Which ACC teams are sending players to the NFL? On the face of it a simple question but there are no simple answers when dealing with stats and more so when sourcing from different entities. For this venture we decided to stick with the ACC and NFL to find out how many players are filling 53-man rosters, practice squads and on injured reserve as of July 2025.
After a bit of experimenting with our Reddit readers we took their suggestions to heart in building this data and graph. We asked our AI source to do the following; “using school RGB colors, create a graph showing ACC teams that have active players on NFL rosters in July 2025.”
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In the process it also researched how many ACC players (total) that fit this criteria, from how many schools, how many played in the NFL playoffs last season and where the conference is ranked among P5 conferences.
ACC 2 NFL By The Numbers
- Clemson 42
- Miami 30
- Virginia Tech 27
- Pitt 27
- NC State 20
- Florida State 19
- Stanford 17
- Louisville 15
- Boston College 14
- North Carolina 13
- Georgia Tech 12
- Duke 11
- Syracuse 10
- Wake Forest 9
- Virginia 8
- SMU 8
- Cal 6
Another interesting question broached by a Reddit reader involved how much money are players (past and present) generating. Here’s a list of the highest paid NFL players from each ACC team for 2025.
- Chris Lindstrom RG Boston College/Atlanta Falcons 5yr-$105M
- Zaire Franklin LB Syracuse/Indianapolis Colts 3 yr-$31.26M
- T.J. Watt LB Pitt/Pittsburgh Steelers 3 yr-$123M
- Lamar Jackson QB Louisville/Baltimore Ravens 5 yr – $260M
- Christian Darrisaw LT Virginia Tech/Minnesota Vikings 4 yr-$113M
- Dontayvion Wicks WR Virginia/Green Bay Packers 4 yr-$4.14M
- Bradley Chubb LB NC State/Miami Dolphins 5 yr-$110M
- Daniel Jones QB Duke/Indianapolis Colts 1 yr-$14M
- Drake Maye QB North Carolina/New England Patriots 4 yr-$36.64M
- Calvin Ridley WR Wake Forest/Tennessee Titans 4 yr-$92M
- Trevor Lawrence QB Clemson/Jacksonville Jaguars 5 yr-$275M
- Harrison Butker K Georgia Tech/Kansas City Chiefs 4 yr-$25.6M
- Tyreek Hill WR Miami/Miami Dolphins 3 yr-$90M
- Jalen Ramsey CB Florida State/Pittsburgh Steelers 4 yr-$84.7M
- Courtland Sutton WR SMU/Denver Broncos 4 yr-$92M
- Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford/San Francisco 49ers 2 yr-$38M
- Jared Goff QB Cal/Detroit Lions 4 yr-$212M
Source: Spotrac
