
By SuperWest Sports Staff
July 28, 2024
Heading into the 2025 draft, 767 players who attended high schools in Alabama 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.
Meanwhile, here is a list of the State’s top pro-producing high schools with their respective ranks, player counts, and cities.
Alabama’s Vigor High School has produced 16 NFL players to lead the State, followed by Murphy and Woodlawn with 15 each.
Click on the name of each school to see the players who have played in NFL games.
Top Alabama NFL Player-Producing High Schools
Rank | High School | Players | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Vigor | 16 | Prichard |
2 | Murphy | 15 | Mobile |
2 | Woodlawn | 15 | Birmingham |
4 | Central | 13 | Phenix City |
5 | Anniston | 12 | Anniston |
5 | Lee | 12 | Huntsville |
7 | Sidney Lanier | 11 | Montgomery |
7 | Percy Julian | 11 | Montgomery |
7 | George Washington Carver | 11 | Montgomery |
7 | Johnson Abernathy Graetz | 11 | Montgomery |
11 | Mattie T. Blount | 10 | Prichard |
11 | Williamson | 10 | Mobile |
13 | Phillips | 8 | Birmingham |
13 | Eufaula | 8 | Eufaula |
13 | Hoover | 8 | Hoover |
13 | Daphne | 8 | Daphne |
13 | Opelika | 8 | Opelika |
13 | Jess Lanier | 8 | Bessemer |
13 | Wenonah | 8 | Birmingham |
13 | Auburn | 8 | Auburn |
21 | Shades Valley | 7 | Birmingham |
21 | Valley | 7 | Valley |
21 | Decatur | 7 | Decatur |
21 | Benjamin Russell | 7 | Alexander City |
21 | Banks | 7 | Birmingham |
21 | Davidson | 7 | Mobile |
21 | Gadsden City | 7 | Gadsden |
28 | Theodore | 6 | Theodore |
28 | John Carroll | 6 | Birmingham |
28 | Enterprise | 6 | Enterprise |
28 | St. Paul's Episcopal | 6 | Mobile |
28 | McGill-Toolen Catholic | 6 | Mobile |
28 | Hazlewood | 6 | Town Creek |
Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/