Super Bowl 57 rosters by college: Which schools have most players on Chiefs and Eagles?

Breaking down where the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles rosters of players for Super Bowl 57 went to college and what conference they played in.

There’s no stage in the NFL as big as Super Bowl 57 as the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eagles. We know the stars like Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts, Travis Kelce, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and many, many more.

However, football fans who love the sport as a whole always want to know where these guys come from. Where did they play their college football? It’s a million-dollar question and one with extremely interesting breakdowns for how these players made it to the biggest stage of the sport.

And while you might be thinking it’s easy to just list off Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, you’d be wrong. Here’s how the Super Bowl 57 rosters for the Chiefs and Eagles break down by college and conference.

Super Bowl 57 rosters: Which colleges have most players on Chiefs and Eagles?

While you might just outright assume that Alabama and Georgia lead the way, that’s actually not the case at all. Oklahoma leads the way for the Super Bowl rosters with six players, the most of any college football program, playing in the big game. Meanwhile, it’s Florida, Michigan and shockingly Mississippi State who are tied for the second-most with four players.

Here’s a breakdown of all of Super Bowl rosters by college with the number of players from each program playing in Chiefs vs. Eagles:

• Oklahoma: 6
• Florida: 4
• Michigan: 4
• Mississippi State: 4
• Alabama: 3
• Auburn: 3
• Cincinnati: 3
• Florida State: 3
• Georgia: 3
• Louisiana Tech: 3
• Nebraska: 3
• Washington State: 3
• Middle Tennessee: 2
• Memphis: 2
• Old Dominion: 2
• Rutgers: 2
• SMU: 2
• Texas Tech: 2
• USC: 2
• Wisconsin: 2
• The following college football teams have one player playing in Super Bowl 57: Clemson, Duke, East Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Fayetteville State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, LSU, Marshall, Miami, Michigan State, Missouri, Missouri Southern, NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Penn, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Samford, South Carolina State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, South Florida, Southern Miss, Stanford, TCU, Temple, Tennessee, Toledo, Tulane, Utah, Valdosta State, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Illinois, Western Michigan Wyoming.

One thing that does boost the numbers for the Sooners is Hurts, who attended both Alabama and Oklahoma, but was drafted out of the latter, which is what counts for these numbers.

Super Bowl 57 rosters: Which college football conference is most represented by Chiefs and Eagles?

As you’d expect, the SEC and Big Ten are the most-represented college football conferences in Super Bowl 57. Here’s how all of the numbers break down beyond that, though, which is bad news for the Pac-12 in relation to the rest of the Power 5.

• SEC: 21
• Big Ten: 16
• ACC: 11
• Big 12: 11
• AAC: 10
• FCS, Division II, Division III, NAIA: 10
• Pac-12: 9
• Conference-USA: 8
• MAC: 4
• Sun Belt: 2
• Independent: 1
• Mountain West: 1
• No college: 1

Jordan Mailata is the one player who will be on the field for Super Bowl 57 who didn’t play college football. The Australian was a professional rugby player in his native country before he was drafted by the Eagles in the seventh round of the 2018 draft.