No school can touch Alabama or LSU on getting these positions to the NFL
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If you want to play in the NFL, go to Alabama or LSU. It’s that simple.
As Fox Sports college football reporter points out, the NFL is absolutely loaded with players from the two SEC West powers, but more specifically at these positions:
#Alabama has the most players on NFL opening day rosters at the following positions: RB (5), OG (6) and DT (5)
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) September 15, 2016
DBU: No college has as many players at one position on opening day NFL rosters as #LSU does with its 9 defensive backs.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) September 15, 2016
Here are all the players from that stat*:
Alabama: James Carpenter, Marcell Dareus, Quinton Dial, Kenyan Drake, D.J. Fluker, Derrick Henry, Mark Ingram, Arie Kouandjio, Eddie Lacy, Evan Mathis, Jarran Reed, A’Shawn Robinson, Damion Square, Anthony Steen, Ed Stinson, Chance Warmack, and T.J. Yeldon.
LSU: Delvin Breaux, Ron Brooks, Morris Claiborne, Jalen Collins, Tyrann Mathieu, Jalen Mills, Patrick Peterson, Eric Reid, and Rashard Robinson.
According to ESPN.com, there are currently 43 former Alabama players listed on active NFL rosters — but the Tigers are barely ahead, boasting 45 of their own.
That’s 88 total players between the two conference rivals. Impressive.
*ESPN lists seven active NFL defensive tackles from Alabama
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).
