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 39 players from the state of Tennessee
Here are all 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jovante Moffatt | Union City | Tennessee | Arizona Cardinals |
| Lorenzo Carter | Memphis | Tennessee | Atlanta Falcons |
| Tyrel Dodson | Franklin | Tennessee | Buffalo Bills |
| Dawson Knox | Brentwood | Tennessee | Buffalo Bills |
| Vonn Bell | Chattanooga | Tennessee | Carolina Panthers |
| Cade Mays | Knoxville | Tennessee | Carolina Panthers |
| Lucas Patrick | Brentwood | Tennessee | Chicago Bears |
| Tee Higgins | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Devin Harper | Knoxville | Tennessee | Dallas Cowboys |
| Tony Pollard | Memphis | Tennessee | Dallas Cowboys |
| Nate Adkins | Knoxville | Tennessee | Denver Broncos |
| Jalen Reeves-Maybin | Clarksville | Tennessee | Detroit Lions |
| Shaq Mason | Columbia | Tennessee | Houston Texans |
| Brycen Hopkins | Nashville | Tennessee | Los Angeles Rams |
| Van Jefferson | Brentwood | Tennessee | Los Angeles Rams |
| C.J. Beathard | Franklin | Tennessee | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Trevor Lawrence | Knoxville | Tennessee | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Ty Chandler | Nashville | Tennessee | Minnesota Vikings |
| Theo Jackson | Nashville | Tennessee | Minnesota Vikings |
| Cam Jones | Memphis | Tennessee | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Name | City | State | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Smith | Humboldt | Tennessee | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Ugo Amadi | Nashville | Tennessee | New Orleans Saints |
| Alontae Taylor | Winchester | Tennessee | New Orleans Saints |
| Kristian Wilkerson | Memphis | Tennessee | Las Vegas Raiders |
| Eric Gray | Memphis | Tennessee | New York Giants |
| Derek Barnett | Nashville | Tennessee | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Patrick Johnson | Chattanooga | Tennessee | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Jalen Ramsey | Smyrna | Tennessee | Miami Dolphins |
| Ced Wilson | Memphis | Tennessee | Miami Dolphins |
| Jauan Jennings | Cowan | Tennessee | San Francisco 49ers |
| Jordan Mason | Gallatin | Tennessee | San Francisco 49ers |
| George Odum | Millington | Tennessee | San Francisco 49ers |
| Cole Strange | Knoxville | Tennessee | New England Patriots |
| Kenneth Walker III | Arlington | Tennessee | Seattle Seahawks |
| Randall Cobb | Maryville | Tennessee | New York Jets |
| Ke’Shawn Vaughn | Nashville | Tennessee | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Calvin Austin III | Memphis | Tennessee | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Morgan Cox | Collierville | Tennessee | Tennessee Titans |
| Colton Dowell | Lebanon | Tennessee | Tennessee Titans |
Hall of Fame Players from Tennessee
In addition to the current players from Tennessee we compiled a list of all players that have gone on to make it into the NFL Hall of Fame:
| Name | City | Induction Year |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Humphrey | Memphis | 2014 |
| Gene Hickerson | Trenton | 2007 |
| Reggie White | Chattanooga | 2006 |
| Lynn Swann | Alcoa | 2001 |
| Doug Atkins | Humboldt | 1982 |