The Atlantic Coast Conference was second with 247 while the Big Ten was third with 236, Pac-10 fourth with 184 and the Big 12 was fifth with 174 of its former student-athletes on NFL rosters.
Of the 12 SEC institutions, Tennessee had the most former student-athletes on NFL rosters with 40 followed by Georgia with 39, Florida with 35, LSU with 31, Auburn with 27 and South Carolina with 20.
Alabama had 19 of its former student-athletes on NFL opening weekend rosters followed by Mississippi State with 17, Ole Miss with 15, Arkansas with 11, Vanderbilt with eight and Kentucky with four.
Miami (Fla.) led the nation with 42 of its former student-athletes on NFL opening weekend rosters.
The NFL Kickoff Weekend numbers were furnished by the National Football League and does not include any former SEC players that may have been activated after the opening weekend.
The list of former SEC student-athletes on NFL opening weekend rosters is below:
ALABAMA (19) Shaun Alexander – Seattle Mark Anderson – Chicago Wesley Britt – New England Fernando Bryant – Detroit Brodie Croyle – Kansas City Cornelius Griffin – Washington Roman Harper – New Orleans Jarret Johnson – Baltimore Evan Mathis – Carolina Kindal Moorehead – Carolina Michael Myers – Denver Antwan Odom – Tennessee Charlie Peprah – Green Bay Derrick Pope – Miami DeMeco Ryans – Houston Chris Samuels – Washington Justin Smiley – San Francisco Deshea Townsend – Pittsburgh Shaud Williams – Buffalo
ARKANSAS (11) Shawn Andrews – Philadelphia David Barrett – New York Jets Ahmad Carroll – Green Bay Cedric Cobbs – Denver Ken Hamlin – Seattle Eddie Jackson – Miami Matt Jones – Jacksonville Kenoy Kennedy – Detroit Caleb Miller – Cincinnati Jason Peters – Buffalo Bobbie Williams – Cincinnati
AUBURN (27) Willie Anderson – Cincinnati Rob Bironas – Tennessee Ronnie Brown – Miami Jason Campbell – Washington Tim Carter – New York Giants Karlos Dansby – Arizona Stephen Davis – St. Louis Heath Evans – New England Wayne Gandy – Atlanta Chris Gray – Seattle Roderick Hood – Philadelphia Jeno James – Miami Rudi Johnson – Cincinnati Spencer Johnson – Minnesota Stanley McClover – Carolina Marcus McNeill – San Diego Mike Pucillo – Washington Jay Ratliff – Dallas Tony Richardson – Minnesota Carlos Rogers – Washington Kendall Simmons – Pittsburgh Takeo Spikes – Buffalo Dontarrious Thomas – Minnesota Reggie Torbor – New York Giants Marcus Washington – Washington Willie Whitehead – New Orleans Carnell Williams – Tampa Bay
FLORIDA (35) Alex Brown – Chicago Reche Caldwell – New England Cooper Carlisle – Denver Kevin Carter – Miami Ran Carthon – Indianapolis Channing Crowder – Miami Andra Davis – Cleveland Ciatrick Fason – Minnesota Earnest Graham – Tampa Bay Rex Grossman – Chicago Reynaldo Hill – Tennessee Ike Hilliard – Tampa Bay Chad Jackson – New England Darrell Jackson – Seattle Taylor Jacobs – San Francisco Doug Johnson – Cincinnati Todd Johnson – Chicago Jevon Kearse – Philadelphia Erron Kinney – Tennessee Marquand Manuel – Green Bay Bobby McCray – Jacksonville Mike Peterson – Jacksonville Zach Piller – Tennessee Keiwan Ratliff – Cincinnati Guss Scott – Houston Ian Scott – Chicago Lito Sheppard – Philadelphia Max Starks – Pittsburgh Fred Taylor – Jacksonville Travis Taylor – Minnesota Ben Troupe – Tennessee Aaron Walker – St. Louis Kenyatta Walker – Tampa Bay Gerard Warren – Denver Dee Webb – Jacksonville
GEORGIA (39) Boss Bailey – Detroit Champ Bailey – Denver Kendrell Bell – Kansas City Greg Blue – Minnesota Reggie Brown – Philadelphia Phillip Daniels – Washington Thomas Davis – Carolina Demetric Evans – Washington Jason Ferguson – Dallas George Foster – Denver Robert Geathers – Cincinnati Tony Gilbert – Jacksonville Randall Godfrey – San Diego Kedric Golston – Washington Charles Grant – New Orleans David Greene – Seattle Arnold Harrison – Pittsburgh Verron Haynes – Pittsburgh Max Jean-Gilles – Philadelphia Jonas Jennings – San Francisco Tim Jennings – Indianapolis Sean Jones – Cleveland John Kasay – Carolina Randy McMichael – Miami Adam Meadows – Denver Jermaine Phillips – Tampa Bay David Pollack – Cincinnati Leonard Pope – Arizona Richard Seymour – New England D.J. Shockley – Atlanta Musa Smith – Baltimore Jon Stinchcomb – New Orleans Mack Strong – Seattle Marcus Stroud – Jacksonville Johnathan Sullivan – New England Hines Ward – Pittsburgh Ben Watson – New England Jermaine Wiggins – Minnesota Will Witherspoon – St. Louis
