleges most represented on 2018 NFL rosters

College Football Playoff party crashers

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?

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(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).

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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