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A LOOK AT 2018 NFL KICKOFF WEEKEND ROSTERS; ALABAMA LED ALL COLLEGES WITH 44 NFL PLAYERS SEC COUNTRY: Alabama had the most players on NFL Kickoff 2018 active rosters with 44, the NFL announced today. LSU, who ranked second in 2018 with 40 players on Week 1 rosters, tied for first with Alabama in 2017 with 39 players on Kickoff Weekend rosters and had previously ranked first in 2016 (42 players), 2015 (40) and 2014 (38). A total of 261 colleges were represented on Kickoff Weekend active rosters. The colleges with the most players in the NFL: COLLEGE Alabama LSU Florida Miami Ohio State
PLAYERS 44 40 37 36 36
COLLEGE Florida State Southern California Clemson Auburn Georgia
PLAYERS 33 32 29 28 28
COLLEGE Stanford Tennessee UCLA Iowa Michigan
PLAYERS 27 27 27 26 26
COLLEGE Notre Dame Penn State Texas Oklahoma Texas A&M
PLAYERS 26 25 24 23 23
A breakdown by position of colleges with the most players in the NFL: POS. C G T TE QB RB WR
SCHOOL Florida, Missouri, Ohio State Iowa, Michigan Texas Christian Miami, Stanford Michigan State, North Carolina State, Southern California LSU Clemson, Texas Tech
PLAYERS 3 4 6 5 3 6 7
POS. DT DE LB DB P
SCHOOL Alabama, LSU Miami Alabama, Georgia Ohio State Tennessee
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Florida State
PLAYERS 6 5 7 10 4 3
QB BREAKDOWN: Quarterbacks were in the spotlight once again on Kickoff Weekend and the NFL has now had at least one rookie quarterback start in Week 1 in 11 consecutive seasons, the longest streak in the NFL since at least 1950. A by-the-numbers look at the 32 starting quarterbacks in Week 1: 5 19
Rookie or 2nd-year 1st-round Draft picks
4
6th-Round Draft picks or later, or undrafted No. 1 overall picks
7 9 16 8
Drafted No. 75 overall or later, or undrafted Younger than 30 years old From Texas, most of
Peterman, BUF; Trubisky, CHI; Watson, HOU; Mahomes, KC; Darnold, NYJ (rookie) Bradford, AZ; Ryan, ATL; Flacco, BAL; Newton, CAR; Trubisky, CHI; Stafford, DET; Rodgers, GB; Watson, HOU; Luck, IND; Bortles, JAX; Mahomes, KC; Rivers, LAC; Goff, LAR; Tannehill, MIA; Manning, NYG; Darnold, NYJ; Roethlisberger, PIT; Mariota, TEN; Smith, WAS Taylor, CLE (6th round); Keenum, DEN (undrafted); Brady, NE (6th round); Fitzpatrick, TB (7th round) Bradford, AZ; Newton, CAR; Stafford, DET; Luck, IND; Goff, LAR; Manning, NYG; Smith, WAS Peterman, BUF; Taylor, CLE; Prescott, DAL; Keenum, DEN; Cousins, MIN; Brady, NE; Foles, PHI; Wilson, SEA; Fitzpatrick, TB Peterman, BUF; Newton, CAR; Trubisky, CHI; Taylor, CLE; Prescott, DAL; Watson, HOU; Luck, IND; Bortles, JAX; Mahomes, KC; Goff, LAR; Darnold, NYJ; Carr, OAK; Foles, PHI; Garoppolo, SF; Wilson, SEA; Mariota, TEN Dalton, CIN; Keenum, DEN; Stafford, DET; Luck, IND; Mahomes, KC; Tannehill, MIA;
any state
Brees, NO; Foles, PHI
