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The NFL draft is an inexact science. There is no specific formula you can use to see who will be the player in the draft. Some first-rounders will be All-Pros, some will be out of the league in just a few years. Heck, even some fifth, sixth and seventh-rounders will end up in Canton one day.
One thing most teams agree on, though, is that college football programs shape, develop and mold players who can contribute at the next level. The best programs traditionally put out some of the best talent around and those programs, due to some great coaching and the pedigree of players they attract, are ones teams flock to when drafting. They are more of a sure thing when it comes to trying to find the next star. They play tougher schedules and have more high-end competition to watch and scout potential.
But does that prove true? Do the top schools historically, like USC, Notre Dame and Alabama, actually have the most Hall of Famers of any program?
Here are the colleges that have produced the most Pro Football Hall of Famers in history.
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Note: All stats given are from the NFL or professional level
Colleges that have produced the most Pro Football Hall of Fame players
T-9. UCLA – 6
- SS Kenny Easley (1981-1987)- 3 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
- QB Troy Aikman (1989-2000) – 6 Pro Bowls, 3x Super Bowl champ
- OT Jonathan Ogden (1996-2007) – 4 All-Pro, 11 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- QB Bob Waterfield (1945-1952) – 3 All-Pro, 2 Pro Bowls, 2x NFL champ
- DE Tom Fears (1948-1956) – 1 All-Pro, 1 Pro Bowl, 1x NFL champ
- CB Jimmy Johnson (1961-1976) – 3 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
- HB Lenny Moore (1956-1967) – 5 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 2x NFL champ
- LB Jack Ham (1971-1982) – 6 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 4x Super Bowl champ
- RB Franco Harris (1972-1984) – 1 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 4x Super Bowl champ
- OG Mike Michalske (1927-1937) – 5 All-Pro, 3x NFL champ
- LB Dave Robinson (1963-1974) – 2 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ, 3x NFL champ
- OG Mike Munchak (1982-1993) – 2 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls
T-9. LSU – 6
- QB Y.A. Tittle (1948-1964) – 3 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls,
- C Kevin Mawae (1994-2009) – 3 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls
- OG Alan Faneca (1998-2010) – 6 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- RB Steve Van Buren (1944-1951) – 1 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls, 2x NFL champ
- FB Jim Taylor (1958-1967) – 5 All-Pro, 1x Super Bowl champ, 4x NFL champ
- FS Johnny Robinson (1960-1971) – 6 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ, 3x AFL champ
- DT Curley Culp (1968-1981) – 1 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ, 1x AFL champ
- CB Mike Haynes (1976-1989) – 2 All-Pros, 9 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- CB Eric Allen (1988-2001) – 1 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls
- FB John Henry Johnson (1954-1966) – 4 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- WR Charley Taylor (1964-1977) – 1 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls
- OG Randall McDaniel (1988-2001) – 7 All-Pro, 12 Pro Bowls
- RB Jim Brown (1957-1965) – 8 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- WR Marvin Harrison (1996-2008) – 3 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- DE Dwight Freeney (2002-2017) – 3 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- C Jim Ringo (1953-1967) – 6 All-Pro, 10 Pro Bowls, 2x NFL champ
- TE John Mackey (1963-1972) – 3 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ, 1x NFL champ
- RB Floyd Little (1967-1975) – 1 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
- RB Larry Csonka (1968-1979) – 2 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ
- WR Art Monk (1980-1995) – 1 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, 3x Super Bowl champ
- QB Bart Starr (1956-1971) – 1 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ, 5x NFL champ
- QB Joe Namath (1965-1977) – 1 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ, 1x AFL champ
- OLB Derrick Thomas (1989-1999) – 2 All-Pros, 9 Pro Bowls
- DE Don Hutson (1935-1945) – 8 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 3x NFL champ
- QB Ken Stabler (1970-1984) – 1 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- OG John Hannah (1973-1985) – 7 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls
- C Dwight Stephenson (1980-1987) – 4 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
- TE Ozzie Newsome (1978-1990) – 1 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls
- OT Lou Groza (1946-1967) – 4 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 4x NFL champ
- FS Dick LeBeau (1959-1972) – 3 Pro Bowls
- WR Cris Carter (1987-2002) – 2 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls
