While we won’t know the official Super Bowl LVIII rosters for a couple of weeks, here’s a look at where the current rosters for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers played high school football.
Right now, 30 different states will be represented in Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders, on February 11. Florida and Texas high school lead the way with ten players each. There are six players from Florida on the Chiefs roster. The 49ers have four former high schoolers from the Sunshine State.
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There are six former high school players from the Lone Star State on the Niners’ roster. Four former Floridians are part of the Chiefs’ roster.
Georgia has nine former scholastic players on the current rosters, six on KC’s 55-man roster and three on the 49ers.
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Fayetteville High School in Arkansas is the only school to have more than one player in Super Bowl LVIII. Both former Bulldogs play for the Niners — linebacker Dre Greenlaw and backup quarterback Brandon Allen.
Chiefs/49ers Former HS Players by State
- Florida, Texas – 10 players each
- Georgia – 9 players
- Michigan – 8 players
- California – 7 players
- Mississippi, Ohio – 5 players
- Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, Tennessee – 4 players each
- Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania – 3 players each
- Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin – 2 players each
- Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon – 1 player each
49ers punter Mitch Wishnowsky is from Australia and didn’t play high school football.
When the official rosters for the Super Bowl are announced, we’ll update this story.
Kansas City Chiefs
No. | Name | Position | High School/State |
2 | Joshua Williams | CB | Jack Britt (North Carolina) |
4 | Rashee Rice | WR | Richland (Texas) |
5 | Tommy Townsend | P | Boone (Florida) |
7 | Harrison Butker | K | The Westminster School (Georgia) |
8 | Justyn Ross | WR | Central (Phenix City, Alabama) |
9 | Blaine Gabbert | QB | Parkway West (Missouri) |
10 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | Vineland (New Jersey) |
11 | Marquez Valdes-Scantling | WR | Lakewood (Florida) |
12 | Mecole Hardman | WR | Elbert County (Georgia) |
15 | Patrick Mahomes | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
17 | Richie James | WR | Riverview (Sarasota, Florida) |
19 | Kadarius Toney | WR | Blount (Alabama) |
20 | Justin Reid | S | Dutchtown (Georgia) |
21 | Mike Edwards | S | Winton Woods (Ohio) |
22 | Trent McDuffie | CB | St. John Bosco (California) |
23 | Drue Tranquill | LB | Carroll (Ft. Wayne, Indiana) |
25 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | RB | Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
26 | Deon Bush | S | Columbus (Miami, Florida) |
27 | Chamarrri Conner | DB | Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida) |
29 | La’Mical Perine | RB | Theodore (Alabama) |
31 | Nic Jones | CB | Southfield A&T (Michigan) |
32 | Nick Bolton | LB | Lone Star (Frisco, Texas) |
35 | Jaylen Watson | CB | Laney (Augusta, Georgia) |
38 | L’Jarius Sneed | CB | Miden (Louisiana) |
39 | Keith Taylor | CB | Servite (California) |
40 | Ekow Boye-Doe | CB | Lawrence (Kansas) |
41 | James Winchester | LS | Washington (Oklahoma) |
43 | Jack Cochrane | LB | Mount Vernon (Iowa) |
48 | Cole Christiansen | LB | Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (Virginia) |
50 | Willie Gay, Jr. | LB | Starkville (Mississippi) |
51 | Mike Danna | DE | De La Salle Collegiate (Michigan) |
52 | Creed Humphrey | CB | Shawnee (Oklahoma) |
53 | BJ Thompson | DE | England (Arkansas) |
54 | Leo Chenal | LB | Grantsburg (Wisconsin) |
56 | George Karlaftis | DE | West Lafayette (Indiana) |
59 | Darius Harris | LB | Horn Lake (Mississippi) |
62 | Joe Thuney | LG | Archbishop Alter (Ohio) |
