Southern Slant on the Super Bowl
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By Matthew Osborne
SouthernPigskin.com
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In total, 43 players who played college football for teams currently in the ACC, SEC or SoCon will play in Super Bowl XLVII on February 3.
As the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers earned their way into the Super Bowl Sunday afternoon, they did so with the help of numerous players with southern college ties.
In total, 43 players who played college football for teams currently in the ACC, SEC or SoCon will play in Super Bowl XLVII on February 3.
Below is a rundown of all of the players with “Southern Pigskin” roots, including players on the practice squad and injured reserve.
ACC (19)
Baltimore RB Anthony Allen (Georgia Tech)
Baltimore RB Damien Berry (Miami)
Baltimore WR Anquan Boldin (Florida State)
San Francisco LB Ahmad Brooks (Virginia)
Baltimore LB Ricky Brown (Boston College)
San Francisco TE Vernon Davis (Maryland)
San Francisco LB Tavares Gooden (Miami)
San Francisco RB Frank Gore (Miami)
San Francisco LB Cam Johnson (Virginia)
Baltimore LB Ray Lewis (Miami)
San Francisco OG Joe Looney (Wake Forest)
Baltimore LB Michael McAdoo (North Carolina)
Baltimore OG Antoine McClain (Clemson)
Baltimore OT Bryant McKinnie (Miami)
Baltimore S Ed Reed (Miami)
Baltimore WR Torrey Smith (Maryland)
Baltimore WR Tommy Streeter (Miami)
Baltimore QB Tyrod Taylor (Virginia Tech)
Baltimore WR LaQuan Williams (Maryland)
SEC (23)
Baltimore LB Josh Bynes (Auburn)
Baltimore DT Terrence Cody (Alabama)
Baltimore S Emanuel Cook (South Carolina)
Baltimore LS Morgan Cox (Tennessee)
San Francisco CB Chris Culliver (South Carolina)
San Francisco RB Anthony Dixon (Mississippi State)
San Francisco DT/TE Demarcus Dobbs (Georgia)
Baltimore LB Dannell Ellerbe (Georgia)
San Francisco LB Parys Haralson (Tennessee)
San Francisco DT Ricky Jean Francois (LSU)
San Francisco DT Tony Jerod-Eddie (Texas A&M)
San Francisco DT Ray McDonald (Florida)
Baltimore DE Pernell McPhee (Mississippi State)
Baltimore OT Michael Oher (Ole Miss)
San Francisco CB Carlos Rogers (Auburn)
San Francisco LB Aldon Smith (Missouri)
San Francisco DT Justin Smith (Missouri)
San Francisco S Curtis Taylor (LSU)
Baltimore WR Deonte Thompson (Florida)
Baltimore DT DeAngelo Tyson (Georgia)
Baltimore LB Courtney Upshaw (Alabama)
Baltimore OT Bobbie Williams (Arkansas)
San Francisco LB Patrick Willis (Ole Miss)
SoCon (1)
San Francisco OG Daniel Kilgore (Appalachian State)