THE TALL AND SHORT OF IT: On NFL Kickoff rosters, there were 294 players weighing under 200 pounds, 291 players under six-feet tall, and 357 players weighing over 300 pounds. The New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers each have 13 players weighing less than 200 pounds, the most in that category. Carolina has the most players under six-feet tall with 14, while Pittsburgh has 14 players weighing over 300 pounds, the most in the league. A team-by-team player dimension breakdown based on 2018 Kickoff rosters: AFC TEAM Baltimore Buffalo Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City LA Chargers Miami New England NY Jets Oakland Pittsburgh Tennessee
UNDER 200 LBS. 9 11 9 9 11 12 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 5 10 9
UNDER 6-FEET 10 9 9 11 9 10 6 7 11 13 9 10 8 11 10 10
OVER 300 LBS. 10 11 11 8 8 11 13 12 13 9 11 10 13 11 14 12
NFC TEAM Arizona Atlanta Carolina Chicago Dallas Detroit Green Bay LA Rams Minnesota New Orleans NY Giants Philadelphia San Francisco Seattle Tampa Bay Washington
UNDER 200 LBS. 7 11 8 8 6 8 8 12 8 10 13 13 13 4 11 8
UNDER 6-FEET 9 10 14 5 6 11 4 10 7 10 10 11 9 8 9 5
OVER 300 LBS. 10 11 12 10 11 12 13 9 11 11 13 11 10 11 12 13
HEIGHT, WEIGHT & AGE AVERAGES FOR 2018 AFC & NFC ROSTERS AFC Team Baltimore Buffalo Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City LA Chargers Miami New England NY Jets Oakland Pittsburgh Tennessee AFC Average NFC Average All NFL Average
Height 6.17 6.17 6.19 6.15 + 6.17 6.18 6.21 6.20 6.17 6.16 6.21 6.16 6.20 6.17 6.22 * 6.17 6.18 6.18 6.18
Weight 247.15 243.09 + 246.96 244.53 244.23 245.98 247.91 * 247.74 247.30 243.25 243.98 245.96 245.49 247.42 247.92 244.81 245.86 244.72 245.29
Age (Years) 25.96 26.53 25.38 25.19 + 26.06 25.55 25.66 25.55 25.68 25.92 26.47 26.83 26.04 27.55 * 26.06 26.17 26.04 26.09 26.06
Experience 3.89 4.55 3.70 3.21 + 3.81 3.72 3.62 3.83 3.74 4.02 4.55 5.04 4.08 5.36 * 4.28 4.43 4.11 4.17 4.14
Rookie & 1st year 12 11 11 13 * 13 * 12 11 7 + 12 11 9 7 + 9 11 8 10 10.44 10.31 10.38
Players Age 30 & Over 9 12 7 3 + 8 5 6 3 6 5 11 11 3 + 15 * 6 7 7.31 7.94 7.63
Age (Years) 26.70 26.85 * 26.72 25.77 25.51 26.55 25.74 25.62 25.47 + 26.26 26.06 26.33 25.83 25.74 26.13 26.17 26.09 26.04 26.06
Experience 4.49 4.66 4.79 * 3.85 3.55 4.70 4.02 3.92 3.49 + 4.26 4.11 4.71 3.88 3.87 4.21 4.17 4.17 4.11 4.14
Rookie & 1st year 12 11 10 9 13 7 + 15 * 10 11 9 10 10 7 + 11 9 11 10.31 10.44 10.38
Players Age 30 & Over 9 13 * 11 4 2 + 10 7 8 4 9 8 10 8 4 8 12 7.94 7.31 7.63
* AFC high + AFC low
NFC Team Arizona Atlanta Carolina Chicago Dallas Detroit Green Bay LA Rams Minnesota New Orleans NY Giants Philadelphia San Francisco Seattle Tampa Bay Washington NFC Average AFC Average All NFL Average * NFC high + NFC low
Height 6.19 6.13 + 6.15 6.19 6.20 6.16 6.22 * 6.17 6.22 * 6.16 6.18 6.16 6.19 6.18 6.18 6.17 6.18 6.18 6.18
Weight 244.21 239.34 + 247.38 244.81 246.70 245.72 244.75 240.43 244.19 242.57 245.30 244.81 243.81 250.55 * 244.25 246.77 244.72 245.86 245.29