Super Bowl LVI will feature former high school football players from 28 states, plus the District of Columbia. Leading the way is Texas with six former players on the Cincinnati Bengals’ roster and eight on the Los Angles Rams’ roster.
Thirteen former high schoolers from California will get the honor of playing for a Super Bowl ring in their home state. The Bengals have six Californians on their roster. The Rams have seven guys from Cali playing at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Falling-in behind Texas and California is Florida with 11 players and Georgia with ten.
The Bengals roster has five former high school players from the Buckeye State, including quarterback Joe Burrow, who is trying to become only third quarterback to win a college football national championship and a Super Bowl. Ironically, the other two are also named Joe — Joe Namath (Alabama and the New York Jets) and Joe Montana (Notre Dame and San Francisco 49ers).
Burrow led LSU to the national championship in 2019.
Maryland’s Good Counsel football program is celebrating as the only high school football program in the nation to have two alums in Super Bowl 56. Bengals’ linebacker Keandre Jones graduated from Good Counsel in 2015, while Rams’ cornerback Blake Countless is from the Class of 2011.
We’re using the team’s active rosters on their websites.
| Super Bowl Players by State | Bengals | Rams | Total |
| Texas | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| California | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Florida | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Georgia | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Ohio | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Maryland | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Washington | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Illinois | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Indiana | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Alabama | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arizona | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Delaware | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iowa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Missouri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nevada | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Utah | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Washington, DC | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cincinnati Bengals Roster
| No. | Name | Position | High School/State |
| 77 | Hakeem Adeniji | G | Garland (Texas) |
| 8 | Brandon Allen | QB | Fayetteville (Arkansas) |
| 37 | Ricardo Allen | FS | Mainland (Florida) |
| 20 | Eli Apple | CB | Eastern Regional (New Jersey) |
| 22 | Chidobe Awuzie | CB | Oak Grove (California) |
| 51 | Marcus Bailey | LB | Hilliard Davidson (Ohio) |
| 30 | Jessie Bates III | FS | Fort Wayne Snider (Indiana) |
| 24 | Von Bell | S | Ridgeland (Georgia) |
| 83 | Tyler Boyd | WR | Clairton (Pennsylvania) |
| 9 | Joe Burrow | QB | Athens (Ohio) |
| 79 | Jackson Carman | G | Fairfield (Ohio) |
| 1 | Ja’Marr Chase | WR | Archbishop Rummel (Louisiana) |
| 76 | Mike Daniels | DT | Highland Regional (New Jersey) |
| 35 | Jalen Davis | CB | Helix (California) |
| 25 | Chris Evans | RB | Ben Davis (Indiana) |
| 33 | Tre Flowers | CB | Columbia (Alabama) |
| 29 | Vernon Hargreaves III | CB | Wharton (Florida) |
| 46 | Clark Harris | LS | Southern (New Jersey) |
| 91 | Trey Hendrickson | DE | Apopka (Florida) |
| 85 | Tee Higgins | WR | Oak Ridge (Tennessee) |
| 92 | B.J. Hill | DE | West Stanly (North Carolina) |
| 63 | Trey Hill | C | Houston County (Georgia) |
| 21 | Mike Hilton | CB | Sandy Creek (Georgia) |
| 66 | Trey Hopkins | C | North Shore (Texas) |
| 94 | Sam Hubbard | DE | Archbishop Moeller (Ohio) |
| 10 | Kevin Huber | P | Archbishop McNicholas (Ohio) |
| 16 | Trenton Irwin | WR | Hart (California) |
| 74 | Fred Johnson | OT | Royal Palm Beach (Florida) |
| 44 | Clay Johnston | LB | Wylie (Texas) |
| 47 | Keandre Jones | LB | Good Counsel (Maryland) |
| 90 | Khalid Kareem | DE | Harrison (Michigan) |
| 69 | Zach Kerr | DE | Quince Orchard (Maryland) |
| 2 | Evan McPherson | K | Fort Payne (Alabama) |
