Colleges That Produce the Greatest Numbers of Professional Football Players

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University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA): 493
University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN): 486
The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH): 418

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University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK): 373

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University of Nebraska—Lincoln (Lincoln, NE): 353
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI): 348

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Pennsylvania State University—University Park (University Park, PA): 338
The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): 337
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Knoxville, TN): 337
The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL): 326
University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL): 325

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University of Florida (Gainesville, FL): 324
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA): 315
University of Georgia (Athens, GA): 311

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Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI): 303

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University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): 303
University of Washington, Seattle (Seattle, WA): 285
Purdue University—West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN): 277
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA): 272

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Texas A&M University—College Station (College Station, TX): 271
University of Wisconsin—Madison (Madison, WI): 268
University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO): 266

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Auburn University (Auburn, AL): 262
University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN): 262
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR): 258
Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL): 256
Stanford University (Stanford, CA): 249
University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA): 245

Source: Drafthistory.com, Chris Malumphy

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If you want to be the next Tom Brady right out of college, check out these colleges with the most NFL draft picks in recent years.The number is the overall drafted players the school has had.

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