A year ago, Atlanta Falcons WR Julio Jones was the only player from Alabama voted to the Top 100 Players of 2016 list.
This year, however, he has plenty of company.
The Crimson Tide tied Georgia with five players each for the most Top 100 Players of 2017 from any school. The Top 100 list is determined by a vote of NFL players. Joining Jones this year were Giants S Landon Collins, Raiders WR Amari Cooper, Packers S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Patriots LB Dont'a Hightower.
Georgia's five in the Top 100: Bengals WR A.J. Green, Lions QB Matthew Stafford, Bengals DT Geno Atkins, Chiefs LB Justin Houston and Panthers LB Thomas Davis. The Bulldogs had the most players in the *Top 100 Players of 2016* with six.
The 100 players come from 55 total schools, including plenty of smaller programs such as Central Michigan (Antonio Brown), Central Missouri State (Delanie Walker), Buffalo (Khalil Mack), West Alabama (Tyreek Hill, Malcolm Butler), Coastal Carolina (Josh Norman), North Alabama (Janoris Jenkins), and Northern Iowa (David Johnson). Some top programs that were shut out of the Top 100 this year include UCLA, Louisville, BYU and North Carolina.
Here's a look at the breakdown of players in the Top 100 Players of 2017 by school.
Alabama (5):Julio Jones (No. 3), Landon Collins (No. 28), Amari Cooper (No. 53), Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (No. 77), Dont'a Hightower (No. 94)
Georgia (5):A.J. Green (No. 17), Matthew Stafford (No. 31), Geno Atkins (No. 68), Justin Houston (No. 76), Thomas Davis (No. 89)
Oklahoma (4):DeMarco Murray (No. 33), Trent Williams (No. 47), Gerald McCoy (No. 52), Adrian Peterson (No. 98)
Stanford (4):Richard Sherman (No. 21), Andrew Luck (No. 51), Doug Baldwin (No. 88), David DeCastro (No. 97)
USC (4):Tyron Smith (No. 18), Clay Matthews (No. 82), Jurrell Casey (No. 86), Everson Griffen (No. 92)
Wisconsin (4):Russell Wilson (No. 24), Joe Thomas (No. 25), J.J. Watt (No. 35), Travis Frederick (No. 87)
Florida State (3):Devonta Freeman (No. 41), Jameis Winston (No. 57), Xavier Rhodes (No. 66)
LSU (3):Odell Beckham Jr. (No. 8), Patrick Peterson (No. 19), Jarvis Landry (No. 42)
Michigan (3):Tom Brady (No. 1), Taylor Lewan (No. 72), Brandon Graham (No. 93)
Ohio State (3):Ezekiel Elliott (No. 7), Malcolm Jenkins (No. 90), Joey Bosa (No. 100)
Pittsburgh (3):Aaron Donald (No. 15), LeSean McCoy (No. 27), Larry Fitzgerald (No. 45)
Texas A&M (3):Von Miller (No. 2), Mike Evans (No. 29), Michael Bennett (No. 46)
Boston College (2):Matt Ryan (No. 10), Luke Kuechly (No. 20)
Cal (2):Aaron Rodgers (No. 6), Lorenzo Alexander (No. 91)
Iowa (2):Marshal Yanda (No. 43), Mike Daniels (No. 84)
Kansas (2):Aqib Talib (No. 37), Chris Harris (No. 63)
Miami (2):Greg Olsen (No. 67), Calais Campbell (No. 83)
Michigan State (2):Le'Veon Bell (No. 9), Kirk Cousins (No. 70)
Mississippi State (2):Dak Prescott (No. 14), Fletcher Cox (No. 38)
Notre Dame (2):Zack Martin (No. 58), Harrison Smith (No. 74)
Oregon (2):Marcus Mariota (No. 50), LeGarrette Blount (No. 80)
Penn State (2):Cameron Wake (No. 62), Sean Lee (No. 79)
Purdue (2):Drew Brees (No. 16), Cliff Avril (No. 56)
Texas (2):Earl Thomas (No. 30), Brian Orakpo (No. 78)
West Alabama (2):Tyreek Hill (No. 36), Malcolm Butler (No. 99)
One player each: Arizona, Auburn, Boise State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Central Missouri State, Cincinnati, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Florida, Florida International, Fresno State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Nebraska, North Alabama, North Carolina State, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma State, Penn, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Utah, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Washington.
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