College Football Teams & Their NFL Alumnus

    Football Almanac is pleased to present the most comprehensive selection of college football teams and their NFL alumnus found on the Internet. The colleges are sorted alphabetically by default, but the sort order can be changed by quantity (greatest to least). When clicked, a list of every player from the chosen school who went on to play in the NFL will appear in alphabetical order.

"In the not-too-distant future, the dinosaurs who currently run the show will disappear, and from the primordial ooze will come a new generation of athletic administrators in search of competitive closure. Will is be eight teams, 12 or 16? How will the bowls be incorporated? These are the vexing questions. It's not of matter of why, but how. Public pressure in support of such a system will play a role in advancing it from the drawing board to the playing field. Television will make it happen." - ESPN Columnist John Crowley on ESPN.com (12/20/2008)
College Football Teams & Their NFL Alumnus

A Comprehensive College Football / NFL Alumnus Listing

A.T. Still University 1
Abilene Christian University 29
Adams State College 4
Air Force Academy 10
Alabama A&M University 16
Alabama State University 22
Albany State University 9
Albion College 1
Albright College 5
Alcorn State University 51
Alfred State College 3
Allegheny College 2
Allen University 4
Alma College 6
American International College 8
Amherst College 5
Anderson University 2
Angelo State University 11
Appalachian State University 25
Arizona State University 220
Arkansas State University 38
Arkansas Tech University 5
Army 28
Arnold College 2
Ashland University 5
Auburn University 214
Augsburg College 3
Augusta State University 1
Augustana College 6
Augustana College (Illinois) 2
Austin College 9
Austin Peay State University 7
Autonomous University of Tamaulipas 1
Azusa Pacific University 24
Baker University 2
Baldwin-Wallace College 8
Ball State University 25
Bates College 1
Baylor University 173
Beloit College 6
Bemidji State University 1
Benedict College 1
Benedictine University 2
Bentley University 1
Bethany College 1
Bethany College 6
Bethune-Cookman College 38
Birmingham-Southern College 3
Bishop College 12
Black Hills State University 1
Bliss College 1
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 4
Bluffton University 1
Boise State University 39
Boston College 189
Boston University 35
Bowie State University 2
Bowling Green State University 47
Bradley University 12
Brandeis University 1
Brigham Young University 125
Brooklyn College 2
Brown University 46
Bucknell University 40
Butler University 10
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 26
California Lutheran University 9
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 10
California State University Bakersfield 3
California State University Chico 5
California State University East Bay 3
California State University Fresno 102
California State University Fullerton 22
California State University Long Beach 34
California State University Los Angeles 17
California State University Northridge 11
California State University Sacramento 16
California University of Pennsylvania 6
Cameron University 6
Campion College 2
Canisius College 13
Carleton College 4
Carlisle Indian Industrial School 16
Carnegie Mellon University 21
Carroll College 1
Carroll University 14
Carson-Newman College 19
Carthage College 5
Case Western Reserve University 16
Catawba College 14
Catholic University of America 16
Centenary College of Louisiana 12
Central College 1
Central Connecticut State University 1
Central Michigan University 21
Central Missouri State University 8
Central State University 21
Central Washington University 3
Centre College 17
Chadron State College 4
Chapman University 2
Charleston Southern University 1
Cheyney University 3
Christian Brothers University 3
City College of New York 2
Clarion University of Pennsylvania 4
Clark Atlanta University 5
Clarkson College 1
Clemson University 153
Coastal Carolina University 4
Coe College 2
Colgate University 68
College of Idaho 1
College of William and Mary 44
College of Wooster 6
College of the Holy Cross 72
Colorado College 2
Colorado School of Mines 2
Colorado State University 100
Colorado State University Pueblo 4
Columbia University 38
Concordia College 6
Concordia University 1
Concordia University, Nebraska 1
Cornell University 35
Creighton University 10
Culver-Stockton College 2
Dana College 1
Dartmouth College 39
Davidson College 5
Davis and Elkins College 8
DePaul University 15
DePauw University 9
Deakin University 1
Defiance College 2
Delaware State University 18
Delaware Valley College 3
Delta State University 8
Denison University 10
Dickinson College 3
Doane College 2
Drake University 27
Duke University 89
Duquesne University 49
Earlham College 2
East Carolina University 61
East Central University 6
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 5
East Tennessee State University 12
Eastern Illinois University 21
Eastern Kentucky University 31
Eastern Michigan University 35
Eastern New Mexico University 7
Eastern Washington University 17
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 2
