Which colleges have produced the most Hall of Fame players in NFL history?

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Colleges that have produced the most Pro Football Hall of Fame players T-9. UCLA, Six T-9. LSU, Six 1. USC, 14

The NFL Draft is an inexact science. There is no specific formula you can use to see who will become the best player. Some first-rounders will be All-Pros, while some will be out of the league in just a few years. Heck, even some 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 highest-caliber talent due to great coaching and the pedigree of players the school attracts. They’re 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.

That said, do traditional powerhouse programs like USC, Notre Dame and Alabama actually have the most Hall of Famers when it’s all said and done? We’ve rounded up which colleges boast the most in NFL history.

*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, Six

SS Kenny Easley (1981-1987) – three-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler
QB Troy Aikman (1989-2000) – six-time Pro Bowler, three-time Super Bowl champion
OT Jonathan Ogden (1996-2007) – four-time All-Pro, 11-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
QB Bob Waterfield (1945-1952) – three-time All-Pro, two-time Pro Bowler, two-time NFL champion
DE Tom Fears (1948-1956) – one-time All-Pro, one-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
CB Jimmy Johnson (1961-1976) – three-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler

HB Lenny Moore (1956-1967) – five-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, two-time NFL champion
LB Jack Ham (1971-1982) – six-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, four-time Super Bowl champion
RB Franco Harris (1972-1984) – one-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, four-time Super Bowl champion
OG Mike Michalske (1927-1937) – five-time All-Pro, three-time NFL champion
LB Dave Robinson (1963-1974) – two-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion, three-time NFL champion
OG Mike Munchak (1982-1993) – two-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler

T-9. LSU, Six

QB Y.A. Tittle (1948-1964) – three-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler
C Kevin Mawae (1994-2009) – three-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler
OG Alan Faneca (1998-2010) – six-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
RB Steve Van Buren (1944-1951) – one-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler, two-time NFL champion
FB Jim Taylor (1958-1967) – five-time All-Pro, Super Bowl champion, four-time NFL champion
FS Johnny Robinson (1960-1971) – six-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, three-time AFL champion

DT Curley Culp (1968-1981) – one-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, AFL champion
CB Mike Haynes (1976-1989) – two-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
CB Eric Allen (1988-2001) – one-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler
FB John Henry Johnson (1954-1966) – four-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
WR Charley Taylor (1964-1977) – one-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler
OG Randall McDaniel (1988-2001) – seven-time All-Pro, 12-time Pro Bowler

RB Jim Brown (1957-1965) – eight-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
WR Marvin Harrison (1996-2008) – three-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
DE Dwight Freeney (2002-2017) – three-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
C Jim Ringo (1953-1967) – six-time All-Pro, 10-time Pro Bowler, two-time NFL champion
TE John Mackey (1963-1972) – three-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, NFL champion
RB Floyd Little (1967-1975) – one-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler
RB Larry Csonka (1968-1979) – two-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion
WR Art Monk (1980-1995) – one-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, three-time Super Bowl champion

QB Bart Starr (1956-1971) – one-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion, five-time NFL champion
QB Joe Namath (1965-1977) – one-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, AFL champion
OLB Derrick Thomas (1989-1999) – two-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler
DE Don Hutson (1935-1945) – eight-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, three-time NFL champion
QB Ken Stabler (1970-1984) – one-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
OG John Hannah (1973-1985) – seven-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler
C Dwight Stephenson (1980-1987) – four-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler
TE Ozzie Newsome (1978-1990) – one-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler

OT Lou Groza (1946-1967) – four-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, four-time NFL champion
FS Dick LeBeau (1959-1972) – three-time Pro Bowler
WR Cris Carter (1987-2002) – two-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler
OG Bill Willis (1946-1953) – three-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
DE Dante Lavelli (1946-1956) – three-time Pro Bowler, three-time NFL champion
OT Jim Parker (1957-1967) – eight-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, two-time NFL champion
DE Paul Warfield (1964-1977) – two-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion, NFL champion
LB Randy Gradishar (1974-1983) – two-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler
OT Orlando Pace (1997-2009) – three-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion

