Where did the Rams go to college?

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Each year, 250+ college prospects are drafted by NFL teams and another 500+ are signed as undrafted free agents. These roster candidates are provided by 800+ college football programs from coast-to-coast. 93 percent of NFL 53-man active rosters came from NCAA FBS schools in 2025.

According to drafthistory.com, Notre Dame (538) has had the most players drafted, followed by USC (533), Ohio State (500), and Michigan and Alabama (521). Since 2020, Georgia leads the pack with 70, then comes Alabama (63), Ohio State (61), Michigan (58) and LSU (57).

It’s fair to say that the Rams aren’t on the “big name programs” bandwagon, but they do follow closely behind. L.A.’s scouting braintrust does a good job of scouring the top conferences without relying too heavily on particular schools. You can see that by studying the Rams preseason roster for the upcoming 2026 season.

American Athletic (2)​

Tulane (1)

WR Mario Williams

Navy (1)

LS Joe Cardona

Mario Williams is underrated, but I love how Tulane allowed him to feast on digs and deep over routes. Think that's going to be how he's utilized at the next level pic.twitter.com/4sq00zfED8

— Billy M (@BillyM_91) February 18, 2025

Atlantic Coast(19)​

North Carolina St. (4)

DT Larrell Murchison, C Dylan McMahon, S Tanner Ingle, RB Jordan Waters

Florida St. (2)

DT Braden Fiske, E Keir Thomas

Louisville (2)

E Wesley Bailey, TE Mark Redman

Miami (2)

S Kamren Kinchens, WR CJ Daniels

Wake Forest (2)

DT Kobie Turner, S Nick Anderson

Syracuse (1)

TE Dan Villari

North Carolina (2)

E Tomon Fox, C Austin Blaske

Stanford (1)

TE Colby Parkinson

Clemson (2)

DT Tyler Davis, TE Davis Allen,

Pittsburgh (1)

WR Konata Mumpfield

Conference USA (1)​

Western Kentucky (1)

TE Tyler Higbee

Big 12 (8)​

Houston (3)

ILB Grant Stuard, RB Dean Conners, E Eddie Walls (IR)

Cincinnati (1)

WR Tyler Scott

BYU (1)

WR Puka Nacua

TCU (1)

G Steve Avila

Colorado (1)

ILB Nathan Landman

Oklahoma State (1)

WR Brennan Presley

Big 10 (15)​

Michigan State (1)

T AJ Arcuri

UCLA (2)

S Quentin Lake, CB Alex Johnson

Oregon (1)

TE Terrance Ferguson

Washington (2)

CB Trent McDuffie, C Coleman Shelton

Wisconsin (2))

E Darryl Peterson, S Nyzier Fourqurean

USC (1)

G Justin Dedich

Ohio St. (2)

DT Ty Hamilton, TE Max Klare

Iowa (1)

T Alaric Jackson

Michigan (3)

RB Blake Corum, E Josaiah Stewart, CB Josh Wallace

Max Klare vs. Rutgers is one of the best games I’ve seen from a TE all year pic.twitter.com/qmNQhaWNhk

— NFL Draft Files (@NFL_DF) November 27, 2025

Independents (1)​

Notre Dame (1)

RB Kyren Williams

Mid-American (2)​

Buffalo (1)

ILB Shaun Dolac

Toledo (1)

E Desjuan Johnson

Mountain West(3)​

San Jose St. (1)

T David Quessenberry

Air Force (1)

DT Payton Zdroik

Northern Illinois (1)

S Nate Valcarcel

Pac-12(6)​

Fresno St. (3)

WR Davante Adams, RB Ronnie Rivers, CB Al’zillion Hamilton

Washington St. (2)

CB Jaylen Watson, CB Cam Lampkin

Utah St. (1)

G Wyatt Bowles

Southeastern (24)​

Alabama (3)

QB Ty Simpson, DT Tim Keenan, ILB Nikhai Hill-Green

Georgia (3)

QB Matthew Stafford, T Warren McClendon, QB Stetson Bennett

Arkansas (3)

S Kamren Curl, C Beaux Limmer, TE Rohan Jones

Mississippi St. (1)

CB Emmanuel Forbes

Missouri (3)

T Keagan Trost, K Harrison Meevis, CB Drey Norwood

Vanderbilt (1)

T Bryce Henderson

Tennessee (3)

E Byron Young, S Jaylen McCollough, DT Jaxon Moi

Texas (4)

DT Poona Ford, WR Jordan WhittingtonDT Bill Norton, QB Matthew Caldwell

Texas A&M (1)

DT Myles Garrett

Auburn (1)

RB Jarquez Hunter

LSU (1)

ILB Omar Speights

Southwestern (1)​

Florida A&M (1)

WR Xavier Smith

Sunbelt (3)​

Louisiana (1)

G Kevin Dotson

Marshall (1)

ILB Elias Neal

Louisiana Tech (1)

WR Tru Edwards

Division 2 (1)​

Wingate (1)

P Ethan Evans

Where did the current Rams play college ball?

Looking at where the Rams 2026 roster matriculated, there’s a distinct southern lean. Of the 86 players under contract, 51 (59.3%) come from schools a combination of below the Mason-Dixon Line and in the eastern half of the nation.

As far as conferences go, Rams General Manager Les Snead favors the SEC (27.9%), followed by the ACC (22.1%), Big 10 (17.4%), and Big 12 (9.3%). Having three out of four players (76.7%) from the Power Four college football conferences is not surprising, but having three players from Fresno State and six total from the imploded Pac-12 is a bit. But when it comes to Snead and the Rams drafting strategy, nothing should be that surprising.

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