List: More than 140 state players active on NFL opening rosters

More than 140 former Georgia high school football players are on active NFL rosters ahead of the league’s first game Thursday between the Chiefs and the Lions.

Every NFL team has at least one Georgia player, and the Falcons have the most with nine. The Ravens are next with eight. The reigning champion Chiefs have six.

The roughly 150 Georgia players on active rosters is similar to last year’s total, which ranked fourth among states behind Texas, Florida and California and twice that of any other state.

Twenty-nine Georgia NFL players, or about one in five, are rookies. They include 2023 first-round picks Will Anderson of Dutchtown, Jahmyr Gibbs of Dalton, Broderick Jones of Lithonia, Myles Murphy of Hillgrove and Nolan Smith of Calvary Day.

In with the new has its downside, though. Some long-time Georgia players recently cut were Bradley Roby of Peachtree Ridge, Reshard Perriman of Arabia Mountain, Cameron Erving of Colquitt County and Kenyan Drake of Hillgrove.

Norcross has the most Georgia NFL players with five. One is Robert Beal, who did not play his senior season and graduated from Peachtree Ridge. Greater Atlanta Christian, Hillgrove and Peachtree Ridge have four NFL players apiece.

The list below includes active, injured and suspended players as of noon Tuesday. It does not include practice-squad players.

IJ=Injured reserve. SUS=Suspended list. HO=Holdout.