Edward Waters College 1
Elizabeth City State University 8
Elmhurst College 2
Elon University 10
Emporia State University 14
Evangel University 3
Fairmont State University 3
Fayetteville State University 2
Ferris State University 5
Ferrum College 4
Fisk University 4
Florida A&M University 68
Florida International University 2
Florida State University 217
Fordham University 66
Fort Hays State University 5
Fort Lewis College 4
Fort Valley State University 12
Franklin College 3
Franklin and Marshall College 6
Frostburg State University 3
Furman University 17
Gardner-Webb University 4
Geneva College 8
George Fox University 1
George Washington University 23
Georgetown College 3
Georgetown University 59
Georgia Southern University 9
Georgia Tech 153
Gettysburg College 4
Gonzaga University 20
Graceland University 2
Grambling State University 109
Grand Valley State University 11
Grinnell College 2
Grove City College 10
Guilford College 2
Gustavus Adolphus College 8
Hamline University 9
Hampden-Sydney College 3
Hampton University 27
Hardin-Simmons University 28
Harding University 1
Harvard University 27
Haskell Indian Nations University 18
Hastings College 3
Heidelberg College 10
Henderson State University 9
Hillsdale College 4
Hiram College 2
Hobart and William Smith Colleges 4
Hofstra University 22
Howard Payne University 13
Howard University 24
Humboldt State University 6
Idaho State University 24
Illinois Institute of Technology Athletics 2
Illinois State University 23
Illinois Wesleyan University 8
Indiana State University 12
Indiana University 173
Indiana University of Pennsylvania 16
Iona College 1
Iowa State University 92
Iowa Wesleyan College 1
Ithaca College 1
Jackson State University 90
Jacksonville State University 12
James Madison University 10
Jamestown College 1
John Carroll University 9
Johnson C. Smith University 10
Kalamazoo College 4
Kansas State University 137
Kent State University 39
Kentucky State University 14
Kentucky Wesleyan College 1
Kenyon College 3
Knox College 3
Knoxville College 2
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 6
La Salle College 2
Lafayette College 28
Lake Forest College 4
Lakeland College 2
Lamar University 22
Lambuth University 3
Lane College 5
Langston University 10
Lawrence University 9
Lebanon Valley College 6
Lehigh University 28
Lenoir-Rhyne College 5
Lewis University 1
Lewis and Clark College 1
Liberty University 14
Lincoln College 1
Lincoln University of Missouri 10
Lindenwood University 1
Linfield College 6
Livingstone College 3
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania 4
Lombard College 5
Long Island University 3
Long Island University C.W. Post 9
Loras College 6
Louisiana State University 261
Louisiana Tech University 57
Loyola Marymount University 16
Loyola University Maryland 1
Loyola University New Orleans 3
Loyola University of Chicago 9
Luther College 3
Macalester College 6
Manchester College 2
Manhattan College 5
Marietta College 8
Marquette University 68
Mars Hill College 1
Marshall University 50
McDaniel College 10
McGill University 2
McNeese State University 33
McPherson College 1
Menlo College 4
Mercer University 4
Mesa State College 11
Miami University of Ohio 69
Michigan State University 257
Michigan Technological University 5
Middle Tennessee State University 20
Middlebury College 2
Midwestern State University 5
Miles College 1
Millersville University of Pennsylvania 4
Millikin University 10
Millsaps College 1
Milton College 1
Minnesota State University Mankato 6
Minnesota State University Moorhead 2
Minot State University 2
Mississippi College 8
Mississippi State University 130
Mississippi Valley State University 26
Missouri Southern State University - Joplin 5
Missouri State University 7
Missouri University of Science and Technology 3
Missouri Valley College 3
Missouri Western State University 1
Monmouth University 4
Montana State University 23
Montana State University Billings 2
Montclair State University 6
Monterrey Institute of Technology 2
Monterrey Institute of Technology 1
Morehead State University 8
Morehouse College 3
Morgan State University 38
Morningside College 7
Morris Brown College 14
Mount Morris College 1
Mount Senario College 1
Mount St. Mary's University 1
Mount Union College 5
Muhlenberg College 12
Murray State University 16
Muskingum College 5
Nebraska Wesleyan University 4
New Mexico Highlands University 11
New Mexico Military Institute 6
New Mexico State University 42
New York Institute of Technology 1
New York University 29
Newberry College 4
Niagara University 7
Nicholls State University 19
No College / University Attended 466
Norfolk State University 14
North Carolina A&T State University 34
North Carolina Central University 26
North Carolina State University 134
North Central College 3
North Dakota State University 22
North Park University 1
Northeastern Illinois University 1
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 10
Northeastern University 14
Northern Arizona University 37
Northern Illinois University 43
Northern Michigan University 9
Northern State University 1
Northland College 1
Northwest Missouri State University 9
Northwestern College 2
Northwestern Oklahoma State University 8
