We are built different in Texas.
Texas produced 34 2021 NFL Draft picks (33 if you don’t count Kellen Mond, who transferred to IMG his senior season), 11 more than any other state. California produced 23, Florida 22 and Georgia 21. This included a stretch in the fourth round where three former Texas High School football players were drafted in a row and fort out of give picks from picks 127-131. Here are the 2021 NFL Draft picks that played high school football in Texas.
Former Texas HS Football Players Drafted in the NFL in 2021
Round 1
#6: Jaylen Waddle, Bellaire Episcopal
#13 Rashawn Slater, Fort Bend Clements
#28 Payton Turner, Houston Westside
Round 2
#41 Levi Onwuzurike, Allen
#43 Trevon Moderig, Smithson Valley
#45 Walker Little, Bellair Episcopal
#51 Samuel Cosmi, Humble Atascocita
#54 Dayo Odeyingbo, Carrollton Ranchview
$58 Nick Bolton, Frisco Lone Star
#64 Kyle Trask, Manvel
Round 3
#66 Kellen Mond, Ronald Reagan High School (transferred to IMG)
#69 Joseph Ossai, Conroe Oak Ridge
#74 Milton Williams, Crowley
#76 Paulson Adebo, Mansfield
#104 Brandon Stephens, Plano
#105 Baron Browning, Kennedale
#117 Bobby Brown, Arlington Lamar
Round 4
#119 Kene Nwangwu, Frisco Heritage
#127 Kylen Granson, Austin Westlake
#128 Dan Moore, Beaumont West Brook
#129 Jaelon Darden, Aldine Eisenhower
#131 Tylan Wallace, Fort Worth South Hills
#140 Buddy Johnson, Dallas Kimball
Round 5
#148 Ta-Quon Graham, Temple
#152 Caden Sterns, Cibolo Steele
#159 Brenden Jaimes, Lake Travis
#174 Earnest Brown IV, Denton Ryan
Round 6
#188 Joshuah Bledsoe, Spring Dekaney
#197 William Sherman, Allen
#207 Jonathan Marshall, Shepherd
#218 Sam Ehlinger, Austin Westlake
Round 7
#236 Jack Anderson, Frisco
#237 Kary Vincent Jr., Port Arthur Memorial
#259 Grant Stuard, Conroe Oak Ridge
