Twitter Nuggets

Here are some fun/interesting football nuggets that I've seen on Twitter in recent weeks.

From Gil Brandt:
Colleges with the most players on opening day active NFL rosters:
1.   Alabama  56
2.   Ohio State  44
3.   Miami  36
4.   Florida  35
4.   LSU  35
6.   Florida State  32
7.   Oklahoma  31
8.   Georgia  29
9.   Clemson  28
10. Texas A&M  27
11. Auburn  26
11. Penn State  26
11. Stanford  26
11. Washington  26
11. Wisconsin  26
16. Iowa  25
16. Notre Dame  25
16. Tennessee 25
18. USC

Colleges with the most players on opening day active NFL rosters, by position:
QB: North Carolina State  4
RB: Alabama  6
WR: Clemson  8
TE: Stanford  5
OL: Florida/Oklahoma  5
DB: Alabama  13
LB:  Alabama  10
DT: Alabama  6
DE: Miami  7

Brandt hasn't allowed his new Hall of Fame status slow him down. He's routinely posting interesting football information.

From @Jason_OTC:
Teams with the most of their own draft picks still on the roster:
1.  Bengals  37
2.  Vikings/Seahawks  36
4.  Falcons  34
5.  Ravens/Patriots/Redskins  33
8.  Cowboys/Packers  32
10. Steelers/Colts/Rams/Chargers  30

In honor of the 75th game next January, the Gator Bowl named a team of the best to have played in the game. It's a fine team.

OFFENSE

QB Archie Manning, Mississippi, 26th Gator Bowl, vs. Auburn
RB Floyd Little, Syracuse, 22nd Gator Bowl vs. Tennessee
FB Larry Csonka, Syracuse, 22nd Gator Bowl vs. Tennessee
WR Fred Biletnikoff, Florida State, 20th Gator Bowl vs. Oklahoma
WR Andre Rison, Michigan State, 44th Gator Bowl vs. Georgia
TE Ken MacAfee, Notre Dame, 32nd Gator Bowl, vs. Penn State
OT Mark May, Pittsburgh, 36th Gator Bowl, vs. South Carolina
OT Greg Skrepenak, Michigan, 46th Gator Bowl, vs. Mississippi
OG Dean Dingman, Michigan, 46th Gator Bowl, vs. Mississippi
OG Zeke Smith, Auburn, 11th Gator Bowl, vs. Vanderbilt
C Maxie Baughan, Georgia Tech, 15th Gator Bowl, vs. Arkansas

DEFENSE

DB Ed Reed, Miami, 55th Gator Bowl, vs. Georgia Tech
DB Tony Lilly, Florida, 39th Gator Bowl, vs. Iowa
DE Hugh Green, Pittsburgh, 36th Gator Bowl, vs. South Carolina
DE Jack Youngblood, Florida, 25th Gator Bowl, vs. Tennessee
LB Wilber Marshall, Florida, 39th Gator Bowl, vs. Iowa
DB Donovin Darius, Syracuse, 51st Gator Bowl, vs. Clemson
DB Mark McLaurin, Mississippi State, 73rd Gator Bowl vs. Louisville
DT Matt Millen, Penn State, 32nd Gator Bowl, vs. Notre Dame
DT Ndamukong Suh, Nebraska, 64th Gator Bowl, vs. Clemson
LB Ryan Shazier, Ohio State, 67th Gator Bowl, vs. Florida
LB Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina, 35th Gator Bowl, vs. Michigan

Floyd Little, Larry Csonka, Fred Biletnikoff, Ed Reed, Jack Youngblood, and Lawrence Taylor went on to Hall of Fame NFL careers.

More Brandt:
"Dalvin Cook is the fifth player in NFL history with 110+ rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in each of his team's first three games of the season, joining Jim Brown (1958), Curtis Martin (2004), the RB who played for USC and the Bills (1975), and Emmitt Smith (1995).

I find it funny that Brandt can't bring himself to name O.J. Simpson.

20 QBs expected to start in Week 3 are 26 or younger:
Lamar Jackson  22
Daniel Jones  22
Kyler Murray  22
Josh Rosen  22
Josh Allen  23
Gardner Minshew  23
Kyle Allen  23
Luke Falk  24
Jared Goff  24
Patrick Mahomes  24
Baker Mayfoeld  24
Mason Rudolph  24
DeShaun Watson  24
Marcus Mariota  25
Mitchell Trubisky  25
Jameis Winston  25
Teddy Bridgewater  26
Jacoby Brissett  26
Dak Prescott  26
Carson Wentz  26

Maybe it's due to what he's been through during his six years in the NFL but it's  surprising that Bridgewater is still only 26.

Andy Reid surpassed Chuck Noll for sole possession of 6th place on the NFL's all-time wins list (including playoffs):
1. Don Shula  347
2. George Halas  324
3. Bill Belichick  294
4. Tom Landry  370
5. Curly Lambeau  229
6. Andy Reid  210
7. Chuck Noll  209

It should be acknowledged that Halas and Lambeau spent most of their careers coaching about 12 games in a season. And a postseason that consisted only of a championship game. That's as many as six fewer games per season than the more recent/current coaches.

When comes to interesting nuggets per tweet that might not be a more accomplished tweeter than Gil Brandt.