LSU, Iowa, Penn State will have most players in Super Bowl LIV

Roy Lang III
Shreveport Times
Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Tyrann Mathieu (32) holds the Lamar Hunt Trophy after the team’s 35-24 win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 in Kansas City, Mo.

According to full NFL rosters (including injured reserve and practice squads) on championship weekend, five former LSU stars (full list of Super Bowlers below) will represent their schools at Super Bowl LIV in Miami. Iowa and Penn State are the only other schools that will have that much representation when Kansas City and San Francisco play at Hard Rock Stadium on Feb. 2.

Safety Tyrann Mathieu is one of four former Tigers who will represent the Chiefs -- former Fair Park (Shreveport) cornerback Morris Claiborne (Chiefs) and running back Spencer Ware and Darrel Williams, The lone Tigers product on the 49ers: linebacker Kwon Alexander.

Kansas City cornerback Morris Claiborne, a former Fair Park and LSU star, may play in Super Bowl LIV.

Claiborne, an eight-year veteran in his first season with the Chiefs, played eight games for Kansas City during the regular season. The sixth overall selection (Dallas) in the 2012 NFL Draft was derailed by a shoulder injury late in the season, but was a full participant in practice prior to the AFC Championship Game against Tennessee. 

Shreveport's Trent Taylor, a 49ers wide receiver from Louisiana Tech, is one of two other Louisiana college products in the Super Bowl (Chiefs running back Elijah McGuire, Louisiana-Lafayette).

Taylor caught 69 passes during his first two seasons with the 49ers, but missed the entire 2019 campaign with a Jones fracture in his foot.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne celebrates with Trent Taylor (81) after scoring a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

It's not surprise, but the Southeastern Conference leads all leagues with 32 players in Super Bowl 54. The Big Ten (22) ranks second.

Conference USA (11) leads all Group of Five leagues.

The Colonial Athletic Association (three) leads FCS conferences.

Kansas City guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (McGill) is the only player from a Canadian school.

Complete college list (rosters on NFL.com as of Sunday, including practice squads)