Northwestern State University of Louisiana 42
Northwestern University 161
Northwood University 3
Norwich University 3
Occidental College 6
Oglethorpe University 2
Ohio Dominican University 1
Ohio Northern University 5
Ohio State University 367
Ohio University 32
Ohio Wesleyan University 15
Oklahoma Baptist University 2
Oklahoma City University 8
Oklahoma State University 145
Olivet College 2
Oregon Institute of Technology 4
Oregon State University 136
Ottawa University 3
Otterbein College 6
Ouachita Baptist University 4
Pacific Lutheran University 3
Pacific University 2
Park University 1
Parsons College 2
Paul Quinn College 1
Penn State Schuylkill 6
Pennsylvania State University 310
Pepperdine University 4
Peru State College 2
Philander Smith College 1
Phillips University 9
Pittsburgh State University 12
Plymouth State University 1
Portland State University 26
Prairie View A&M University 30
Presbyterian College 8
Princeton University 30
Principia College 1
Providence College 5
Purdue University 244
Queen's University 2
Ramapo College 1
Randolph-Macon College 2
Rhodes College 1
Rice University 71
Rider University 1
Ripon College 11
Robert Morris University 3
Rocky Mountain College 1
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 2
Rowan University 1
Rutgers University 66
Sacred Heart University 1
Saginaw Valley State University 9
Saint Anselm College 2
Saint Benedict's College 2
Saint Francis University 6
Saint John's University 7
Saint Joseph's College 2
Saint Joseph's University 4
Saint Louis University 17
Saint Mary's Academy and College 2
Saint Mary's University 2
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 5
Saint Vincent College 6
Salem International University 8
Salisbury University 1
Sam Houston State University 24
Samford University 11
San Diego State University 174
San Francisco State University 13
San Jose State University 105
Santa Clara University 38
Santa Monica College 1
Savannah State University 6
Schreiner University 3
Seattle University 1
Shaw University 1
Shepherd University 2
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 4
Simon Fraser University 2
Simpson University 2
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 5
Sonoma State University 2
South Carolina State University 46
South Dakota State University 26
Southeast Missouri State University 16
Southeastern Louisiana University 16
Southeastern Oklahoma State University 3
Southern Arkansas University 4
Southern Connecticut State University 11
Southern Illinois University 32
Southern Methodist University 129
Southern Oregon University 2
Southern University and A&M College 71
Southern Utah University 1
Southwest Texas State University 29
Southwestern College 1
Southwestern Oklahoma State University 7
Southwestern University 4
Spring Hill College 1
Springfield College 7
St. Ambrose University 9
St. Augustine's College 2
St. Bonaventure University 12
St. Cloud State University 10
St. Edward's University 4
St. John's University 4
St. Lawrence University 4
St. Mary's College of California 54
St. Mary's University 8
St. Norbert College 4
St. Olaf College 4
St. Thomas University 9
St. Viator College 1
Stanford University 199
State University of New York at Brockport 2
State University of New York at Buffalo 11
State University of New York at Cortland 1
State University of West Georgia 5
Stephen F. Austin State University 32
Sterling College 1
Stillman College 1
Sul Ross State University 3
Swarthmore College 5
Syracuse University 220
Tabor College 1
Tarkio College 2
Tarleton State University 5
Taylor University 1
Technical University Vienna 1
Temple University 83
Tennessee State University 103
Tennessee Technological University 12
Tennessee Wesleyan College 1
Texas A&M University 237
Texas A&M University-Commerce 23
Texas A&M University-Kingsville 49
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi 2
Texas Christian University 136
Texas Southern University 60
Texas State University-San Marcos 2
Texas Tech University 116
The Citadel 15
Thiel College 3
Tiffin University 1
Towson University 8
Trinity College 9
Trinity University 11
Troy University 36
Truman State University 10
Tufts University 9
Tulane University 99
Tusculum College 1
Tuskegee University 14
U.S. International University 8
Union University 3
United States Merchant Marine Academy 2
United States Naval Academy 26
University of Akron 26
University of Alabama 253
University of Alabama-Birmingham 15
University of Arizona 148
University of Arkansas 194
University of Arkansas-Monticello 2
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 26
University of Belgrade 1
University of Bridgeport 2
University of British Columbia 2
University of Calgary 2
University of California 206
University of California, Davis 16
University of California, Riverside 5
University of California, Santa Barbara 9
University of California Los Angeles 262
University of Central Arkansas 9
University of Central Florida 36
University of Central Oklahoma 20
University of Charleston 7
University of Chicago 25
University of Cincinnati 96
University of Colorado 208
University of Connecticut 25
University of Dayton 37
University of Delaware 21
University of Denver 12