- OG Bill Willis (1946-1953) – 3 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- DE Dante Lavelli (1946-1956) – 3 Pro Bowls, 3x NFL champ
- OT Jim Parker (1957-1967) – 8 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 2x NFL champ
- DE Paul Warfield (1964-1977) – 2 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ, 1x NFL champ
- LB Randy Gradishar (1974-1983) – 2 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls
- OT Orlando Pace (1997-2009) – 3 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- CB Ty Law (1995-2009) – 2 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 3x Super Bowl champ
- OG Steve Hutchinson (2001-2012) – 5 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls
- DB Charles Woodson (1998-2015) – 3 All Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- RB Benny Friedman (1927-1934) – 4 All-Pro
- DE Bill Hewitt (1932-1943) – 4 All-Pro, 2x NFL champ
- HB Elroy Hirsch (1946-1957) – 2 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- DE Len Ford (1948-1958) – 4 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 3x NFL champ
- OG Tom Mack (1966-1978) – 11 Pro Bowls
- OG Dan Dierdorf (1971-1983) – 3 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls
- TE Mike Ditka (1961-1972) – 2 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ, 1x NFL champ
- QB Dan Marino (1983-1999) – 3 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls
- CB Darrelle Revis (2007-2017) – 4 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- LB Joe Schmidt (1953-1965) – 8 All-Pro, 10 Pro Bowls, 2x NFL champ
- RB Tony Dorsett (1977-1988) – 1 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- OT Jimbo Covert (1983-1990) – 2 All-Pro, 2 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- OG Russ Grimm (1981-1991) – 3 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 3x Super Bowl champ
- OLB Rickey Jackson (1981-1995) – 6 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- OLB Chris Doleman (1985-1999) – 2 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls
- RB Curtis Martin (1995-2005) – 1 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
- QB Joe Montana (1979-1994) – 3 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 4x Super Bowl champ
- WR Tim Brown (1988-2004) – 9 Pro Bowls
- RB Jerome Bettis (1993-2005) – 2 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- C George Trafton (1920-1932) – 2 All-Pro, 1x NFL champ
- DE Wayne Millner (1936-1945) – 1x NFL champ
- OT George Connor (1948-1955) – 4 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls,
- FB Paul Hornung (1957-1966) – 2 All-Pro, 2 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ, 4x NFL champ
- LB Nick Buoniconti (1962-1976) -5 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ
- DT Alan Page (1967-1981) – 5 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- TE Dave Casper (1974-1984) – 4 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ
- DT Bryant Young (1994-2007) – 1 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
T-2. Miami – 11
- WR Michael Irvin (1988-1999) – 1 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls, 3x Super Bowl champ
- DT Warren Sapp (1995-2007) – 4 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- LB Ray Lewis (1996-2012) – 7 All-Pros, 12 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ
- LB Ted Hendricks (1969-1983) 4 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 4x Super Bowl champ
- QB Jim Kelly (1986-1996) – 1 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
- DT Cortez Kennedy (1990-2000) – 3 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls
- RB Edgerrin James (1999-2009) – 1 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls
- OC Jim Otto (1960-1974) – 10 All-AFL, 2 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, 1x AFL champ
- S Ed Reed (2002-2013) – 5 All-Pro, 9 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- KR/PR/WR Devin Hester (2006-2016) – 3 All-Pro, 4 Pro Bowls
- WR Andre Johnson (2003-2016) – 2 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls
1. USC – 14
- LB Junior Seau (1990-2009) – 6 All-Pro, 12 Pro Bowls
- S Troy Polamalu (2003-2014) – 4 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ
- RB O.J. Simpson (1969-1979) – 5 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls
- E Red Badgro (1927-1936) – 1x NFL champ
- RB/DB/WR Frank Gifford (1952-1964) – 4 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- OT Ron Mix (1960-1971) – 9 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 1x AFL champ
- DB Willie Wood (1960-1971) – 4 All-Pro, 8 Pro Bowls, 2x Super Bowl champ, 5x NFL champ
- OT Ron Yary (1968-1982) – 6 All-Pro, 7 Pro Bowls, 1x NFL champ
- WR Lynn Swann (1974-1982) – 1 All-Pro, 3 Pro Bowls, 4x Super Bowl champ
- OT Anthony Munoz (1980-1992) – 9 All-Pro, 11 Pro Bowls
- CB Ronnie Lott (1981-1994) – 6 All-Pro, 10 Pro Bowls, 4x Super Bowl champ
- RB Marcus Allen (1982-1997) – 2 All-Pro, 6 Pro Bowls, 1x Super Bowl champ
- OG Bruce Matthews (1983-2001) – 7 All-Pro, 14 Pro Bowls
- OT Tony Boselli (1995-2001) – 3 All-Pro, 5 Pro Bowls
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