| 28 | Joe Mixon | RB | Freedom (California) |
| 17 | Stanley Morgan | WR | St. Augustine (Louisiana) |
| 34 | Samaje Perine | RB | Hendrickson (Texas) |
| 57 | Germaine Pratt | LB | High Point Central (North Carolina) |
| 75 | Isaiah Prince | OT | Eleanor Roosevelt (Maryland) |
| 93 | Wyatt Ray | DE | St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) |
| 98 | D.J. Reader | NT | Grimsley (North Carolina) |
| 96 | Cameron Sample | DE | Shiloh (Georgia) |
| 89 | Drew Sample | TE | Newport (Washington) |
| 99 | Tyler Shelvin | DT | Notre Dame (Louisiana) |
| 70 | D’Ante Smith | OT | Grovetown (Georgia) |
| 67 | Quinton Spain | G | Petersburg (Virginia) |
| 11 | Trent Taylor | WR | Evangel Christian (Louisiana) |
| 31 | Michael Thomas | DB | Nimitz (Texas) |
| 80 | Mike Thomas | WR | DuSable (lllinois) |
| 68 | Josh Tupou | DT | Buena Park (California) |
| 87 | C.J. Uzomah | TE | North Gwinnett (Georgia) |
| 26 | Trae Waynes | CB | Bradford (Wisconsin) |
| 84 | Mitchell Wilcox | TE | Tarpon Springs (Florida) |
| 73 | Jonah Williams | OT | Folsom (California) |
| 32 | Trayveon Williams | RB | C.E. King (Texas) |
| 55 | Logan Wilson | LB | Natrona County (Wyoming) |
Los Angeles Rams Roster
| No. | Name | Position | High School/State |
| 23 | Cam Akers | RB | Clinton (Mississippi) |
| 55 | Brian Allen | C | Hinsdale Central (Illinois) |
| 72 | Tremayne Anchrum | G | McEachern (Georgia) |
| 3 | Odell Beckman, Jr. | WR | Isadore Newman (Louisiana) |
| 86 | Kendall Blanton | TE | Blue Springs South (Missouri) |
| 95 | Bobby Brown III | S | Lamar (Arlington, Texas) |
| 26 | Terrell Burgess | DB | San Marcos (California) |
| 93 | Marquise Copeland | DT | Bedford (Ohio) |
| 63 | Austin Corbett | G | Reed (Nevada) |
| 36 | Blake Countless | CB | Good Counsel (Maryland) |
| 21 | Donte’ Deayon | CB | Summit (California) |
| 99 | Aaron Donald | DE | Penn Hills (Pennsylvania) |
| 73 | David Edwards | G | Downers Grove North (Illinois) |
| 71 | Bobby Evans | OT | Allen (Texas) |
| 54 | Leonard Floyd | OLB | Dodge County (Georgia) |
| 34 | Jake Funk | RB | Damascus (Maryland) |
| 91 | Greg Gaines | NF | La Habra (California) |
| 48 | Chris Garrett | LB | Wisconsin Lutheran (Wisconsin) |
| 8 | Matt Gay | K | Orem (Utah) |
| 39 | Jake Gervase | DB | Assumption (Iowa) |
| 46 | Grant Haley | DB | The Lovett School (Georgia) |
| 79 | Rob Havenstein | OT | Linganore (Maryland) |
| 6 | Johnny Hekker | P | Bothell (Washington) |
| 27 | Darrell Henderson, Jr. | RB | South Panola (Mississippi) |
| 96 | Mike Hoecht | DE | Oakwood (Ohio) |
| 58 | Justin Hollins | OLB | Martin (Arlington, Texas) |
| 88 | Brycen Hopkins | TE | Ensworth (Tennessee) |
| 32 | Travin Howard | LB | Longview (Texas) |
| 38 | Buddy Howell | RB | Coral Gables (Florida) |
| 68 | Alaric “AJ” Jackson | OT | Renaissance (Michigan) |
| 12 | Van Jefferson | WR | Ravenwood (Tennessee) |
| 50 | Earnest Jones | LB | Ware County (Georgia) |
| 69 | Sebastian Joseph-Day | DL | Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) |
| 10 | Cooper Kupp | WR | Davis (Yakima, Washington) |
| 52 | Terrell Lewis | OLB | St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) |
| 22 | David Long, Jr. | DB | Loyola (California) |
| 25 | Sony Michel | RB | American Heritage (Plantation, Florida) |
| 40 | Von Miller | OLB | DeSoto (Texas) |
| 45 | Obo Okoronkwo | LB | Alief Taylor (Texas) |
| 42 | Matthew Orzech | LS | Paloma Valley (California) |
| 16 | Bryce Perkins | QB | Chandler (Arizona) |
| 19 | Brandon Powell | WR | Deerfield Beach (Florida) |
| 5 | Jalen Ramsey | CB | Brentwood Academy (Tennessee) |
| 24 | Taylor Rapp | LS | Sehome (Washington) |
| 51 | Troy Reeder | ILB | Salesianum (Delaware) |
| 94 | A’Shawn Robinson | DE | Arlington Heights (Texas) |
| 56 | Christian Rozeboom | LB | Sioux Center (South Dakota) |
| 33 | Nick Scott | S | Fairfax (Virginia) |
| 65 | Coleman Shelton | C | Loyola (California) |
| 18 | Ben Skowronek | WR | Homestead (Indiana) |
| 9 | Matthew Stafford | QB | Highland Park (Texas) |
| 20 | Eric Weddle | DB | Alta Loma (California) |
| 77 | Andrew Whitworth | OT | West Monroe (Louisiana) |
| 11 | Darious Williams | CB | Creekside (Florida) |
| 13 | John Wolford | QB | Bishop Kenny (Florida) |
