2011 National Football League player demographics
October 17, 2011
Using National Football League roster data posted on Yahoo sports as of Sunday,
October 16, 2011, there are:
1815 players are the 32 NFL teams
324 players are 5 feet 11 inches tall or shorter
138 players are 6 feet 6 inches to 6 feet 9 inches tall
299 players weigh between 155 pounds and 199 pounds.
382 players weigh between 300 pounds and 360 pounds.
The shortest 300-pound players are six feet zero inches.
Right Defensive Tackle Anthony Adams (age 31) of the Chicago Bears (Penn State)
Nose Tackle Kelly Gregg (age 34) of the Kansas City Chiefs (Oklahoma).
Four players played college ball in Canada. (4/1815=.22%)
Jon Ryan-Holder/punter-Seattle Seahawks (Regina, Saskachewan)
Derrick Ward-Running Back-Houston Texans (Ottawa Canada)
Israel Idonije-Left Defensive End-Chicago Bears (Manitoba)
Vaughn Martin-Right Defensive End-San Diego Chargers (Western, Ontario)
One player only has Community College experience (1/1815=.055%)
Mike Sellers (age 36-fullback-Washington Redskins-Walla Walla Washington Community
College.
1578 played div 1-a college football (as defined today) (1578/1815=86.94%)
157 played div 1-aa college football. (157/1815=8.65%)
60 played div 2 college football (60/1815=3.30%)
12 played div 3 college football (12/1815=.66%)
2 played NAIA college football (2/1815=.11%)
1 player had no college football experience. Sav Rocca (age 37)-Washington
Redskins-Holder/Punter (1/1815-.055%)
Using present college conference alignments (although the numbers are skewed
because of all the realignment):
Of the 1578 players from div 1-a college football:
114 played in the ACC Atlantic
133 played in the ACC Coastal
109 played in the Big East
124 played in the Big Ten Leaders
116 played in the Big Ten Legends
157 played in the Big Twelve
42 played in Conference USA East
22 played in Conference USA West
34 played div 1-a independent
31 played in the MAC East
33 played in the MAC West
59 played in the Mountain West
107 played in the PAC Twelve North
127 played in the PAC Twelve South
137 played in the SEC East
143 played in the SEC West
32 played in the Sun Belt
58 played in the WAC
Of the 157 players from div 1-aa college football:
25 played in the Big Sky
5 played in the Big South
35 played in the Colonial League
1 played div 1-aa independent
6 played in the Great West
6 played in the Ivy League
15 played in the Mid-Eastern Athletic
19 played in the Missouri Valley
3 played in the Northeast Conference
9 played in the Ohio Valley
4 played in the Patriot League
2 played in the Pioneer League
11 played in the Southern Conference
6 played in the Southland Conference
6 played in the Southwestern Athletic East
3 played in the Southwestern Athletic West
Of the 60 players from div 2 college football:
2 played in the Central IAA East
8 played in the Great Lakes IAC
3 played in the Great Northwest AC
3 played in the Gulf South
1 played in the Lone Star North
12 played in the Lone Star South
9 played in the Mid-America IAC
2 played in the Northeast Ten
3 played in the Penn State AC East
5 played in the Penn State AC West
3 played in the Rocky Mountain AC
1 played in the South Atlantic Conference
1 played in the Southern IAC
Of the 12 players from div 3 college football:
1 played in the Atlantic Central Football conference
1 played in the CC Illinois and Wisconsin
1 played in the Central States Football League
1 played in the Iowa IAC
1 played in the Liberty League
1 played in the Mid-South West
1 played in the Mid-State FA ME
4 played in the Ohio AC
1 played in the Southern Collegiate AC
Of the 2 from NAIA college football:
1 played in the Heart of America AC
1 played for Concordia Oregon which dropped football
Of the 1815 total players:
48 played college football in the state of Alabama
24 played in Arkansas
28 played in Arizona
147 played in California
4 played in Canada
27 played in Colorado
11 played n Connecticut
3 played in Washington D.C.
5 played in Delaware
131 played in Florida
85 played in Georgia
12 played in Hawaii
42 played in Iowa
20 played in Idaho
42 played in Illinois
49 played in Indiana
26 played in Kansas
32 played in Kentucky
58 played in Louisiana
30 played in Massachusetts
33 played in Maryland
5 played in Maine
67 played in Michigan
6 played in Minnesota
22 played in Missouri
46 played in Mississippi
10 played in Montana
1 played in None
60 played in North Carolina
5 played in North Dakota
28 played in Nebraska
1 played in New Hampshire
18 played in New Jersey
8 played in New Mexico
10 played in Nevada
26 played in New York
85 played in Ohio
43 played in Oklahoma
47 played in Oregon
65 played in Pennsylvania
1 played in Rhode Island
52 played in South Carolina
5 played in South Dakota
55 played in Tennessee
124 played in Texas
40 played in Utah
61 played in Virginia
27 played in Washington
18 played in Wisconsin
16 played in West Virginia
6 played in Wyoming
Of the 1815 total players:
295 are rookies
33 have 1 year experience
290 have 2 years experience
215 have 3 years
195 have 4 years
149 have 5 years
161 have 6 years
116 have 7 years
102 have 8 years
75 have 9 years
50 have 10 years
37 have 11 years
27 have 12 years
14 have 13 years
12 have 14 years
9 have 15 years
4 have 16 years
1 has 17 years (Colts QB Kerry Collins, age 38, Penn State)
1 has 19 years (Jets Holder/QB Mark Brunell, age 41, Washington)
1 has 20 years (Lions K Jason Hanson, age 41, Washington State)
1 has 21 years (Saints K John Kasay, age 41, Georgia)
Of the 88 quarterbacks listed: (Saints Chase Daniel (age 25) and Jets Mark
Brunell (age 41) listed as Holder/QB.
15 are rookies
2 have 1 year experience
9 have 2 years experience
8 have 3 years
8 have 4 years
6 have 5 years
7 have 6 years
7 have 7 years
6 have 8 years
5 have 9 years
3 have 10 years
3 have 11 years
2 have 12 years
2 have 13 years
2 have 14 years
1 has 15 years
1 has 17 years
1 has 19 years
If you would like some specific data, let me know and I will try to sort it
for you.
George Sarkisian
Chief Executive Officer
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