64 | Wanya Morris | OT | Grayson (Georgia) |
65 | Trey Smith | G | University School of Jackson (Tennessee) |
66 | Mike Caliendo | G | Brookfield East (Wisconsin) |
69 | Mike Pennel | DT | Grandview (Colorado) |
73 | Nick Allegretti | LG | Lincoln-Way East (Illinois) |
74 | Jawaan Taylor | OT | Cocoa (Florida) |
77 | Lucas Niang | OT | New Canaan (Connecticut) |
79 | Donovan Smith | OT | Ownings Mills (Maryland) |
81 | Blake Bell | TE | Bishop Carroll (Kansas) |
83 | Noah Gray | TE | Leominster (Massachusetts) |
84 | Justin Watson | WR | South Fayette (Pennsylvania) |
87 | Travis Kelce | TE | Cleveland Heights (Ohio) |
90 | Charles Omenihu | DE | Rowlett (Texas) |
92 | Neil Farrell | NT | Murphy (Alabama) |
94 | Malik Herring | DE | Mary Persons (Georgia) |
95 | Chris Jones | DT | Houston (Mississippi) |
97 | Felix Anudike-Uzomah | DE | Lee’s Summit (Missouri) |
98 | Tershawn Wharton | DE | University City (Missouri) |
San Francisco 49ers
No. | Name | Position | High School/State |
0 | Samuel Womack III | CB | East English Village (Michigan) |
2 | Deommondore Lenior | DB | Salesian (California) |
3 | Ray-Ray McCloud III | WR | Sickles (Florida) |
4 | Jake Moody | K | Northville (Michigan) |
5 | Randy Gregory | LB | Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana) |
7 | Charvarius Ward | CB | McComb (Mississippi) |
9 | Brayden Willis | TE | Arlington Martin (Texas) |
10 | Ronnie Bell | WR | Park Hill (Missouri) |
11 | Brandon Aiyuk | WR | McQueen (Nevada) |
13 | Brock Purdy | QB | Perry (Arizona) |
14 | Sam Darnold | QB | San Clemente (California) |
15 | Jauan Jennings | WR | Blackman (Tennessee) |
17 | Brandon Allen | QB | Fayetteville (Arkansas) |
18 | Mitch Wishnowsky | P | Australia |
19 | Deebo Samuel | WR | Chapman (South Carolina) |
20 | Ambry Thomas | CB | Detroit MLK (Michigan) |
23 | Christian McCaffrey | RB | Valor Christian (Colorado) |
24 | Jordan Mason | RB | Gallatin (Tennessee) |
25 | Elijah Mitchell | RB | Erath (Louisiana) |
26 | Isaiah Oliver | CB | Brophy Prep (Arizona) |
27 | Ji’Ayir Brown | S | Trenton Central (New Jersey) |
28 | Darrell Luter, Jr. | CB | Oak Grove (Mississippi) |
30 | George Odum | S | Millington Central (Tennessee) |
31 | Tashaun Gipson, Sr. | S | Kimball (Dallas, Texas) |
33 | Logan Ryan | S | Eastern Regional (New Jersey) |
44 | Kyle Juszczyk | FB | Cloverleaf (Ohio) |
45 | Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles | LB | Mountain View (Arizona) |
46 | Taybor Pepper | LS | Saline (Michigan) |
48 | Oren Burks | LB | South County (Virginia) |
50 | Jalen Graham | LB | Cass Tech (Michigan) |
51 | Robert Beal, Jr. | DL | IMG Academy (Florida) |
53 | Dee Winters | LB | Burton (Texas) |
54 | Fred Warner | LB | Mission Hills (Caliornia) |
55 | Jon Feliciano | OL | Western (Davie, Florida) |
57 | Dre Greenlaw | LB | Fayetteville (Arkansas) |
58 | Alex Barrett | DE | Desert Ridge (Arizona) |
64 | Jake Brendel | OL | Plano East (Texas) |
65 | Aaron Banks | OL | El Cerrito (California) |
68 | Colton McKivitz | OL | Union Local (Ohio) |
69 | Sebastian Joseph-Day | DT | Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) |
71 | Trent Williams | T | Longview (Texas) |
74 | Spencer Bufford | OL | Wagner (San Antonio, Texas) |
75 | Matt Pryor | OL | Lakewood (California) |
76 | Jaylon Moore | OL | Consortium (Michigan) |
78 | Ben Bartch | OL | Blanchet Catholic (Oregon) |
84 | Chris Conley | WR | North Paulding (Georgia) |
85 | George Kittle | TE | Norman (Oklahoma) |
89 | Charlie Woerner | TE | Rabun County (Georgia) |
90 | Kevin Givens | DL | Altoona (Pennsylvania) |
91 | Arik Armstead | DL | Pleasant Grove (California) |
92 | Chase Young | DL | DeMatha (Maryland) |
96 | T.Y. McGill | DT | Wayne County (Georgia) |
97 | Nick Bosa | DL | St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) |
98 | Javon Hargrave | DL | North Rowan (North Carolina) |
99 | Javon Kinlaw | DT | Goose Greek (South Carolina) |