Colleges with most players on Week 1 NFL rosters

Which team’s ranking surprises you the most?

By now you’ve likely already had your fantasy football draft and are set for the NFL to kick-off on Thursday night as the defending champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills.  Both teams feature former college stars on both sides of the field and with the season starting I thought it’d be a good time to look up just which colleges have the most NFL talent entering the 2022 season.

You can probably guess a few of the colleges that produced the most current NFL talent but where a couple powerhouses rank may surprise you.

For example, would you think that Clemson wouldn’t make the top 10?  Or that UCLA has more current NFL players than each of Texas A&M, USC, Florida State, Miami, or Oregon?

Here are the topsouth caro 40 programs in terms of current NFL talent.

Research courtesy of SpoTrac.com