College football programs with the most Super Bowl 57 representation? It’s Florida and Oklahoma.
With 155 players representing 88 schools, this season’s Super Bowl rosters go from Alabama to Wisconsin with pit stops at North Carolina AT, Weber State, Colorado and other programs off college football’s beaten path.
That could leave viewers with no rooting interest between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs with something – or someone, more exactly – to cheer for when the two teams meet on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
For example, Texas Tech fans can pull hard for the Eagles and second-year cornerback and special teams standout Zech McPhearson. The fan base could also root for Kansas City and quarterback Patrick Mahomes, I guess.
Georgia and LSU have placed at least one player in the Super Bowl for 22 years and counting, the longest active streaks in college football. The Tigers’ lone representative is Kansas City running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who has been on injured reserve since November. Historically, the longest streak belongs to Nebraska, which had at least one former player in 26 consecutive Super Bowls from 1993-2019.Â
Including those listed on injured reserve or the practice squad, 37 schools have at least two former players on this year’s Super Bowl rosters and 15 have at least three representatives, including Auburn, Southern California and Washington State.
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Oklahoma (7)
Kansas City: TEÂ Blake Bell, OTÂ Orlando Brown, CÂ Creed Humphrey, LSÂ James Winchester.
Philadelphia: QB Jalen Hurts, OTÂ Lane Johnson, OGÂ Tyrese Robinson.
The Sooners are well-represented on both sides with several players set to play a huge part in deciding the Super Bowl. That includes Pro Bowl selections Brown and Humphrey for Kansas City and, across the sideline, Hurts. (He could also be counted with Alabama, where he spent his first three college seasons, which would give the Crimson Tide four Super Bowl representatives.) Johnson is one of the most accomplished linemen in franchise history – not bad for the former Kilgore College backup quarterback.
Florida State (6)
Kansas City: DE Joshua Kaindoh, DTÂ Derrick Nnadi.
Philadelphia: OT Roderick Johnson, DE Janarius Robinson, DE Josh Sweat, DTÂ Marvin Wilson.
The Seminoles have six players in the big game for the third time, joining Super Bowl XXXVII and Super Bowl XL, and have five defensive linemen, the most of any single position group from one school. That includes Nnadi, who is back in the Super Bowl for the third time in his five-year career. That’s one off the school record set by former Pittsburgh defensive back J.T. Thomas.