There is no doubt that the Super Bowl is America’s biggest sporting event. And, when the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take the field Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida for Super Bowl LV, the two rosters will be filled with players, who played their high school football in 28 different states.
Florida high school fans will be very happy, since the Sunshine State will be the most-represented state with 13 players, including two former players from Norland High School in Miami. Tampa Bay wide receiver Antonio Brown and Bucs’ cornerback Carlton Davis both played scholastically for the Vikings.
Norland and St. Augustine in New Orleans, Louisiana are the only two schools with two former players on the field Sunday. Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Tyrann Mathieu and Tampa Bay running back Leonard Fournette both played for the Purple Knights. Fournette and Mathieu are two of six players from the Bayou State who will be playing Sunday.
After Florida’s 13 players, Georgia and Pennsylvania will be represented by eight former players each. Texas will have seven former high school players in Tampa. California and Mississippi will have six former high schoolers on the field, with all of the Mississippi players suiting up for the Chiefs.
California, Louisiana and Michigan will have six players each, followed by Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia with five players. Missouri and North Carolina, Maryland and Tennessee will have three former high schoolers each. Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Oregon have two players each and Delaware, Nebraska, New York, South Carolina and Utah have one high school football player each on the Super Bowl rosters.
Canada will be represented by Tampa Bay tight end Antony Auclair.
Below are the rosters with where every player played their high school football.
Kansas City Chiefs
| Player | No. | Position | High School |
| Nick Allegretti | 73 | G | Lincoln-Way East (Illinois) |
| Le’Veon Bell | 26 | RB | Groveport-Madison (Ohio) |
| Bashaud Breeland | 21 | CB | Allendale-Fairfax (Virginia) |
| Harrison Butker | 7 | K | The Westminster Schools (Georgia) |
| Frank Clark | 55 | DE | Glenville (Ohio) |
| Mike Danna | 51 | DE | De La Salle Collegiate (Michigan) |
| Yasir Durant | 79 | OL | Imhotep Charter (Pennsylvania) |
| Clyde Edwards-Helaire | 25 | RB | Catholic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| Rashad Fenton | 27 | CB | Carol City (Florida) |
| Antonio Hamilton | 20 | CB | Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) |
| Mecole Hardman | 17 | WR | Elbert County (Georgia) |
| Darius Harris | 47 | LB | Horn Lake (Mississippi) |
| Chad Henne | 4 | QB | Wilson (West Lawn, Pennsylvania) |
| Tyreek Hill | 10 | WR | Coffee (Georgia) |
| Anthony Hitchens | 53 | LB | Clearview (Ohio) |
| Chris Jones | 95 | DT | Houston (Mississippi) |
| Nick Keizer | 48 | TE | Portage Northern (Michigan) |
| Travis Kelce | 87 | TE | Cleveland Heights (Ohio) |
| Marcus Kemp | 19 | WR | Layton (Utah) |
| BoPete Keyes | 29 | CB | Laurel (Mississippi) |
| Daniel Kilgore | 67 | C | Dobyns-Bennett (Tennessee) |
| Tanoh Kpassagnon | 92 | DE | Wissahickon (Pennsylvania) |
| Chris Lammons | 45 | DB | Plantation (Florida) |
| Patrick Mahomes | 15 | QB | Whitehouse (Texas) |
| Tyrann Mathieu | 32 | CB | St. Augustine (Louisiana) |
| Matt Moore | 8 | QB | Hart (California) |
| Ben Niemann | 56 | LB | Sycamore (Illinois) |
| Derrick Nnadi | 91 | DT | Ocean Lakes (Virginia) |
| Dorian O’Daniel | 44 | LB | Good Counsel (Maryland) |
| Alex Okafor | 57 | DE | Pflugerville (Texas) |
| Mike Pennel | 64 | DT | Grandview (Colorado) |
| Byron Pringle | 13 | WR | Robinson (Tampa, Florida) |
| Martinas Rankin | 74 | T | Mendenhall (Mississippi) |
| Austin Reiter | 62 | C | Lakewood Ranch (Florida) |
| Mike Remmers | 75 | OL | Jesuit (Oregon) |
| Demarcus Robinson | 11 | WR | Peach County (Georgia) |
| Khalen Saunders | 99 | DT | Parkview Central (Missouri) |
| Ricky Seals-Jones | 83 | TE | Sealy (Texas) |
| Anthony Sherman | 42 | FB | North Attleborough (Massachusetts) |
