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Top NFL Player-Producing Michigan High Schools

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


  By SuperWest Sports Staff

July 23, 2024



Heading into the 2025 draft, 803 players who attended high schools in Iowa 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.

Michigan’s Cass Tech High School has produced NFL players to lead the State, followed by Northwestern with 16, and Martin Luther King Jr. with 15.

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


Top Michigan NFL Player-Producing High Schools

RankHigh SchoolPlayersCity
1Cass Tech22Detroit
2Northwestern16Detroit
3Martin Luther King Jr.15Detroit
4East Detroit13Eastpointe
5Central12Detroit
6University of Detroit Jesuit11Detroit
6Chadsey11Detroit
6Pershing11Detroit
6Detroit Catholic Central11Novi
10MacKenzie10Detroit
10Brother Rice10Bloomfield Township
10Saginaw10Saginaw
10St. Mary's Prep10Orchard Lake Village
14Grand Rapids Central Catholic8Grand Rapids
14Muskegon8Muskegon
14Ypsilanti8Ypsilanti
14Northern8Flint
14Belleville8Belleville
19Western7Detroit
19Redford7Detroit
19Grand Rapids Union7Grand Rapids
19Hamtramck7Hamtramck
19Ann Arbor7Ann Arbor
19Beecher7Mt. Morris
19Central7Flint
19Northern7Detroit
19River Rouge7River Rouge
19Southwestern Academy7Flint
19Kalamazoo Central7Kalamazoo
19Harrison7Farmington Hills
31Central6Bay City
31Northwestern6Flint
31Edwin Denby6Detroit
31Southfield6Southfield
31Arthur Hill6Saginaw

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