University of Detroit Mercy 60
University of Dubuque 4
University of Evansville 4
University of Findlay 8
University of Florida 231
University of Georgia 235
University of Hawaii at Manoa 79
University of Houston 130
University of Idaho 63
University of Illinois 241
University of Indianapolis 1
University of Iowa 213
University of Kansas 137
University of Kentucky 138
University of La Verne 1
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 43
University of Louisiana at Monroe 39
University of Louisville 116
University of Maine 20
University of Manitoba 2
University of Maryland 177
University of Maryland Eastern Shore 2
University of Massachusetts Amherst 25
University of Memphis 94
University of Miami 267
University of Michigan 323
University of Minnesota 229
University of Minnesota Duluth 6
University of Mississippi 179
University of Missouri 149
University of Montana-Missoula 46
University of Nebraska 307
University of Nebraska at Kearney 2
University of Nebraska at Omaha 14
University of Nevada Las Vegas 63
University of Nevada Reno 52
University of New Hampshire 21
University of New Haven 5
University of New Mexico 55
University of North Alabama 22
University of North Carolina 181
University of North Dakota 26
University of North Texas 64
University of Northern Colorado 15
University of Northern Iowa 27
University of Notre Dame 492
University of Oklahoma 280
University of Oregon 174
University of Pennsylvania 59
University of Pittsburgh 271
University of Portland 4
University of Puget Sound 2
University of Redlands 3
University of Regina 1
University of Rhode Island 18
University of Richmond 38
University of Rochester 3
University of San Diego 4
University of San Francisco 30
University of Scranton 5
University of Sioux Falls 2
University of South Carolina 122
University of South Dakota 19
University of South Florida 11
University of Southern California 419
University of Southern Mississippi 99
University of St. Thomas 15
University of Tampa 14
University of Tennessee 288
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 45
University of Tennessee at Martin 8
University of Texas at Arlington 26
University of Texas at Austin 250
University of Texas at El Paso 73
University of Toledo 51
University of Toronto 1
University of Tulsa 149
University of Utah 112
University of Vermont 6
University of Virginia 142
University of Virginia's College at Wise 1
University of Wales 1
University of Washington 237
University of West Alabama 7
University of Western Ontario 4
University of Winchester 1
University of Windsor 1
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 2
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 11
University of Wisconsin-Madison 251
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 4
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 4
University of Wisconsin-Platteville 4
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 5
University of Wisconsin-Stout 3
University of Wisconsin-Superior 6
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 6
University of Wyoming 62
University of the Pacific 61
Upper Iowa University 1
Upsala College 3
Ursinus College 4
Utah State University 95
Valdosta State University 9
Valparaiso University 8
Vanderbilt University 75
Villanova University 80
Virginia Military Institute 15
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University 111
Virginia State University 8
Virginia Union University 15
Wabash College 11
Wagner College 1
Wake Forest University 98
Washburn University of Topeka 6
Washington College 2
Washington State University 161
Washington University in Saint Louis 13
Washington and Jefferson College 38
Washington and Lee University 11
Wayne State College 8
Wayne State University 12
Waynesburg College 10
Weber State University 27
Wesley College 1
Wesleyan University 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 11
West Liberty State College 3
West Texas A&M University 43
West Virginia State College 5
West Virginia University 158
West Virginia University Institute of Technology 3
West Virginia Wesleyan College 20
Western Carolina University 13
Western Illinois University 38
Western Kentucky University 21
Western Michigan University 39
Western New Mexico University 1
Western Oregon University 1
Western State College of Colorado 3
Western Washington University 5
Westminster College 4
Westminster College (Missouri) 1
Westminster College (Utah) 1
Wheaton College 2
Whittier College 5
Whitworth University 2
Wichita State University 38
Widener University 7
Wiley College 5
Willamette University 4
William Jewell College 3
William Paterson University 1
William Penn University 2
Williams College 7
Wilmington University 4
Wingate University 2
Winona State University 1
Winston-Salem State University 14
Wittenberg University 9
Wofford College 1
Xavier University 21
Yale University 27
Yankton College 4
Youngstown State University 20
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Did you know that the University of Notre Dame had 494 former players reach the National Football League - 65 more than the second place University of Southern California?

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