High Schools That Produce the Most NFL Players

High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to produce high school football broadcasts just as they would for college football games.

With high school football’s profile being raised, so has scouting, and college recruiters now spend as much time breaking down prospects as NFL teams do for college players. But which high schools are “football factories” like major college programs such as Alabama, Ohio State and USC? They often get those TV slots since their players will be playing in the NFL in a few years.

These high schools have produced the most NFL players. 

There has been some amazing talent to come out of DeSoto High, and none better than two-time Super Bowl winner, Super Bowl 50 Most Valuable Player and seven-time NFL All-Pro Von Miller. 

While Miller has been dominant on every level, he never won a state championship. DeSoto got its one and only state title in 2016, when it won the Class 6A Division II state title with a team that included four future NFL players. 

Name (Years in NFL)

A.J. Green (2020-present)
Laviska Shenault Jr. (2020-present)
James Proche (2020-present)
Ed Ingram (2022-present)
Jalen Mills (2016-present)
Von Miller (2011-present)
Chris Orr (2020)
Chris Lacy (2018-19)
Marcus. Murphy (2015-18)
Zach Orr (2014-16)
Tony Jerod-Eddie (2012-16)
Cyrus Gray (2012-14)
Mike Thomas (2009-12)
Patrick Crayton (2004-11)
Brian Jackson (2010-11)
Ellis Hobbs (2005-10)
Tatum Bell (2004-08)
Marcus Tubbs (2004-06)
Jimmy Wyrick (2000-04)
Byron Hanspard (1997-99)
Tim Hendrix (1987)

Founded in 1888 just outside of Pittsburgh, The Kiski School is the oldest non-military, all-male boarding school in the country.

All 210 of their students are required to participate in athletics, though in this day and age, it’s hard to field a competitive football team with that small of a pool of players.

For that reason, 21 of the 23 Kiski Cougars who made the NFL played before World War II. The only others are former quarterback Hunter Enis and former running back Curtis Enis (no relation).

Tony Bova (1942-47)
James Clark (1933-34)
Joe Crowley (1944-45)
Jim Daniell (1945-46)
Bill Edgar (1923)
Doc Elliott (1922-31)
Curtis Enis (1998-2000)
Hunter Enis (1960-62)
Paul Frank (1930)
Ralph Fritz (1941)
Sandy Hastings (1920)
Tommy Holleran (1923)
Bob Ingalls (1942)
Stan Keck (1923)
Jim MacMurdo (1932-37)
Bob Millman (1925-27)
Cliff Montgomery (1934)
Bill Moore (1939)
Monk Moscrip (1938-39)
Paul Riblett (1932-36)
Johnny Thompson (1929)
Heinie Wiesenbaugh (1935-36)
Gust Zarnas (1938-40)