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NFL players

Where America's NFL players went to school — counting study at any level, so someone with a bachelor's from one school and a law degree from another counts at both. Where a size-adjusted view is shown, it divides by the school's typical size over recent decades, so small schools that punch above their weight can actually show it.

Most people in this group

SchoolPeople% of group
The University of Alabama AL
143
 2.8%
Louisiana State University LA
142
 2.7%
University of Georgia GA
131
 2.5%
Ohio State University OH
127
 2.5%
University of Michigan MI
115
 2.2%
University of Notre Dame IN
107
 2.1%
University of Florida FL
107
 2.1%
University of Miami FL
106
 2.0%
Pennsylvania State University PA
104
 2.0%
University of Southern California CA
100
 1.9%
Florida State University FL
93
 1.8%
University of Oklahoma OK
91
 1.8%
Auburn University AL
91
 1.8%
University of Iowa IA
90
 1.7%
Clemson University SC
90
 1.7%
University of Washington WA
87
 1.7%
University of Oregon OR
87
 1.7%
The University of Texas at Austin TX
86
 1.7%
University of California-Los Angeles CA
85
 1.6%
University of Tennessee TN
84
 1.6%
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
79
 1.5%
Stanford University CA
75
 1.4%
University of South Carolina SC
73
 1.4%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC
68
 1.3%
University of Pittsburgh PA
68
 1.3%
Mississippi State University MS
68
 1.3%
University of Arkansas AR
67
 1.3%
University of Nebraska NE
66
 1.3%
University of Missouri MO
65
 1.3%
Michigan State University MI
63
 1.2%
University of Louisville KY
61
 1.2%
University of California-Berkeley CA
60
 1.2%
Oklahoma State University OK
59
 1.1%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC
58
 1.1%
University of Maryland-College Park MD
57
 1.1%
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
57
 1.1%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL
56
 1.1%
University of Kentucky KY
55
 1.1%
Oregon State University OR
53
 1.0%
University of Cincinnati OH
53
 1.0%
University of Central Florida FL
52
 1.0%
Rutgers University NJ
50
 1.0%
West Virginia University WV
50
 1.0%
University of Virginia VA
48
 0.9%
Baylor University TX
48
 0.9%
Arizona State University AZ
47
 0.9%
Boston College MA
46
 0.9%
Kansas State University KS
46
 0.9%
Texas Tech University TX
46
 0.9%
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
45
 0.9%
Purdue University IN
44
 0.9%
University of Minnesota MN
44
 0.9%
Temple University PA
43
 0.8%
Wake Forest University NC
42
 0.8%
University of Houston TX
42
 0.8%
Boise State University ID
41
 0.8%
Indiana University IN
40
 0.8%
San Diego State University CA
40
 0.8%
University of Colorado Boulder CO
38
 0.7%
Northwestern University IL
37
 0.7%

Relative to school size (min 5 people)

SchoolPer 10,000 students in a typical yearPeople
University of Notre Dame IN 97.6 107
University of Miami FL 66.2 106
Wake Forest University NC 63.5 42
The University of Alabama AL 54.5 143
Clemson University SC 48.6 90
Stanford University CA 46.2 75
Louisiana State University LA 46.0 142
University of Oregon OR 43.0 87
University of Georgia GA 41.3 131
Mississippi State University MS 39.6 68
Auburn University AL 37.8 91
University of Oklahoma OK 36.4 91
Baylor University TX 33.6 48
Vanderbilt University TN 32.7 36
University of Arkansas AR 31.9 67
Boston College MA 31.3 46
University of Iowa IA 31.3 90
Tulane University LA 30.1 35
University of Louisville KY 28.9 61
Duke University NC 28.5 37
University of Southern California CA 28.5 100
University of Tennessee TN 28.3 84
Florida State University FL 28.0 93
University of Michigan MI 27.9 115
University of Nebraska NE 27.4 66
Louisiana Tech University LA 26.0 28
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC 25.9 68
Oklahoma State University OK 25.4 59
College of the Holy Cross MA 25.3 7
University of South Carolina SC 25.0 73
University of Southern Mississippi MS 24.6 34
Pennsylvania State University PA 24.6 104
University of Florida FL 24.3 107
University of Missouri MO 23.4 65
Oregon State University OR 23.2 53
University of Pittsburgh PA 23.1 68
Boise State University ID 23.1 41
Ohio State University OH 23.0 127
University of Virginia VA 22.1 48
University of California-Los Angeles CA 22.0 85