Current Pro Football Players from South Dakota
Football Players, and athletes of all sports really, take pride in where they’re from. Whether it’s the state, city or area code – you always notice players wanting to rep their home area.
Fans tend to do the same thing. It’s always more fun to pull for a player when they’re from your home state (or even your hometown), especially when that player also happens to be playing on your favorite team.
With all that in mind, we went through NFL.com and pulled the home states (or, in a few cases, countries) of every player on the 53-man active rosters for each team.
We found 3 players from the state of South Dakota
Here are all 3 guys on NFL Rosters at the start of the 2023 season including what town they’re from and what team they play for.
| Name | City | State | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Kraft | Timber Lake | South Dakota | Green Bay Packers |
| Riley Reiff | Parkston | South Dakota | New England Patriots |
| Jake Ferguson | Rapid City | South Dakota | Dallas Cowboys |
Hall of Fame Players from South Dakota
In addition to the current players from South Dakota we compiled a list of all players that have gone on to make it into the NFL Hall of Fame:
| Name | City | Induction Year |
|---|---|---|
| Norm Van Brocklin | Parade | 1971 |
