
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
Rank | High School | Players | City |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cass Tech | 22 | Detroit |
2 | Northwestern | 16 | Detroit |
3 | Martin Luther King Jr. | 15 | Detroit |
4 | East Detroit | 13 | Eastpointe |
5 | Central | 12 | Detroit |
6 | University of Detroit Jesuit | 11 | Detroit |
6 | Chadsey | 11 | Detroit |
6 | Pershing | 11 | Detroit |
6 | Detroit Catholic Central | 11 | Novi |
10 | MacKenzie | 10 | Detroit |
10 | Brother Rice | 10 | Bloomfield Township |
10 | Saginaw | 10 | Saginaw |
10 | St. Mary's Prep | 10 | Orchard Lake Village |
14 | Grand Rapids Central Catholic | 8 | Grand Rapids |
14 | Muskegon | 8 | Muskegon |
14 | Ypsilanti | 8 | Ypsilanti |
14 | Northern | 8 | Flint |
14 | Belleville | 8 | Belleville |
19 | Western | 7 | Detroit |
19 | Redford | 7 | Detroit |
19 | Grand Rapids Union | 7 | Grand Rapids |
19 | Hamtramck | 7 | Hamtramck |
19 | Ann Arbor | 7 | Ann Arbor |
19 | Beecher | 7 | Mt. Morris |
19 | Central | 7 | Flint |
19 | Northern | 7 | Detroit |
19 | River Rouge | 7 | River Rouge |
19 | Southwestern Academy | 7 | Flint |
19 | Kalamazoo Central | 7 | Kalamazoo |
19 | Harrison | 7 | Farmington Hills |
31 | Central | 6 | Bay City |
31 | Northwestern | 6 | Flint |
31 | Edwin Denby | 6 | Detroit |
31 | Southfield | 6 | Southfield |
31 | Arthur Hill | 6 | Saginaw |
Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/