POS	Player	High School	College	NFL	YR
DB	D'Anthony Bell	Alcovy	West Florida	Browns	2
CB	Jaycee Horn	Alpharetta	South Carolina	Panthers	3
QB	Joshua Dobbs	Alpharetta	Tennessee	Cardinals	7
WR	Jakobi Meyers	Arabia Mountain	N.C. State	Raiders	5
CB	Andrew Booth	Archer	Clemson	Vikings	2
DE	Colby Wooden	Archer	Auburn	Packers	R
G	Joshua Ezeudu	Archer	North Carolina	Giants	2
RB	Dameon Pierce	Bainbridge	Florida	Texans	2
LS	Nick Moore-IJ	Brookwood	Georgia	Ravens	3
CB	Darius Slay	Brunswick	Mississippi State	Eagles	11
DB	Tracy Walker III	Brunswick	Louisana-Lafayette	Lions	6
OT	Warren McClendon Jr.	Brunswick	Georgia	Rams	R
LS	Blake Ferguson	Buford	LSU	Dolphins	4
CB	Josh Blackwell	Buford	Duke	Bears	2
LB	Baylon Spector	Calhoun	Clemson	Bills	2
TE	Davis Allen	Calhoun	Clemson	Rams	R
RB	Tank Bigsby	Callaway	Auburn	Jaguars	R
LB	Nolan Smith	Calvary Day	Georgia	Eagles	R
MLB	Jarrad Davis-IJ	Camden County	Florida	Giants	6
LB	Myjai Sanders	Camden County	Cincinnati	Cardinals	2
G	Dylan Parham	Carrollton	Memphis	Raiders	2
DB	Jonathan Jones	Carrollton	Auburn	Patriots	8
LS	Josh Harris	Carrollton	Auburn	Chargers	12
QB	Trevor Lawrence	Cartersville	Clemson	Jaguars	3
OT	Chris Hubbard	Carver-Columbus	UAB	Titans	10
LB	DeAngelo Malone	Cedar Grove	Western Kentucky	Falcons	2
TE	Jelani Woods	Cedar Grove	Virginia	Colts	2
RB	Nick Chubb	Cedartown	Georgia	Browns	6
LB	Cam Gill	Chapel Hill	Wagner	Buccaneers	4
RB	Brittain Brown-IJ	Cherokee	UCLA	Raiders	2
WR	Tyreek Hill	Coffee	West Alabama	Dolphins	8
QB	Taylor Heinicke	Collins Hill	Old Dominion	Falcons	9
CB	Jay Ward	Colquitt County	LSU	Vikings	R
TE	Gerald Everett	Columbia	South Alabama	Chargers	7
CB	Damarion Williams	Community Christian	Houston	Ravens	2
LB	Quay Walker	Crisp County	Georgia	Packers	2
RB	Jahmyr Gibbs	Dalton	Alabama	Lions	R
LB	Leonard Floyd	Dodge County	Georgia	Bills	8
DT	Montravius Adams	Dooly County	Auburn	Steelers	7
LB	Will Anderson Jr.	Dutchtown	Alabama	Texans	R
RB	Antonio Gibson	Eagle's Landing	Memphis	Commanders	4
CB	Eric Stokes-IJ	Eastside	Georgia	Packers	3
DT	Sheldon Rankins	Eastside	Louisville	Texans	8
WR	Mecole Hardman	Elbert County	Georgia	Jets	5
RB	Keaton Mitchell	ELCA	East Carolina	Ravens	R
QB	Deshaun Watson	Gainesville	Clemson	Browns	7
DE	Jeremiah Ledbetter	Gainesville	Arkansas	Jaguars	2
RB	DeeJay Dallas	Glynn Academy	Miami (Fla.)	Seahawks	4
LB	Owen Pappoe	Grayson	Auburn	Cardinals	R
OT	Wanya Morris	Grayson	Oklahoma	Chiefs	R
DT	Christopher Hinton	Greater Atlanta Christian	Michigan	Chargers	1
WR	Darius Slayton	Greater Atlanta Christian	Auburn	Giants	5
QB	Davis Mills	Greater Atlanta Christian	Stanford	Texans	3
WR	Kalif Raymond	Greater Atlanta Christian	Holy Cross	Lions	7
OT	D'Ante Smith	Grovetown	East Carolina	Bengals	3
DE	Arden Key	Hapeville Charter	LSU	Titans	6
S	Chris Smith II	Hapeville Charter	Georgia	Raiders	R
LB	Kingsley Enagbare	Hapeville Charter	South Carolina	Packers	2
QB	Justin Fields	Harrison	Ohio State	Bears	3
DB	Darrell Baker Jr.	Hephzibah	Georgia Southern	Colts	1
DE	Bradley Chubb	Hillgrove	N.C. State	Dolphins	6
TE	Chigoziem Okonkwo	Hillgrove	Maryland	Titans	2
TE	Evan Engram	Hillgrove	Mississippi	Jaguars	7
DE	Myles Murphy	Hillgrove	Clemson	Bengals	R
DE	Jonathan Greenard	Hiram	Florida	Texans	4
C	Trey Hill	Houston County	Georgia	Bengals	3
TE	Harrison Bryant	John Milledge Academy	Florida Atlantic	Browns	4
DB	Cameron Sutton	Jonesboro	Tennesse	Lions	7
WR	Penny Hart-IJ	King's Ridge Christian	Georgia State	Falcons	4
S	Joey Blount-IJ	Landmark Christian	Virginia	Seahawks	2
CB	Jaylen Watson	Laney	Washington State	Chiefs	2
DT	Derrick Brown	Lanier	Auburn	Panthers	4
S	Jammie Robinson	Lee County	Florida State	Panthers	R
LB	Mark Robinson	Lee County	Ole Miss	Steelers	2
LB	Otis Reese	Lee County	Ole Miss	Titans	R
LB	Raekwon McMillan-IJ	Liberty County	Ohio State	Patriots	6
OT	Broderick Jones	Lithonia	Georgia	Steelers	R
LB	Jamin Davis	Long County	Kentucky	Commanders	3
OT	Elijah Wilkinson	Lovejoy	Massachusetts	Cardinals	7
CB	Kenny Moore II	Lowndes	Valdosta State	Colts	7
FS	Kevin Byard	M.L. King	Middle Tennessee	Titans	8
LB	Roquan Smith	Macon County	Georgia	Ravens	6
