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NFLSU: How to watch former LSU Tigers for the NFL’s first game of the season

How to watch, stream the season opener between Dallas and Tampa Bay. Five former Tigers to play in this game.

With college football entering week three, it is time for the NFL to get underway. This year teams will play 17 regular-season games after adding a game to the typical 16 game schedules of the past. The first game features the Dallas Cowboys traveling to the Sunshine State to take on the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The game features a total of five former LSU Tigers making their season debuts on Thursday night from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. Two players for the Cowboys including a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft, Jabril Cox.

Dallas Cowboys

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OT: La’el Collins

LB: Jabril Cox

The defending champs currently have four former LSU Tigers on the team with Cyril Grayson being the only one not on the active 53-man roster. The recent LSU graduate Devin White will look to lead the defense to yet another championship.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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RB: Leonard Fournette

LB: Kevin Minter

LB: Devin White

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Game Information

Dallas Cowboys (0-0) vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0)

When: 7:20 p.m. CT, Thursday, September 9

Where: Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, Florida

TV: NBC Network

Stream: Peacock TV

LSU’s six players appearing in Super Bowl LV is the most of any college program

No other school will have more players on Super Bowl LV rosters than LSU, with six total players. No other school will have more than four players in the big game.

No school will have more former players participating in Super Bowl LV than LSU. Each conference champion, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFC and the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFC, will have three former LSU Tigers on the roster when they meet in two weeks in Tampa.

LSU easily leads the way when it comes to Super Bowl participants this season. No other school will have more than four players in the game. Clemson, Iowa, and Michigan will each have four former players in the game. The next closest SEC school will be Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and South Carolina with three players each.

Here is a look at the former Tigers who will chase Super Bowl glory in Super Bowl LV on February 7, 2021.