A Look At The Colleges From Where The Current Broncos Hail
DENVER (CBS4) - With the Broncos adding CU offensive lineman Tyler Polumbus Thursday, here's a look at which schools and conferences can claim the most players.
46 schools and 10 conferences are represented by the Broncos current roster (including practice squad, reserve/injured and suspended).
Here's the breakdown by the most players per school, and the most players per conference:
Schools:
Colorado State (4) – Shaquil Barrett, Ty Sambrailo, Shelley Smith, Kapri Bibbs
Arizona State (3) – Omar Bolden, Brock Osweiler, Kyle Williams
Florida (3) – Andre Caldwell, Max Garcia, Lerentee McCray
Tennessee (3) – Britton Colquitt, Malik Jackson, Peyton Manning
Nevada (3) – Virgil Green, Brandon Marshall, Kyle Roberts
Kansas (2) – Chris Harris, Aqib Talib
Boise State (2) – Matt Paradis, Ryan Clady
Ohio State (2) – Bradley Roby, Jeff Heuerman
Georgia Tech (2) – Demaryius Thomas, Van Walker
North Carolina (2) – Sylvester Williams, Marvin Austin
Cal (2) – C.J. Anderson, Deandre Coleman
Duke (2) – Kenny Anunike, Juwan Thompson
San Diego State (2) – Aaron Brewer, Ronnie Hillman
Notre Dame (2) – David Bruton, Ryan Harris
Rice (2) – James Casey, Jordan Taylor
Tulane (2) – Lorenzo Doss, Taurean Nixon
Nebraska (1) – Zaire Anderson
Mississippi State (1) – Dillon Day
North Texas (1) – Antonio Johnson
Georgia (1) – Arthur Lynch
USC (1) – George Uko
Wisconsin (1) – Owen Daniels
Sacramento State (1) – Todd Davis
Iowa (1) – James Ferentz
Michigan State (1) – Bennie Fowler
Western Kentucky (1) – Mitchell Henry
Maryland (1) – Darius Kilgo
Indiana (1) – Cody Latimer
Alabama (1) – Evan Mathis
Temple (1) – Brandon McManus
Texas A&M (1) – Von Miller
Oklahoma (1) – Corey Nelson
Penn State (1) – Jordan Norwood
Missouri (1) – Shane Ray
SMU (1) – Emmanuel Sanders
Michigan (1) – Michael Schofield
Northwestern (1) – Trevor Siemian
Oklahoma State (1) – Antonio Smith
South Carolina (1) – Darian Stewart
Kentucky (1) – Danny Trevathan
Texas Tech (1) – Louis Vasquez
Oregon (1) – T.J. Ward
Troy (1) – DeMarcus Ware
USF (1) – Kayvon Webster
Cincinnati (1) – Derek Wolfe
Colorado (1) – Tyler Polumbus
Conferences:
9 SEC Schools: Alabama, Mississippi St., Texas A&M, Missouri, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida – 13 players
11 Big 10 Schools: Ohio State, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan St., Maryland, Indiana, Temple, Penn State, Michigan, Northwestern – 12 players
4 MWC Schools: Boise State, CSU, San Diego St, Nevada – 11 players
5 Pac 12 Schools: Arizona State, Cal, USC, Oregon, Colorado – 8 players
3 ACC Schools: Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Duke, Notre Dame – 8 players
4 Big 12 Schools: Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., Texas Tech – 5 players
4 AAC Schools: Tulane, SMU, USF, Cincinnati – 5 players
3 Conference USA Schools: Rice, North Texas, Western Kentucky – 4 players
1 Big Sky School: Sacramento St. – 1 player
1 Sun Belt School: Troy – 1 player
Steve Cox is CBS4's Executive Producer for Sports. He has been with CBS4 since 1993. Follow Steve on Twitter @stevecoxdenver.