The NFL consists of 32 teams, each with an active roster of 53 players, for a total of 1,696 players. There are 1,573 athletes in the league, or 92.7% of the total.
Teams were required to reduce their rosters from 90 players to 53 before the start of the regular season on Tuesday, August 26 at 4 p.m. ET.
Powerhouses from the SEC and Big Ten top the list, with Alabama sending the most players to the professional ranks (62). Georgia and Ohio State, two prestigious pipelines with 57 players apiece, are right behind Alabama. With 44, Michigan is in fourth place. With 39 players apiece, LSU (SEC) and Notre Dame (Independent) are tied for sixth place. The majority of Oklahoma’s 32 players are from the Big 12 era.
There are at least one NFL representative from each of the nation’s 214 universities. With one player each, Greenville, Saint John’s (MN), and Wisconsin-Whitewater are DIII universities. Quinn Meinerz, a guard for the Denver Broncos last season, is starting his fifth season at Wisconsin-Whitewater.
When it comes to active NFL players on 53-man rosters as of the last day of roster cuts, you can see exactly where your school stands below.
| 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 José 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 |
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