Many from Sunshine State on Super Bowl 51 rosters
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Sun, Feb 5, 2017 10:42 PM
Super Bowl LI will kickoff in Houston with 11 players gracing the gridiron from our great state of Florida. When the gridiron's ultimate game kicks of at 6:30 PM EST, the Sunshine State will be widely represented on a national stage (over 100 million viewers), highlighting Florida's grand importance to this game we love.
As in last year's Super Bowl, 11 Floridians represent. In this year's Super Bowl LI, there are 13:
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Players in Alphabetical OrderRB – LEGARRETTE BLOUNT
Taylor County High School, Perry, FL
Oregon Ducks
7th season in NFL
LB -- JONATHAN FREENEY
Coconut Creek HS
Rutgers Knights
5th season in NFL (RESERVE)
DE -- JABAAL SHEARD
Hollywood Hills HS
Pitt Panthers
6th season in NFL
RB – JAMES WHITE
St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Wisconsin Badgers
3rd season in NFL
ATLANTA FALCONS
Players in Alphabetical OrderFS – RICARDO ALLEN
Daytona Beach Mainland High School Bucs, Daytona Beach, FL
Purdue Boilermakers
2nd season in NFL
P – MATT BOSHER
Jupiter High School Warriors
Miami Hurricanes
6th season in NFL
FB – PATRICK DIMARCO
Lake Brantley High School Patriots, Lake Brantley, FL
South Carolina Gamecocks
5th season in NFL
RB – DEVONTA FREEMAN
Miami Central Rockets (STATE CHAMPS), Miami, FL
Florida State University Seminoles (NATIONAL CHAMPS)
3rd season in NFL
NOTE: Devonta Freeman is looking for the TRIFECTA. He has won a State Championship (remember the 308yd rushing effort for the 6A state title in ), a National Championship at Florida State. Should he win the Super Bowl, the dynamic 2nd year player from Miami, will have won the major title on ALL Levels!
FS – KEMAL ISHMAEL
North Miami Beach Chargers, North Miami Beach, FL
University of Central Florida Knights
4th season in NFL
SS – KEANU NEAL
South Sumter High School Raiders, Bushnell, FL
University of Florida Gators
Rookie in NFL
SS -- SHARROD NEASMAN
Braden River High School, Braden River, FL
Florida Atlantic University Owls
Rookie in NFL
CB – BRIAN POOLE
Bradenton Southeast Seminoles, Bradenton, FL
University of Florida Gators
Rookie in NFL
PR/KR – ERIC WEEMS
Daytona Beach Seabreeze Sandcrabs, Ormond Beach, FL
Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats
10th season in NFL
Let's wish all players a fun, healthy, competitive Super Bowl 51.