NFL Top 100 By College

It's been nearly a week and I still can't seem to pry myself away from the NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2017. It doesn't help that NFL.com College Football 24/7 writer Chase Goodbread found a need to break the list down by the college that the players attended. Until training camps start in a few weeks. it's easy to be distracted by these fun football things.

The Top 100 Players of 2017 By College.

Alabama (5): Julio Jones (No. 3), Landon Collins (No. 28), Amari Cooper (No. 53), Ha Ha Clinton-Dix(No. 77), Dont'a Hightower (No. 94)
Georgia (5): A.J. Green (No. 17), Matthew Stafford (No. 31), Geno Atkins (No. 68), Justin Houston (No. 76), Thomas Davis (No. 89)

Oklahoma (4): DeMarco Murray (No. 33), Trent Williams (No. 47), Gerald McCoy (No. 52), Adrian Peterson (No. 98)
Stanford (4): Richard Sherman (No. 21), Andrew Luck (No. 51), Doug Baldwin (No. 88), David DeCastro (No. 97)
USC (4): Tyron Smith (No. 18), Clay Matthews (No. 82), Jurrell Casey (No. 86), Everson Griffen (No. 92)
Wisconsin (4): Russell Wilson (No. 24), Joe Thomas (No. 25), J.J. Watt (No. 35), Travis Frederick (No. 87)

Florida State (3): Devonta Freeman (No. 41), Jameis Winston (No. 57), Xavier Rhodes (No. 66)
LSU (3): Odell Beckham Jr. (No. 8), Patrick Peterson (No. 19), Jarvis Landry (No. 42)
Michigan (3): Tom Brady (No. 1), Taylor Lewan (No. 72), Brandon Graham (No. 93)
Ohio State (3): Ezekiel Elliott (No. 7), Malcolm Jenkins (No. 90), Joey Bosa (No. 100)
Pittsburgh (3): Aaron Donald (No. 15), LeSean McCoy (No. 27), Larry Fitzgerald (No. 45)
Texas A&M (3): Von Miller (No. 2), Mike Evans (No. 29), Michael Bennett (No. 46)

Boston College (2): Matt Ryan (No. 10), Luke Kuechly (No. 20)
Cal (2): Aaron Rodgers (No. 6), Lorenzo Alexander (No. 91)
Iowa (2): Marshal Yanda (No. 43), Mike Daniels (No. 84)
Kansas (2): Aqib Talib (No. 37), Chris Harris (No. 63)
Miami (2): Greg Olsen (No. 67), Calais Campbell (No. 83)
Michigan State (2): Le'Veon Bell (No. 9), Kirk Cousins (No. 70)
Mississippi State (2): Dak Prescott (No. 14), Fletcher Cox (No. 38)
Notre Dame (2): Zack Martin (No. 58), Harrison Smith (No. 74)
Oregon (2): Marcus Mariota (No. 50), LeGarrette Blount (No. 80)
Penn State (2): Cameron Wake (No. 62), Sean Lee (No. 79)
Purdue (2): Drew Brees (No. 16), Cliff Avril (No. 56)
Texas (2): Earl Thomas (No. 30), Brian Orakpo (No. 78)
West Alabama (2): Tyreek Hill (No. 36), Malcolm Butler (No. 99)

One player each: Arizona, Auburn, Boise State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Central Missouri State, Cincinnati, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Florida, Florida International, Fresno State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Kent State, Miami (Ohio), Nebraska, North Alabama, North Carolina State, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma State, Penn, South Carolina, Syracuse, Tennessee, Utah, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Washington.

If there's a surprise at the top it might be Georgia with five players. A good school with a fine football tradition but it's a surprise to see the Bulldogs tied with Alabama. Georgia was alone in first last year with six players.

Cal with two! Hopefully Marshawn Lynch and DeSean Jackson can make a return to the Top 100 list on new teams. That would get them tied with Stanford. Add in the annually underrated Cameron Jordan and Cal tops Stanford as they always should.

One final note of trivial importance. The 100 players came from 55 colleges.