LSU, 5

Iowa, 5

Penn State, 5

Florida, 4

Stanford, 4

Vanderbilt, 4

Arizona, 3

Auburn, 3

Clemson, 3

Kansas State, 3

Middle Tennessee, 3

Mississippi State, 3

Notre Dame, 3

Ohio State, 3

Oklahoma, 3

Pittsburgh, 3

San Diego State, 3

South Carolina, 3

Alabama, 2

Brigham Young, 2

Central Michigan, 2

Duke, 2

Florida Atlantic, 2

Florida State, 2

Georgia Southern, 2

Michigan, 2

Michigan State, 2

North Carolina State, 2

Ole Miss, 2

Oregon, 2

Purdue, 2

South Florida, 2

Southern Mississippi, 2

Tennessee, 2

Texas, 2

Texas A&M, 2

Utah, 2

Virginia, 2

Air Force, 1

Alabama A&M, 1

Appalachian State, 1

Arizona State, 1

Arkansas, 1

Baylor, 1

Boston College, 1

Bowling Green, 1

Buffalo, 1

California, 1

Cincinnati, 1

Colorado, 1

Colorado State , 1

Colorado State-Pueblo, 1

Connecticut, 1

Eastern Illinois, 1

Eastern Michigan, 1

Eastern Washington, 1

Georgia, 1

Georgia Tech, 1

Grand Valley State, 1

Harvard, 1

Hawaii, 1

Illinois, 1

Indiana, 1

James Madison, 1

Louisiana Tech, 1

Louisiana-Lafayette, 1

McGill (Canada), 1

Minnesota, 1

Montana State, 1

New Hampshire, 1

New Mexico State, 1

North Texas, 1

Northern Illinois, 1

Northern Iowa, 1

Oklahoma State, 1

Old Dominion, 1

Oregon State, 1

Princeton, 1

Samford, 1

San Diego, 1

San Jose State, 1

South Carolina State, 1

Southern Methodist, 1

Temple, 1

Texas Christian, 1

Texas Tech, 1

Utah State, 1

Valdosta State, 1

Villanova, 1

Virginia Tech, 1

Wagner, 1

Washington, 1

West Alabama, 1

Western Illinois, 1

Western Kentucky, 1

Wyoming, 1

Players by conference

SEC, 32

Big Ten, 22

ACC, 17

Pac-12, 16

Big 12, 12

Conference USA, 11

Mountain West, 9

Mid-American, 6

American Athletic, 6

Independents, 6

Sun Belt, 4

Colonial Athletic, 3

Big Sky, 2

Ivy, 2

Mid-Eastern Athletic, 2

Gulf South, 2

Missouri Valley, 1

Northeast, 1

Ohio Valley, 1

Pioneer, 1

Southern, 1

SWAC, 1

GLIAC, 1

Rocky Mountain, 1

Canada, 1

Players by college

College (Team): Player, Pos., Age, Exp.

Air Force (San Francisco): Ben Garland, OL, 31, 6

Alabama (Kansas City): Reggie Ragland, LB, 26, 4

Alabama (Kansas City): ****Gehrig Dieter, WR, 26, 2

Alabama A&M (Kansas City): *Anthony Lanier, DE, 26, 3

Appalachian State (San Francisco): **Ronald Blair, DL, 26, 4

Arizona (San Francisco): Earl Mitchell, NT, 32, 10

Arizona (San Francisco): **Shawn Poindexter, WR, 24, R

Arizona (San Francisco): ****Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, LB, 23, R