LB	Azeez Ojulari	Marietta	Georgia	Giants	3
LB	B.J. Ojulari	Marietta	LSU	Cardinals	R
SAF	Rashad Torrence II-IJ	Marietta	Florida	Rams	R
TE	John FitzPatrick	Marist	Georgia	Falcons	2
S	Kyle Hamilton	Marist	Notre Dame	Ravens	2
DE	Malik Herring	Mary Persons	Georgia	Chiefs	3
DE	Dalvin Tomlinson	McDonough	Alabama	Browns	7
G	Tremayne Anchrum	McEachern	Clemson	Rams	4
CB	Christian Holmes	McNair	Oklahoma State	Commanders	2
DE	Carl Lawson	Milton	Auburn	Jets	7
DT	Grover Stewart	Mitchell County	Albany State	Colts	7
WR	Michael Gallup	Monroe Area	Colorado State	Cowboys	6
WR	Jalen Virgil-IJ	Mountain View	Appalachian State	Broncos	2
CB	Tay Gowan-IJ	Newton	UCF	Vikings	2
RB	Alvin Kamara-SUS	Norcross	Tennessee	Saints	7
P	Jake Camarda	Norcross	Georgia	Buccaneers	2
LB	Lorenzo Carter	Norcross	Georgia	Falcons	6
OG	Max Garcia	Norcross	Florida	Saints	9
EDGE	Robert Beal Jr.	Norcross	Georgia	49ers	R
CB	Kindle Vildor	North Clayton	Georgia Southern	Titans	4
DE	YaYa Diaby	North Clayton	Louisville	Buccaneers	R
TE	Darren Waller	North Cobb	Georgia Tech	Giants	7
TE	C.J. Uzomah	North Gwinnett	Auburn	Jets	9
CB	D.J. Turner II	North Gwinnett	Michigan State	Bengals	R
WR	Josh Downs	North Gwinnett	North Carolina	Colts	R
DB	Brandon Facyson	Northgate	Virginia Tech	Raiders	6
K	Wil Lutz	Northgate	Georgia State	Broncos	8
CB	Steven Nelson	Northside-Warner Robins	Oregon State	Texans	9
RB	Chris Rodriguez	Ola	Kentucky	Commanders	R
OT	Andrew Thomas	Pace Academy	Georgia	Giants	4
RB	Deon Jackson	Pace Academy	Duke	Colts	3
G	Jamaree Salyer	Pace Academy	Georgia	Chargers	2
WR	Demarcus Robinson	Peach County	Florida	Rams	8
WR	Kearis Jackson	Peach County	Georgia	Titans	R
DE	Cameron Heyward	Peachtree Ridge	Ohio State	Steelers	13
FB	Connor Heyward	Peachtree Ridge	Michigan State	Steelers	2
OT	Orlando Brown	Peachtree Ridge	Oklahoma	Bengals	6
TE	Payne Durham	Peachtree Ridge	Purdue	Buccaneers	R
QB	Stetson Bennett	Pierce County	Georgia	Rams	R
TE	Charlie Woerner	Rabun County	Georgia	49ers	4
S	Vonn Bell	Ridgeland	Ohio State	Panthers	8
DT	Grady Jarrett	Rockdale County	Clemson	Falcons	9
LB	Neville Hewitt	Rockdale County	Marshall	Texans	9
QB	Malik Willis	Roswell	Liberty	Titans	2
S	Xavier McKinney	Roswell	Alabama	Giants	4
S	Brian Branch	Sandy Creek	Alabama	Lions	R
CB	Mike Hilton	Sandy Creek	Mississippi	Bengals	7
DE	Cameron Sample	Shiloh	Tulane	Bengals	3
DT	Justin Jones	South Cobb	North Carolina State	Bears	6
CB	Jerry Jacobs	South Cobb	Arkansas	Lions	3
CB	Terell Smith	South Gwinnett	Minnesota	Bears	R
CB	Michael Carter II	South Paulding	Duke	Jets	3
CB	Rock Ya-Sin	Southwest DeKalb	Temple	Ravens	5
DB	Dee Alford	Spalding	Tusculum College	Falcons	2
RB	Jerick McKinnon	Sprayberry	Georgia Southern	Chiefs	10
RB	Trey Sermon-IJ	Sprayberry	Ohio State	Eagles	3
P	Sam Martin	Starr's Mill	Appalachian State	Bills	11
LB	Justin Houston	Statesboro	Georgia	Panthers	13
OG	Ben Cleveland	Stephens County	Georgia	Ravens	3
LB	D.J. Wonnum	Stephenson	South Carolina	Vikings	4
DE	Montez Sweat	Stephenson	Mississippi State	Commanders	5
LB	Preston Smith	Stephenson	Mississippi State	Packers	9
LB	Brenton Cox Jr.	Stockbridge	Florida	Packers	R
LB	Thomas Incoom	Stone Mountain	Central Michigan	Broncos	R
DT	Austin Bryant	Thomas County Central	Clemson	49ers	5
WR	Rashod Bateman	Tift County	Minnesota	Ravens	3
DT	Devonte Wyatt	Towers	Georgia	Packers	2
DT	Jonathan Ledbetter	Tucker	Georgia	Cardinals	3
TE	Jordan Akins	Union Grove	UCF	Browns	6
LB	Travon Walker	Upson-Lee	Georgia	Jaguars	2
LB	Ernest Jones	Ware County	South Carolina	Rams	3
C	David Andrews	Wesleyan	Georgia	Patriots	9
TE	Tommy Tremble	Wesleyan	Notre Dame	Panthers	3
DB	A.J. Terrell	Westlake	Clemson	Falcons	4
K	Harrison Butker	Westminster	Georgia Tech	Chiefs	7
OT	Trent Brown	Westover	Florida	Patriots	9
S	Kareem Jackson	Westside-Macon	Alabama	Broncos	14
S	Kyle Dugger	Whitewater	Lenoir-Rhyne	Patriots	4
OLB	Bud Dupree	Wilkinson County	Kentucky	Falcons	9
DB	Chandon Sullivan	Winder-Barrow	Georgia State	Steelers	6
P	A.J. Cole	Woodward Academy	N.C. State	Raiders	5
DE	Henry Anderson-IJ	Woodward Academy	Stanford	Panthers	9

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