Do you associate certain NFL teams with any college programs?

Saints and Ohio State is an extremely obvious one

Texans have had a bunch of Clemson/South Carolina players there for a while. Watson, Hopkins, Clowney, Jonathan Joseph, DJ Reader, Carlos Watkins, Marcus Gilchrist, feels like there’s others I am forgetting. The ownership/Easterby connection to the state I’m sure was part of the reason why

Eagles-Bama

Hurts, Smith, and Dickerson are all key cogs in their offense

Remember the SEChiefs? This was before Mahomes

Bama with Washington
Miami with Ravens (ray lewis, ed reed)
Bengals with LSU
Saints with Ohio St

Eagles and Alabama
Dolphins and Alabama
Redskins and Alabama
Patriots and Alabama

Jags and Bucs had a lot of UF players.

for a long time, it was the bengals and UGA

AJ Green
Geno Atkins
Clint Boling
Shawn Williams
David Pollack
Odell Thurman
Orson Charles
Robert Geathers

some not as important, but AJ and GEno being the best players on offense and defense respectively was fun

In the early 2010s, I bet about half of the players for the Chiefs came from the SEC. They were being called the SEChiefs on the SEC Rant.

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Ravens have had a ton of Bama players since Ozzie Newsome became their GM. They currently have 3 Bama players on the roster and have drafted 12 Bama players since the franchise first began, including long-time starting LB Jarret Johnson, all-pro FB LeRon McClain, Super Bowl champ NT Terrence Cody, longtime starter LB Courtney Upshaw, all-pro LB CJ Moseley, all-pro corner Marlon Humphrey, and longtime starting center Bradley Bozeman.

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This has to do with the player evaluation system Belichick/Saban/Newsome started with the Browns in the 90’s. They have a very specific physical profile for every defensive position. If you look back on the rosters of those browns/ravens D’s, Patriots, LSU-Bama the DL’s, LB’s, and DB’s all have very similar physical profiles and measurables with almost no exceptions. (Height, broad jump, arm length, 10 yard speed splits)

The book Collision Low Crossers about the Jets when Rex Ryan was coach touches on it. Ryan took a similar system to NY from the Ravens.