Super Bowl rosters include 10 former Florida high school stars

St. Thomas Aquinas' product Nick Bosa stands out among the near dozen that hail from Florida

The state of Florida will not lack for representation with Super Bowl LVIII kicks off tonight at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. 10 players who played their high school football in the Sunshine State will be on the field between the rosters of the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

Among the biggest names you'll see on the list below of 10 players that come from Florida are Kansas City Chiefs' wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling and San Francisco 49ers' defensive end Nick Bosa. 

Valdes-Scantling played his high school ball at Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg for Cory Moore and was a speedster on the outside for the Spartans. In his senior season at Lakewood, Valdes-Scantling hauled in 50 passes for 800 yards and 14 touchdowns. 

Bosa has long emerged as one of the National Football League's (NFL) top edge rushers and many knew early on in his days at St. Thomas Aquinas that he may end up playing professionally one day. The defensive end played in seven games his senior season for the Raiders, recording 21 tackles, 13.5 for loss and five sacks. 

Take a look below at all the names of the players that will be playing in tonight's Super Bowl that come from the state of Florida. 


Kansas City Chiefs (6)

Deon Bush, Columbus 

Chamarri Conner, Trinity Christian Academy 

Richie James, Riverview Sarasota 

Jawaan Taylor, Cocoa

Tommy Townsend, Boone 

Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Lakewood 

San Francisco 49ers (4)

Nick Bosa, St. Thomas Aquinas

Kalia Davis, West Florida

Jon Feliciano, Western 

Ray-Ray McCloud, Sickles

Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl roster includes former New Canaan (Connecticut) OL Lucas Niang

Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl roster includes former Leominster (Massachusetts) TE Noah Gray

Super Bowl rosters include eight former Georgia high school stars

-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl 


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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.