Arizona State (Kansas City): Terrell Suggs, DE, 37, 17

Arkansas (San Francisco): Dre Greenlaw, LB, 22, R

Auburn (Kansas City): ****Devaroe Lawrence, DT, 27, 1

Auburn (San Francisco): Dee Ford, DL, 28, 6

Auburn (San Francisco): **Shon Coleman, T, 28, 4

Baylor (San Francisco): **Jalen Hurd, WR, 23, R

Boston College (San Francisco): ****Ray Smith, DL, 22, R

Bowling Green (Kansas City): Ryan Hunter, G, 24, 1

Brigham Young (Kansas City): Daniel Sorensen, S, 29, 6

Brigham Young  (San Francisco): Fred Warner, LB, 23, 2

Buffalo (Kansas City): Demone Harris, LB, 24, 1

California (Kansas City): Mitchell Schwartz, T, 30, 8

Central Michigan (Kansas City): Eric Fisher, T, 29, 7

Central Michigan  (San Francisco): Joe Staley, T, 35, 13

Cincinnati (Kansas City): Travis Kelce, TE, 30, 7

Clemson (Kansas City): Bashaud Breeland, CB, 27, 6

Clemson (Kansas City): Dorian O'Daniel, LB, 25, 2

Clemson (Kansas City): Sammy Watkins, WR, 26, 6

Colorado (San Francisco): Ahkello Witherspoon, CB, 24, 3

Colorado State (San Francisco): **Weston Richburg, C/G, 28, 6

Colorado State-Pueblo (Kansas City): Mike Pennel, DT, 28, 6

Connecticut (Kansas City): Anthony Sherman, FB, 31, 9

Duke (San Francisco): Daniel Helm, TE, 24, R

Duke (San Francisco): Laken Tomlinson, OL, 27, 5

Eastern Illinois (San Francisco): Jimmy Garoppolo, QB, 28, 6

Eastern Michigan (Kansas City): Andrew Wylie, G, 25, 2

Eastern Washington (San Francisco): Kendrick Bourne, WR, 24, 3

Florida (Kansas City): Demarcus Robinson, WR, 25, 4

Florida (San Francisco): Marcell Harris, S, 25, 2

Florida (San Francisco): ****Teez Tabor, CB, 24, 3

Florida (San Francisco): ****Chris Thompson, WR, 25, 2

Florida Atlantic (Kansas City): **Keith Reaser, CB, 28, 3

Florida Atlantic (San Francisco): Azeez Al-Shaair, LB, 22, R

Florida State (Kansas City): Cam Erving, T, 27, 5

Florida State (Kansas City): Derrick Nnadi, DT, 23, 2

Georgia (Kansas City): Mecole Hardman, WR, 21, R

Georgia Southern (San Francisco): Matt Breida, RB, 24, 3

Georgia Southern (San Francisco): **Jerick McKinnon, RB, 27, 6

Georgia Tech (Kansas City): Harrison Butker, K, 24, 3

Grand Valley State (Kansas City): ****Nick Keizer, TE, 24, 1

Harvard (San Francisco): Kyle Juszczyk, FB, 28, 7

Hawaii (Kansas City): **Marcus Kemp, WR, 24, 2

Illinois (Kansas City): Nick Allegretti, G, 23, R

Indiana (San Francisco): Tevin Coleman, RB, 26, 5

Iowa (Kansas City): Anthony Hitchens, LB, 27, 6

Iowa (Kansas City): Ben Niemann, LB, 24, 2

Iowa (San Francisco): C.J. Beathard, QB, 26, 3

Iowa (San Francisco): George Kittle, TE, 26, 3

Iowa (San Francisco): ****Ross Reynolds, G, 24, R

James Madison (Kansas City): *Marcus Marshall, RB, 22, R

Kansas State (Kansas City): Byron Pringle, WR, 26, 2

Kansas State (San Francisco): D.J. Reed, DB, 23, 2

Kansas State (San Francisco): Elijah Lee, LB, 23, 3

Louisiana Tech (San Francisco): **Trent Taylor, WR, 25, 3

Louisiana-Lafayette (Kansas City): ****Elijah McGuire, RB, 25, 3

LSU (San Francisco): Kwon Alexander, LB, 25, 5

LSU (Kansas City): Morris Claiborne, CB, 29, 8

LSU (Kansas City): Tyrann Mathieu, S, 27, 7

LSU (Kansas City): **Spencer Ware, RB, 28, 6

LSU (Kansas City): **Darrel Williams, RB, 24, 2

McGill (Canada) (Kansas City): Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, G, 28, 6

Michigan (Kansas City): Frank Clark, DE, 26, 5

Michigan (Kansas City): Chad Henne, QB, 34, 12

Michigan State (Kansas City): **Felton Davis, WR, 22, R

Michigan State (San Francisco): **Garrett Celek, TE, 31, 8

Middle Tennessee (Kansas City): ***Darius Harris, LB, 24, R

Middle Tennessee State (Kansas City): Charvarius Ward, CB, 23, 2

Middle Tennessee State (San Francisco): Richie James, WR, 24, 2

Minnesota (Kansas City): Damien Wilson, LB, 26, 5

Mississippi State (Kansas City): Chris Jones, DT, 25, 4

Mississippi State (Kansas City): **Martinas Rankin, T, 25, 2

Mississippi State (Kansas City): ****Braxton Hoyett, DT, 23, R

Montana State (San Francisco): Mike Person, OL, 31, 9

New Hampshire (San Francisco): **Andrew Lauderdale, OL, 26, 1

New Mexico State (San Francisco): Kyle Nelson, LS, 33, 8

North Carolina State (San Francisco): Dontae Johnson, CB, 28, 6

North Carolina State (San Francisco): **Kentavius Street, DL, 23, 1

North Texas (San Francisco): Jeff Wilson, RB, 24, 2

Northern Illinois (San Francisco): Jimmie Ward, DB, 28, 6

Northern Iowa (Kansas City): Xavier Williams, DT, 28, 5

Notre Dame (Kansas City): *Alize Mack, TE, 22, R

Notre Dame (San Francisco): Mike McGlinchey, T, 24, 2

Notre Dame (San Francisco): Sheldon Day, DL, 25, 4

Ohio State (Kansas City): Darron Lee, LB, 25, 4

Ohio State (Kansas City): ****Mike Weber, RB, 22, R

Ohio State (San Francisco): Nick Bosa, DL, 22, R

Oklahoma (Kansas City): Blake Bell, TE, 28, 5

Oklahoma (Kansas City): Damien Williams, RB, 27, 6

Oklahoma (Kansas City): James Winchester, LS, 30, 5

Oklahoma State (Kansas City): **Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, 26, 4

