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 6 players from the state of West Virginia
Here are all 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Stills | Fairmont | West Virginia | Arizona Cardinals |
| Brenton Strange | Parkersburg | West Virginia | Jacksonville Jaguars |
| Tyson Bagent | Martinsburg | West Virginia | Chicago Bears |
| Darnell Wright | Huntington | West Virginia | Chicago Bears |
| Derrek Pitts | Charleston | West Virginia | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Trevon Wesco | Martinsburg | West Virginia | Tennessee Titans |
Hall of Fame Players from West Virginia
In addition to the current players from West Virginia we compiled a list of all players that have gone on to make it into the NFL Hall of Fame:
| Name | City | Induction Year |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Howley | Wheeling | 2023 |
| Randy Moss | Rand | 2018 |
| Frank Gatski | Farmington | 1985 |
| Sam Huff | Edna | 1982 |
| Gino Marchetti | Smithers | 1972 |
| Greasy Neale | Parkersburg | 1969 |
| George Preston Marshall | Grafton | 1963 |
More States
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