NFL Kickoff Weekend Rosters Broken Down

by Dave Cariello on Sep 19, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Before the rest of the league kicks off the second week of the 2010 NFL season today I have one last post chock full of stats to share with you. This comes directly from the NFL and it's they're annual breakdown of every teams kickoff weekend roster by college, age, height, weight, etc.

Pretty interesting stuff. The Saints seem to fall right smack in the middle of most of these categories. Give it a look over and share your own thoughts and analysis.

Come back later today when we have an open thread for all of the afternoon games then another thread for the Manning Bowl later tonight.

A LOOK AT 2010 NFL KICKOFF WEEKEND ROSTERS

TEXAS LEADS ALL COLLEGES WITH 40 NFL PLAYERS

LONGHORNS LEAD THE WAY: The University of Texas has the most players on NFL Kickoff 2010 rosters with 40, the NFL announced today. Last year, Texas ranked third with 37 players on Kickoff Weekend rosters.

A total of 242 colleges were represented on Kickoff 2010 Weekend rosters. The top 10 colleges with the most players in the NFL:

COLLEGE	PLAYERS	COLLEGE	PLAYERS
Texas	40	Florida	33
Miami	38	Georgia	33
Southern California	36	Tennessee	33
Louisiana State	35	California	31
Ohio State	34	Michigan	29

Following is a breakdown by position of colleges with the most players in the NFL:

POS.	SCHOOL	PLAYERS	POS.	SCHOOL	PLAYERS
C	Boston College, Iowa, Louisiana State, Mississippi, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oregon State	2	DT	Michigan State, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas A&M	5
G	Alabama, Nebraska, Texas	4	DE	Georgia	6
T	Miami	5	LB	Miami	9
TE	Miami	4	DB	Ohio State	10
QB	Southern California	4	P	Ball State, Tennessee	2
RB	Louisiana State	5	K	Florida State, North Carolina, Washington State	2
WR	Florida, Ohio State	6

THE TALL AND SHORT OF IT: On NFL Kickoff rosters, there were 259 players weighing 200 pounds or less, 313 players under six feet tall, and 377 players weighing at least 300 pounds.

Chicago and Cincinnati each have 12 players weighing 200 pounds or less, the league's highest total in that category. Atlanta has the most players under six-feet tall with 14. Dallas has 17 players weighing 300 pounds or more, the most in the league. Following is a team-by-team player dimension breakdown based on 2010 Kickoff rosters:

AFC

TEAM	200 LBS. OR LESS	UNDER 6-FEET	300-POUNDERS
Baltimore	7	9	14
Buffalo	10	11	13
Cincinnati	12	11	12
Cleveland	4	11	11
Denver	11	10	15
Houston	7	9	9
Indianapolis	9	13	11
Jacksonville	10	9	10
Kansas City	9	8	9
Miami	5	8	12
New England	8	13	12
NY Jets	5	11	13
Oakland	7	8	13
Pittsburgh	9	11	13
San Diego	7	9	14
Tennessee	10	10	8

NFC

TEAM	200 LBS. OR LESS	UNDER 6-FEET	300-POUNDERS
Arizona	9	9	13
Atlanta	9	14	9
Carolina	8	12	7
Chicago	12	10	10
Dallas	4	7	17
Detroit	9	10	11
Green Bay	7	7	14
Minnesota	7	7	12
New Orleans	9	10	9
NY Giants	7	5	13
Philadelphia	8	11	14
St. Louis	7	9	12
San Francisco	8	7	12
Seattle	10	13	13
Tampa Bay	6	9	10
Washington	9	12	12

HEIGHT, WEIGHT & AGE AVERAGES FOR 2010 AFC & NFC ROSTERS

AFC
Team	Height		Weight		Age		Experience		Rookie & 1st year		Players Age 30 & Over
Baltimore	6.15		253.64	*	26.77		4.89		8		9
Buffalo	6.15		246.81		26.51		4.28		11		9
Cincinnati	6.19		251.53		26.25		4.08		9		8
Cleveland	6.17		250.60		27.49	*	5.23	*	6		18	*
Denver	6.16		248.98		26.43		4.19		15	*	11
Houston	6.18		249.26		25.98		3.91		10		5
Indianapolis	6.10		246.06		26.08		4.09		12		10
Jacksonville	6.06	+	242.98		25.58	+	3.60		11		8
Kansas City	6.15		246.43		25.98		4.04		13		8
Miami	6.22		253.62		25.77		3.47	+	13		4	+
New England	6.13		247.87		26.34		4.19		13		12
NY Jets	6.17		251.72		27.06		4.85		11		12
Oakland	6.23	*	248.28		26.51		4.32		10		11
Pittsburgh	6.15		247.70		26.43		5.17		9		17
San Diego	6.17		251.81		27.11		4.92		4	+	11
Tennessee	6.18		241.51	+	26.19		4.11		10		8
*AFC Average*	*6.16*		248.68		*26.44*		*4.30*		*10.3*		*9.7*
*NFC Average*	*6.17*		*247.57*		*26.46*		*4.40*		*10.6*		*10.1*
*All NFL Average*	*6.16*		*248.13*		*26.45*		*4.35*		*10.5*		*9.9*

* AFC high
+ AFC low

NFC
Team	Height		Weight		Age		Experience		Rookie & 1st year		Players Age 30 & Over
Arizona	6.18		247.23		26.55		4.36		12		11
Atlanta	6.14		245.66		26.70		4.53		12		12
Carolina	6.13	+	243.30		25.15	+	3.30	+	12		5	+
Chicago	6.15		242.25	+	27.15		5.42		10		13
Dallas	6.22	*	255.98	*	26.30		4.30		13		10
Detroit	6.17		247.00		26.34		4.36		7		9
Green Bay	6.16		250.43		25.92		4.06		11		7
Minnesota	6.19		248.28		27.38		5.28		6	+	14
New Orleans	6.14		242.38		26.66		4.68		9		10
NY Giants	6.22	*	247.53		26.36		4.40		8		8
Philadelphia	6.13	+	251.09		26.00		3.89		12		6
St. Louis	6.17		248.98		26.04		3.66		14		9
San Francisco	6.18		247.64		26.74		5.02		10		15	*
Seattle	6.14		247.91		26.66		4.32		10		10
Tampa Bay	6.17		244.60		25.58		3.43		15	*	7
Washington	6.16		250.79		27.70	*	5.43	*	8		15	*
*NFC Average*	*6.17*		*247.57*		*26.46*		*4.40*		*10.6*		*10.1*
*AFC Average*	*6.16*		*248.68*		*26.44*		*4.30*		*10.3*		*9.7*
*All NFL Average*	*6.16*		*248.13*		*26.45*		*4.35*		*10.5*		*9.9*

* NFC high
+ NFC low