Old Dominion (Kansas City): ***Tim Ward, DE, 22, R

Ole Miss (Kansas City): **Breeland Speaks, DE, 24, 2

Ole Miss (San Francisco): **D.J. Jones, DL, 24, 3

Oregon (San Francisco): Arik Armstead, DL, 26, 5

Oregon (San Francisco): DeForest Buckner, DL, 25, 4

Oregon State (Kansas City): Matt Moore, QB, 35, 12

Penn State (Kansas City): Jordan Lucas, S, 26, 4

Penn State (Kansas City): Stefen Wisniewski, G, 30, 9

Penn State (San Francisco): Robbie Gould, K, 37, 15

Penn State (San Francisco): Kevin Givens, DL, 22, R

Penn State (San Francisco): Anthony Zettel, DL, 27, 4

Pittsburgh (Kansas City): LeSean McCoy, RB, 31, 11

Pittsburgh (San Francisco): K’Waun Williams, CB, 28, 5

Pittsburgh (San Francisco): ****Jaryd Jones-Smith, OL, 24, 1

Princeton (Kansas City): **John Lovett, FB, 23, R

Purdue (San Francisco): Raheem Mostert, RB, 27, 5

Purdue (San Francisco): ****Jacob Thieneman, S, 23, R

Samford (San Francisco): Jaquiski Tartt, S, 27, 5

San Diego (San Francisco): Ross Dwelley, TE, 24, 2

San Diego State (Kansas City): **David Wells, TE, 24, 1

San Diego State (San Francisco): Daniel Brunskill, OL, 25, 1

San Diego State (San Francisco): ****Alex Barrett, DL, 25, 1

San Jose State (San Francisco): ****Jermaine Kelly, CB, 24, 2

South Carolina (Kansas City): Rashad Fenton, CB, 22, R

South Carolina (Kansas City): ****Chris Lammons, DB, 23, 1

South Carolina (San Francisco): Deebo Samuel, WR, 23, R

South Carolina State (Kansas City): Alex Brown, DB, 23, R

South Florida (Kansas City): Austin Reiter, C, 28, 4

South Florida (San Francisco): ****Kofi Amichia, OL, 25, 1

Southern Methodist (San Francisco): Emmanuel Sanders, WR, 32, 10

Southern Mississippi (San Francisco): Nick Mullens, QB, 24, 2

Southern Mississippi  (San Francisco): Tarvarius Moore, DB, 23, 2

Stanford (San Francisco): Richard Sherman, CB, 31, 9

Stanford (San Francisco): Levine Toilolo, TE, 28, 7

Stanford (San Francisco): Solomon Thomas, DL, 24, 3

Stanford (San Francisco): ****Joey Alfieri, LB, 23, R

Temple (San Francisco): **Jullian Taylor, DL, 24, 2

Tennessee (Kansas City): Dustin Colquitt, P, 37, 15

Tennessee (San Francisco): Emmanuel Moseley, CB, 23, 2

Texas (Kansas City): **Alex Okafor, DE, 28, 7

Texas (San Francisco): **Marquise Goodwin, WR, 29, 7

Texas A&M (Kansas City): Armani Watts, S, 23, 2

Texas A&M (San Francisco): **Damontre Moore, DL, 27, 6

Texas Christian (San Francisco): **Jason Verrett, CB, 28, 6

Texas Tech (Kansas City): Patrick Mahomes, QB, 24, 3

Utah (Kansas City): Jackson Barton, OT, 24, R

Utah (San Francisco): Mitch Wishnowsky, P, 27, R

Utah State (Kansas City): Darwin Thompson, RB, 22, R

Valdosta State (Kansas City): ****Jody Fortson, WR, 24, R

Vanderbilt (Kansas City): ****Kyle Shurmur, QB, 23, R

Vanderbilt (Kansas City): ****Emmanuel Smith, LB, 24, 1

Vanderbilt (San Francisco): Justin Skule, OL, 23, R

Vanderbilt (San Francisco): Jordan Matthews, WR, 27, 6

Villanova (Kansas City): Tanoh Kpassagnon, DE, 25, 3

Virginia (Kansas City): **Juan Thornhill, S, 24, R

Virginia (San Francisco): **Tim Harris, CB, 24, R

Virginia Tech (Kansas City): Kendall Fuller, CB, 24, 4

Wagner (Kansas City): **Greg Senat, OL, 25, 2

Washington (San Francisco): Dante Pettis, WR, 24, 2

West Alabama (Kansas City): Tyreek Hill, WR, 25, 4

Western Illinois (Kansas City): Khalen Saunders, DT, 23, R

Western Kentucky (Kansas City): Deon Yelder, TE, 24, 2

Wyoming (San Francisco): Mark Nzeocha, LB, 29, 5

*reserve/future

**reserve/injured

***reserve/not-football injury

****practice squad