Texas leads 2022 NFL Draft with 32 former high school football players chosen

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher May 2, 2022

For the second time in the last three NFL Drafts, Texas is the leader in former high school football players selected. 32 former high schoolers from the Lone Star State were chosen during the three-day event held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Klein Collins led the way with two former players chosen.

Former running back Isaiah Spiller was taken with the 123rd pick by the Los Angeles Chargers. With the 224 pick, the Miami Dolphins chose linebacker Cameron Goode.

The top pick from Texas was former Lake Travis wide receiver Garrett Wilson. He was taken 10th overall by the New York Jets.

Falling-in behind Texas with the most picks was Georgia with 30, California with 22 and Florida with 21.

2022 NFL Draft – Texas Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	High School
No. 10	New York Jets	Garrett Wilson	WR	Lake Travis
No. 15	Houston Texans	Kenyon Green	G	Atascocita
No. 24	Dallas Cowboys	Tyler Smith	OT	North Crowley
No. 32	Minnesota Vikings	Lewis Cine	S	Cedar Hill Trinity Christian
No. 33	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Logan Hall	DE	Belton
No. 37	Houston Texans	Jalen Pitre	S	Stafford
No. 59	Minnesota Vikings	Ed Ingram	OG	DeSoto
No. 79	Los Angeles Chargers	JT Woods	S	Cibolo Steele
No. 84	Pittsburgh Steelers	DeMarvin Leal	DE	Judson
No. 89	Buffalo Bills	Terrel Bernard	ILB	La Porte
No. 105	San Francisco 49ers	Danny Gray	WR	Dallas James Madison
No. 117	New York Jets	Micheal Clemons	DE	Sachse
No. 118	Minnesota Vikings	Akayleb Evans	CB	McKinney
No. 123	Los Angeles Chargers	Isaiah Spiller	RB	Klein Collins
No. 124	Cleveland Browns	Cade York	PK	Prosper
No. 125	Miami Dolphins	Erik Ezukanma	WR	Timber Creek
No. 134	San Francisco 49ers	Spencer Burford	OT	San Antonio Wagner
No. 137	New England Patriots	Bailey Zappe	QB	Victoria East
No. 152	Denver Broncos	Delarrin Turner-Yell	S	Hempstead
No. 153	Seattle Seahawks	Tariq Woolen	CB	Arlington Heights
No. 157	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Zyon McCollum	CB	Ball
No. 160	Los Angeles Chargers	Otito Ogonnia	DT	Katy Taylor
No. 181	Philadelphia Eagles	Kyron Johnson	ILB	Arlington Lamar
No. 201	Arizona Cardinals	Keaontay Ingram	RB	Carthage
No. 202	Cleveland Browns	Michael Woods II	WR	Magnolia
No. 203	Chicago Bears	Trestan Ebner	RB	Henderson
No. 205	Houston Texans	Austin Deculus	OT	Cy-Fair
No. 210	New England Patriots	Chasen Hines	G	Marshall
No. 224	Miami Dolphins	Cameron Goode	OLB	Klein Collins
No. 230	Washington Commanders	Chris Paul	G	Jersey Village
No. 242	Carolina Panthers	Kalon Barnes	CB	Silsbee
No. 246	Cleveland Browns	Dawson Deaton	CB	Frisco

Related: See where every pick played high school football

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.