| L’Jarius Sneed | 38 | DB | Minden (Louisiana) |
| Daniel Sorensen | 49 | S | Colton (California) |
| Darwin Thompson | 34 | RB | Jenks (Oklahoma) |
| Juan Thornhill | 22 | S | Altavista (Virginia) |
| Tommy Townsend | 5 | P | Boone (Florida) |
| Charvarius Ward | 35 | CB | McComb (Mississippi) |
| Tim Ward | 90 | DE | High Point Central (North Carolina) |
| Sammy Watkins | 14 | WR | South Fort Myers (Florida) |
| Armani Watts | 23 | S | North Forney (Texas) |
| Tershawn Wharton | 98 | DT | University City (Missouri) |
| Darrel Williams | 31 | RB | John Ehret (Louisiana) |
| Damien Wilson | 54 | LB | Amite County (Mississippi) |
| James Winchester | 41 | LS | Washington (Oklahoma) |
| Stefen Wisniewski | 61 | G | Pittsburgh Central Cathollic (Pennsylvania) |
| Andrew Wylie | 77 | G | Midland (Michigan) |
| Deon Yelder | 82 | TE | Southern (Kentucky) |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| Player | No. | Position | High School |
| Andrew Adams | 26 | S | Woodward Academy (Georgia) |
| Antony Auclair | 82 | TE | Canada |
| Shaquil Barrett | 58 | OLB | Boys Town (Nebraska) |
| Tom Brady | 12 | QB | Serra (San Mateo, California) |
| Cameron Brate | 84 | TE | Naperville Central (Illinois) |
| Antonio Brown | 81 | WR | Norland (Florida) |
| Deone Bucanonon | 41 | LB/S | Vanden (California) |
| Ross Cockrell | 43 | CB | Charlotte Latin School (North Carolina) |
| Lavonte David | 54 | ILB | Northwestern (Miami, Florida) |
| Carlton Davis | 24 | CB | Norland (Florida) |
| Khalil Davis | 94 | DL | Blue Springs (Missouri) |
| Jamel Dean | 35 | CB | Cocoa (Florida) |
| Mike Edwards | 32 | S | Winton Woods (Ohio) |
| Mike Evans | 13 | WR | Ball (Galveston, Texas) |
| Leonard Fournette | 28 | RB | St. Augustine (Louisiana) |
| Blaine Gabbert | 11 | QB | Parkway West (Missouri) |
| William Gholston | 92 | DL | Southeastern (Detroit, Michigan) |
| Cam Gill | 49 | OLB | Chapel Hill (Georgia) |
| Chris Godwin | 14 | WR | Middletown (Delaware) |
| Ryan Griffin | 4 | QB | Chaminade (California) |
| Rob Gronkowski | 87 | TE | Woodland Hills (Pennsylvania) |
| Joe Haeg | 73 | T | Brainerd (Minnesota) |
| Javon Hagan | 34 | S | Trinity Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida) |
| Tanner Hudson | 88 | TE | Camden Central (Tennessee) |
| Ryan Jensen | 66 | CB | Fort Morgan (Colorado) |
| Tyler Johnson | 18 | WR | North Community (Minnesota) |
| Ronald Jones II | 27 | RB | McKinney North (Texas) |
| Ted Larsen | 62 | G | University (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| Jeremiah Ledbetter | 95 | DL | Gainesville (Georgia) |
| Ali Marpet | 74 | G | Hastings (New York) |
| LeSean McCoy | 25 | RB | Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) |
| Steve McLendon | 96 | DL | Carroll (Alabama) |
| Jaydon Mickens | 85 | WR | Dorsey (California) |
| Scotty Miller | 10 | WR | Barrington (Illinois) |
| Kevin Minter | 51 | ILB | Peachtree Ridge (Georgia) |
| Sean Murphy-Bunting | 23 | CB | Chippewa Valley (Michigan) |
| Anthony Nelson | 98 | OLB | Waukee (Iowa) |
| Rakeem Nunez-Roches | 56 | DL | Central (Phenix City, Alabama) |
| Patrick O’Connor | 79 | DL | St. Rita (Illinois) |
| Jason Pierre-Paul | 90 | OLB | Deerfield Beach (Florida) |
| Bradley Pinion | 8 | P | Northwest Carrabus (North Carolina) |
| Donovan Smith | 76 | T | Ownings Mill (Maryland) |
| Ryan Smith | 29 | CB | Wise (Maryland) |
| Drew Stanton | 6 | QB | Harrison (Farmington, Michigan) |
| Aaron Stinnie | 64 | G | St. Anne’s-Belfield (Virginia) |
| Ryan Succop | 3 | K | Hickory (North Carolina) |
| Ndamukong Suh | 93 | DL | Grant (Oregon) |
| Zach Triner | 97 | LS | Marshfield (Massachusetts) |
| Ke’Shawn Vaughn | 30 | RB | Pearl-Cohn (Tennessee) |
| Vita Vea | 50 | DL | Milpitas (California) |
| Justin Watson | 17 | WR | South Fayette (Pennsylvania) |
| Josh Wells | 72 | T | Hanover (Virginia) |
| Devin White | 45 | ILB | North Webster (Louisiana) |
| Jordan Whitehead | 33 | S | Central Valley (Pennsylvania) |
| Antoine Winfield, Jr. | 31 | S | The Woodlands (Texas) |
| Tristan Wirfs | 78 | T | Mount Vernon (Iowa) |