KENTUCKY (4) Jared Lorenzen – New York Giants Marlon McCree – San Diego Artose Pinner – Minnesota Dewayne Robertson – New York Jets
LSU (31) Joseph Addai – Indianapolis Eric Alexander – New England Kenderick Allen – Green Bay Ryan Clark – Pittsburgh Michael Clayton – Tampa Bay Travis Daniels – Miami Alan Faneca – Pittsburgh Kevin Faulk – New England Randall Gay – New England Jarvis Green – New England Devery Henderson – New Orleans Marquise Hill – New England Bradie James – Dallas Tory James – Cincinnati Donnie Jones – Miami Eddie Kennison – Kansas City Kevin Mawae – Tennessee Todd McClure – Atlanta Anthony McFarland – Tampa Bay Rudy Niswanger – Kansas City Melvin Oliver – San Francisco Ronnie Prude – Baltimore Josh Reed – Buffalo Mark Roman – San Francisco Robert Royal – Buffalo Marcus Spears – Dallas LaBrandon Toefield – Jacksonville Corey Webster – New York Giants Andrew Whitworth – Cincinnati Kyle Williams – Buffalo Claude Wroten – St. Louis
OLE MISS (15) Charlie Anderson – Houston Stacy Andrews – Cincinnati Derrick Burgess – Oakland Kendrick Clancy – Arizona Marcus Johnson – Minnesota Ken Lucas – Carolina Kris Mangum – Carolina Eli Manning – New York Giants Deuce McAllister – New Orleans Terrence Metcalf – Chicago Tutan Reyes – Buffalo Chris Spencer – Seattle Tre’ Stallings – Kansas City Keydrick Vincent – Baltimore Todd Wade – Washington
MISSISSIPPI STATE (17) Kevin Dockery – New York Giants Ronald Fields – San Francisco Justin Griffith – Atlanta Mario Haggan – Buffalo Walt Harris – San Francisco Reggie Kelly – Cincinnati Tommy Kelly – Oakland Donald Lee – Green Bay Fred McCrary – Atlanta Alvin McKinley – Cleveland Eric Moulds – Houston Jerious Norwood – Atlanta Fred Smoot – Minnesota David Stewart – Tennessee Randy Thomas – Washington Floyd Womack – Seattle Ellis Wyms – Tampa Bay
SOUTH CAROLINA (20) John Abraham – Atlanta James Adkisson – Oakland Sheldon Brown – Philadelphia Terry Cousin – Jacksonville Kalimba Edwards – Detroit Na’Shan Goddard – New York Giants Andre’ Goodman – Miami Johnathan Joseph – Cincinnati Langston Moore – Arizona Jamar Nesbit – New Orleans Andrew Pinnock – San Diego Dunta Robinson – Houston Marcus Robinson – Minnesota Darrell Shropshire – Atlanta Ko Simpson – Buffalo Shaun Smith – Cincinnati Duce Staley – Pittsburgh Travelle Wharton – Carolina Troy Williamson – Minnesota Anthony Wright – Cincinnati
TENNESSEE (40) Jason Allen – Miami Rashad Baker – Minnesota Shawn Bryson – Detroit Kevin Burnett – Dallas Chad Clifton – Green Bay Cosey Coleman – Cleveland Dustin Colquitt – Kansas City Shaun Ellis – New York Jets Aubrayo Franklin – Baltimore Omar Gaither – Philadelphia Deon Grant – Jacksonville Jabari Greer – Buffalo Chris Hannon – Kansas City Parys Haralson – San Francisco Albert Haynesworth – Tennessee John Henderson – Jacksonville Travis Henry – Tennessee Anthony Herrera – Minnesota Cedric Houston – New York Jets Mark Jones – Tampa Bay Jamal Lewis – Baltimore Leonard Little – St. Louis Jesse Mahelona – Tennessee Peyton Manning – Indianapolis David Martin – Green Bay Tony McDaniel – Jacksonville Rashad Moore – New York Jets Eric Parker – San Diego Peerless Price – Buffalo Donte’ Stallworth – Philadelphia Trey Teague – New York Jets Demetrin Veal – Denver Darwin Walker – Philadelphia Kelley Washington – Cincinnati Fred Weary – Houston Scott Wells – Green Bay Al Wilson – Denver Cedrick Wilson – Pittsburgh Gibril Wilson – New York Giants Jason Witten – Dallas
VANDERBILT (8) Corey Chavous – St. Louis Jay Cutler – Denver Jovan Haye – Cleveland Hunter Hillenmeyer – Chicago Shelton Quarles – Tampa Bay Matt Stewart – Cleveland Jimmy Williams – Seattle Jamie Winborn – Tampa Bay