Nearly half of all NFL players come from these 23 schools

Recruiting in college football is a lot easier if a school can show kids that they produce NFL players and no school has more players on this season's NFL rosters than Florida State University.

With 56 players on the 32 rosters, Florida State tops the list of active players, according to Pro-Football-Reference, with the University of Southern California a close second with 55 players.

Overall, 278 different schools are represented this season so far. Here are the 23 schools with at least 32 active NFL players. Players from these schools represent nearly half (48%) of all players in the NFL this season.

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