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Top NFL Player-Producing California High Schools

Click on the name of each school to see its players who have played in NFL games

Posted on May 14, 2024


  By SuperWest Sports Staff


Heading into the 2024 Season, 3,291 players who attended high schools in California have played or are currently playing in the NFL.

That number may increase this fall when recently drafted players play their first regular-season games as pros.

Here is a list of the state’s top pro-producing high schools with their respective ranks, player counts, and cities.

Click on the name of each school to see the players that have played in NFL games.

California’s Long Beach Polytechnic leads the way with 61 NFL players produced, followed by Susan Miller Dorsey with 36 and Crenshaw with 26.


Top California High Schools

RankHigh SchoolPlayersCity
1Long Beach Poly61Long Beach
2Susan Miller Dorsey36Los Angeles
3Crenshaw26Los Angeles
4Abraham Lincoln25San Diego
4Junipero Serra25Gardena
6Compton23Compton
7Santa Monica20Santa Monica
7Bakersfield20Bakersfield
7John Muir20Pasadena
10Pasadena19Pasadena
10Manual Arts19Los Angeles
10John C. Fremont19Los Angeles
10Carson19Carson
10Mater Dei19Santa Ana
15Berkeley18Berkeley
15Gardena18Gardena
17Centennial17Compton
17Bishop Amat17La Puente
17Loyola17Los Angeles
17Inglewood17Inglewood
17San Diego17San Diego
22Los Angeles16Los Angeles
22De La Salle16Concord
22Servite16Anaheim
22Phineas Banning16Los Angeles
26Centennial15Compton
26Oceanside15Oceanside
26Edison15Stockton
26Washington15Los Angeles
26Grant Union15Sacramento
26Narbonne15Harbor City
32Pittsburg14Pittsburg
32Edison14Fresno
32Helix14La Mesa
32Crespi Carmelite14Encino
36St. Mary's13Berkeley
36Mission13San Francisco
36Skyline13Oakland
36Taft13Woodland Hills
36St. John Bosco13Bellflower

Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/