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LSU social media takes victory lap on number of players on NFL rosters in Week 1

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery•09/15/22
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The LSU Tigers’ football program has cranked out tons of talented players to the National Football League over the years. That’s pretty common knowledge for most football fans. That didn’t stop the Tigers from letting everyone know just how many players they had on active rosters in the NFL on Week 1, 52 if you’re keeping track. That tied them with the Ohio State Buckeyes for the second most players in the NFL of any team in the country.

Check out the extensive list they dropped on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.

LSU ranked second among all college football programs

“For the sixth consecutive season, Alabama had the most or tied for the most players (58) on active NFL Kickoff Weekend rosters, the league announced,” the NFL wrote. “The Crimson Tide also placed the most active NFL players on season-opening rosters in 2018 (44), 2019 (56), 2020 (53) and 2021 (54), and shared the league lead in 2017 (39).

“LSU (52) and Ohio State (52) ranked tied for second in 2022, followed by Georgia (44).”

As for the following programs, the NFL pointed out that 50 plus former LSU and Ohio State stars also suited up for NFL squads last weekend. Additionally, Kirby Smart has helped turn Georgia around over recent seasons, and they’re up and coming with 44 former Bulldogs in the league.

Full list of colleges with most NFL players, per NFL:

1) Alabama Crimson Tide — 58
2T) LSU Tigers, Ohio State Buckeyes — 52
4) Georgia Bulldogs — 44
5) Notre Dame Fighting Irish — 37
6) Penn State Nittany Lions — 35
7T) Florida Gators, Michigan Wolverines — 33
9) Oklahoma Sooners — 32
10) Iowa Hawkeyes — 31
11) Clemson Tigers — 29
12T) Texas Longhorns, Washington Huskies, Wisconsin Badgers — 26
15T) Auburn Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, UCLA Bruins — 24
18T) South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies — 23

On3’s Steve Samra also contributed to this article.