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NFLSU? The Tigers have the most players on active NFL playoff rosters
By Adam Spencer
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As RB Leonard Fournette’s Jacksonville Jaguars get ready to take on CB Tre’Davious White’s Buffalo Bills in an AFC Wildcard game on Sunday, they’re not alone in representing LSU in the NFL postseason.
In fact, the Tigers have the most players on active NFL playoff rosters, checking in with an impressive 20 this postseason.
As you can see on the list below, LSU has a sizable advantage when it comes to placing players on the NFL’s best teams:
With 20 players on @NFL Playoff active rosters, @LSUfootball is No. 1 among 174 colleges (or other entities) represented in the playoffs (as of 1/6). #NFLSU pic.twitter.com/vKWKi2AkEF
— Todd Politz (@tpolitz) January 7, 2018
As you can see, USC is second on the list, but with 17 players on playoff rosters, the Trojans are significantly behind the Tigers.
Meanwhile, the No. 2 SEC teams are Tennessee and Florida, each with 14 players involved in this postseason.
Following Fournette and White squaring off in the AFC game, former LSU WR Russell Shepard and OG Trai Turner’s Carolina Panthers will take on the New Orleans Saints — a team that shockingly does not have an LSU player on its active roster (though WR Travin Dural is on the practice squad.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