CB Ty Law (1995-2009) – two-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, three-time Super Bowl champion
OG Steve Hutchinson (2001-2012) – five-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler
DB Charles Woodson (1998-2015) – three-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
RB Benny Friedman (1927-1934) – four-time All-Pro
DE Bill Hewitt (1932-1943) – four-time All-Pro, two-time NFL champion
HB Elroy Hirsch (1946-1957) – two-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
DE Len Ford (1948-1958) – four-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, three-time NFL champion
OG Tom Mack (1966-1978) – 11-time Pro Bowler
OG Dan Dierdorf (1971-1983) – three-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler

TE Mike Ditka (1961-1972) – two-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, NFL champion
QB Dan Marino (1983-1999) – three-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler
CB Darrelle Revis (2007-2017) – four-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
LB Joe Schmidt (1953-1965) – eight-time All-Pro, 10-time Pro Bowler, two-time NFL champion
RB Tony Dorsett (1977-1988) – one-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
OT Jimbo Covert (1983-1990) – two-time All-Pro, two-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
OG Russ Grimm (1981-1991) – three-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, three-time Super Bowl champion
OLB Rickey Jackson (1981-1995) – six-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
OLB Chris Doleman (1985-1999) – two-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler
RB Curtis Martin (1995-2005) – one-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler

QB Joe Montana (1979-1994) – three-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, four-time Super Bowl champion
WR Tim Brown (1988-2004) – nine-time Pro Bowler
RB Jerome Bettis (1993-2005) – two-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
C George Trafton (1920-1932) – two-time All-Pro, NFL champion
DE Wayne Millner (1936-1945) – NFL champion
OT George Connor (1948-1955) – four-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler
FB Paul Hornung (1957-1966) – two-time All-Pro, two-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, four-time NFL champion
LB Nick Buoniconti (1962-1976) – five-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion
DT Alan Page (1967-1981) – five-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
TE Dave Casper (1974-1984) – four-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion
DT Bryant Young (1994-2007) – one-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion

WR Michael Irvin (1988-1999) – one-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler, three-time Super Bowl champion
DT Warren Sapp (1995-2007) – four-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
LB Ray Lewis (1996-2012) – seven-time All-Pro, 12 Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion
LB Ted Hendricks (1969-1983) – four-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, four-time Super Bowl champion
QB Jim Kelly (1986-1996) – one-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler
DT Cortez Kennedy (1990-2000) – three-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler
RB Edgerrin James (1999-2009) – one-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler
OC Jim Otto (1960-1974) – 10-time All-AFL, two-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, AFL champion
S Ed Reed (2002-2013) – five-time All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
KR/PR/WR Devin Hester (2006-2016) – three-time All-Pro, four-time Pro Bowler
WR Andre Johnson (2003-2016) – two-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler

1. USC, 14

LB Junior Seau (1990-2009) – six-time All-Pro, 12-time Pro Bowler
S Troy Polamalu (2003-2014) – four-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion
RB O.J. Simpson (1969-1979) – five-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler
E Red Badgro (1927-1936) – NFL champion
RB/DB/WR Frank Gifford (1952-1964) – four-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
OT Ron Mix (1960-1971) – 9-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, AFL champion
DB Willie Wood (1960-1971) – four-time All-Pro, eight-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion, five-time NFL champion
OT Ron Yary (1968-1982) – six-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler, NFL champion
WR Lynn Swann (1974-1982) – one-time All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, four-time Super Bowl champion
OT Anthony Munoz (1980-1992) – nine-time All-Pro, 11-time Pro Bowler
CB Ronnie Lott (1981-1994) – six-time All-Pro, 10-time Pro Bowler, four-time Super Bowl champion
RB Marcus Allen (1982-1997) – one-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion
OG Bruce Matthews (1983-2001) – seven-time All-Pro, 14-time Pro Bowler
OT Tony Boselli (1995-2001) – three-time All-Pro, five-time Pro Bowler

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