Top 10 College Football Factories on NFL Network

[DC Vol]

No, Ernie Davis. The first African-American Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick in 1961. Broke all of Jim Brown's rushing record there. He died of leukemia in 1963 at the age of 23, but was supposed to be the next Jim Brown, possibly better.

I was joking, as Al Davis is actually in the Pro Football HOF, and went to Syracuse.

 

[pricevol5]

I was joking, as Al Davis is actually in the Pro Football HOF, and went to Syracuse.

I knew Al was quite a player, but had no idea he went to Syracuse. I had a High School teacher who played DB at Syracuse with Ernie Davis and would tell us some amazing stories about him.

 

[coaltrain1300]

i thought tenn had put mor eplayers in the nfl than any other team thats somewher eon a ut website i thought. so as far as a factory goes we have produced more. now im sure there is some question on quality and schools beat us there but i thought we had produced the most?

 

[justingroves]

i thought tenn had put mor eplayers in the nfl than any other team thats somewher eon a ut website i thought. so as far as a factory goes we have produced more. now im sure there is some question on quality and schools beat us there but i thought we had produced the most?

Miami, FSU, Florida and Ohio State are all up there, either right with Tennessee or they have more.

 

[sMi.Spite]

Last night the NFL Network aired their top ten list of "College Football Factories." Best I can remember, the top 10 schools were:

10. Tennessee
9. The entire MAC conference (BS that a conference makes it on this list)
8. Syracuse (a few stars, but questionable that they are ahead of us here)
7. Penn State
6. Alabama
5. Michigan
4. Ohio State
3. Notre Dame
2. Miami
1. USC

Notable omissions: Texas, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU.

I think I posted it on here before, but I found out one time that 12% of the players in the NFL are from one of five SEC teams. Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia, and LSU each have like 30 something starters in the NFL right now.

Alabama only has like 20 something (they have been down recently).

USC and Ohio state are comparable, if I remember, but other than that, no one had any outs to those 5 teams.

Edit: oops, I forgot Miami and FSU. Although FSU is declining in current starters similar to Alabama

 

[sMi.Spite]

Didn't they have a linebacker go to the Texans a year or two ago? I thought Penn St was known for draft flops as much as anything.

Demeco ryans was a 2nd round pick in the 2006 draft and DROY. Mario Williams was their first round pick.

 

[Godfatha]

Last night the NFL Network aired their top ten list of "College Football Factories." Best I can remember, the top 10 schools were:

10. Tennessee
9. The entire MAC conference (BS that a conference makes it on this list)
8. Syracuse (a few stars, but questionable that they are ahead of us here)
7. Penn State
6. Alabama
5. Michigan
4. Ohio State
3. Notre Dame
2. Miami
1. USC

Notable omissions: Texas, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU.

This list smells of someone who did not do any research whatsoever.

 

[sMi.Spite]

This list smells of someone who did not do any research whatsoever.

looking at the top 5, i'd say the person who did the list is a rose bowl homer. IE someone who pimps the b10/p10 all the time. (ND is honorary b10 and you can't deny miami pumps out pros)

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

This list is completely meaningless if FSU isn't even in the top 10.

How many quality NFL players come out of FSU and compare that to the number of busts...

 

[Abeachvol]

# of players drafted by school
Notre Dame 457
USC 439
Ohio State 380
Oklahoma 330
Nebraska 325
Michigan 324
Tennessee 317
Penn State 310
Texas 307
Miami (FL) 290

# of first round picks since 1988:

1. Miami: 41
2. Ohio State: 29
3. Florida State: 28
4. Tennessee: 23
5. Florida: 21
5. USC: 21
7. Texas: 18
8. Michigan: 16
8. PSU: 16
8. Georgia: 16
11. Notre Dame: 15
12. LSU: 14
13 UCLA: 12
13. Nebraska: 12
15. Oklahoma: 11

 

[sMi.Spite]

nice numbers trey.