There are 32 teams in the NFL, each with a 53-man active roster for a total of 1,696 total players. FBS players make up 92.7% of the league total, or 1,573 athletes.
Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. ET was the deadline for teams to cut their rosters from 90 players to 53 going into the regular season.
SEC and Big Ten powerhouses lead the list, with Alabama contributing the most to the pros with 62 players. Right behind Alabama are a pair of marquee pipelines tied with 57 players each: Georgia and Ohio State. Michigan is fourth with 44. LSU (SEC) and Notre Dame (Independent) are tied for the fifth spot with 39 players each. Oklahoma boasts 32 players, most from when the program was in the Big 12.
In total, 214 universities from around the country have one or more representatives in the NFL. Three of those universities are DIII with Greenville, Saint John's (MN) and Wisconsin-Whitewater each having one player. Wisconsin-Whitewater's Quinn Meinerz is entering his fifth season, earning All-Pro honors at guard for the Denver Broncos last year.
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Below, you can find just exactly where your school ranks when it comes to active NFL players found on 53-man rosters as of the final day of roster cuts.
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(Note: This list only highlights players on active 53-man rosters as of Tuesday, Aug. 26. It does not include players on the injury reserved, practice squads or the commissioner鈥檚 exempt list).
| College | Number of Players |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 62 |
| Georgia | 57 |
| Ohio State | 57 |
| Michigan | 44 |
| LSU | 39 |
| Notre Dame | 39 |
| Penn State | 38 |
| Texas | 37 |
| Oregon | 35 |
| Oklahoma | 32 |
| Florida | 31 |
| Iowa | 28 |
| Texas A&M | 27 |
| Clemson | 26 |
| Stanford | 26 |
| Tennessee | 26 |
| USC | 26 |
| South Carolina | 25 |
| Washington | 25 |
| UCLA | 24 |
| Wisconsin | 24 |
| Miami | 22 |
| Auburn | 21 |
| Illinois | 21 |
| Florida State | 20 |
| Maryland | 20 |
| Minnesota | 20 |
| Ole Miss | 20 |
| TCU | 20 |
| California | 17 |
| Louisville | 17 |
| North Carolina | 17 |
| Iowa State | 17 |
| Utah | 17 |
| Boston College | 16 |
| NC State | 16 |
| Virginia Tech | 16 |
| Arkansas | 15 |
| Michigan State | 15 |
| Mississippi State | 14 |
| Pittsburgh | 14 |
| Baylor | 13 |
| Kentucky | 13 |
| Missouri | 13 |
| Nebraska | 13 |
| Kansas State | 13 |
| Syracuse | 13 |
| Colorado | 12 |
| Duke | 12 |
| Oregon State | 12 |
| Washington State | 12 |
| Boise State | 11 |
| BYU | 11 |
| Cincinnati | 11 |
| Oklahoma State | 11 |
| SMU | 11 |
| Houston | 10 |
| Texas Tech | 10 |
| Western Michigan | 10 |
| Arizona | 9 |
| Purdue | 9 |
| Rutgers | 9 |
| Tulane | 9 |
| UCF | 9 |
| Virginia | 9 |
| Wake Forest | 9 |
| North Dakota State | 8 |
| San Diego State | 8 |
| Temple | 8 |
| West Virginia | 8 |
| Buffalo | 7 |
| Central Michigan | 7 |
| Georgia Tech | 7 |
| Indiana | 7 |
| Louisiana | 7 |
| Memphis | 7 |
| Toledo | 7 |
| Vanderbilt | 7 |
| South Dakota State | 6 |
| Arizona State | 6 |
| Colorado State | 6 |
| Northwestern | 6 |
| UConn | 6 |
| Western Kentucky | 6 |
| Wyoming | 6 |
| Arkansas State | 5 |
| Florida International | 5 |
| Kansas | 5 |
| Southern Miss | 5 |
| Troy | 5 |
| UTEP | 5 |
| South Alabama | 4 |
| Northern Iowa | 4 |
| Yale | 4 |
| Florida Atlantic | 4 |
| Georgia Southern | 4 |
| Louisiana Tech | 4 |
| Nevada | 4 |
| Rice | 4 |
| UTSA | 4 |
| Air Force | 3 |
| Ball State | 3 |
| Bowling Green | 3 |
| Eastern Michigan | 3 |
| Eastern Washington | 3 |
| East Carolina | 3 |
| Ferris State (DII) | 3 |
| Fresno State | 3 |
| Idaho | 3 |
| Marshall | 3 |
| Middle Tennessee | 3 |
| Montana State | 3 |
| Sacramento State | 3 |
| Tulsa | 3 |
| Utah State | 3 |
| William & Mary | 3 |
| Youngstown State | 3 |
| Alabama A&M | 2 |
| Alabama State | 2 |
| Charlotte | 2 |
| Fayetteville State (DII) | 2 |
| Florida A&M | 2 |
| Georgia State | 2 |
| Harvard | 2 |
| Holy Cross | 2 |
| Illinois State | 2 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne | 2 |
| Liberty | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Miami (OH) | 2 |
| Minnesota State (DII) | 2 |
| Missouri Western (DII) | 2 |
| Navy | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 |
| San Diego | 2 |
| San Jos茅 State | 2 |
| Shepherd (DII) | 2 |
| Sioux Falls (DII) | 2 |
| South Carolina State | 2 |
| South Dakota | 2 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 2 |
| Southern Arkansas (DII) | 2 |
| Southern Illinois | 2 |
| Southern Utah | 2 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 2 |
| Tarleton State | 2 |
| UAB | 2 |
| UMass (FBS) | 2 |
| Western Illinois | 2 |
| Alabama A&M | 1 |
| Albany State GA (DII) | 1 |
| Alcorn State | 1 |
| App State | 1 |
| Army | 1 |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 |
| Cal Poly | 1 |
| Campbell | 1 |
| Canisius | 1 |
| Central Arkansas | 1 |
| Chattanooga | 1 |
| Coastal Carolina | 1 |
| Dayton | 1 |
| Drake | 1 |
| Duquesne | 1 |
| East Central (OK) DII | 1 |
| East Texas A&M | 1 |
| Eastern Illinois | 1 |
| Elon | 1 |
| Findlay | 1 |
| Fort Hays State (DII) | 1 |
| Fort Valley State (DII) | 1 |
| Furman | 1 |
| Grambling | 1 |
| Grand Valley State University (DII) | 1 |
| Greeneville (DIII) | 1 |
| Hawai'i | 1 |
| Houston Christian | 1 |
| Humboldt State (DII) | 1 |
| Idaho State | 1 |
| Indiana-Pennsylvania (DII) | 1 |
| Jackson State | 1 |
| Kutztown University (DII) | 1 |
| Malone (DII) | 1 |
| Marist | 1 |
| Missouri S&T (DII) | 1 |
| Missouri State | 1 |
| Morgan State | 1 |
| Murray State | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| North Carolina Central | 1 |
| Northern Arizona | 1 |
| Northern Colorado | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Old Dominion | 1 |
| Pittsburg State (DII) | 1 |
| Prairie View A&M | 1 |
| Princeton | 1 |
| Sacred Heart | 1 |
| Saginaw Valley State (DII) | 1 |
| Saint John's (MN) (DIII) | 1 |
| South Florida | 1 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 1 |
| Texas State | 1 |
| UC Davis | 1 |
| Valdosta State (DII) | 1 |
| Villanova | 1 |
| Wagner | 1 |
| Washburn | 1 |
| Weber State | 1 |
| West Alabama (DII) | 1 |
| Western Colorado (DII) | 1 |
| Wingate (DII) | 1 |
| Wisconsin-Whitewater (DIII) | 1 |
