Which state has the most high school alumni playing in the Super Bowl?

We took a deep dive into the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams rosters through a high school-centric lens.

It's almost time for the 2022 Super Bowl, that golden sporting event where many viewers tune in for the commercials and zany gamblers can bet on which yard marker will sustain the first divot (SoFi Stadium has artificial turf, but someone might give it a shot anyway).

We're going to steer clear of such minutiae and focus on a high school angle pertaining to the biggest Sunday in sports.

We looked up where every player on the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams rosters played their final year of high school football and grouped them by state.

Here are all the Bengals and Rams (including injured and practice squad players), grouped by state in alphabetical order, with the high school each player attended in parentheses.

Feature photo of Cooper Kupp (L.A. Rams via Eastern Washington via Davis High School in Yakima) by Thomas Boyd, The Oregonian/OregonLive

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Alabama (2)

Chandler Brewer, Rams (Florence)

Evan McPherson, Bengals (Fort Payne)

Arizona (1)

Bryce Perkins, Rams (Chandler)

Arkansas (1)

Brandon Allen, Bengals (Fayetteville)

California (21)

Chidobe Awuzie, Bengals (Oak Grove)

Jake Browning, Bengals (Folsom)

Terrell Burgess, Rams (San Marcos)

Jalen Davis, Bengals (Helix)

Dont’e Deayon, Rams (Summit)

Greg Gaines, Rams (La Habra)

Tyler Hall, Rams (Junipero Serra)

Trayvon Henderson, Bengals (Grant Union)

Trenton Irwin, Bengals (Hart)

Warren Jackson, Rams (Bishop Alemany)

Jeremiah Kolone, Rams (Fallbrook)

J.J. Koski, Rams (San Ramon Valley)

David Long Jr., Rams (Loyola)

Joe Mixon, Bengals (Freedom)

Johnny Mundt, Rams (Modesto Central Catholic)

Matthew Orzech, Rams (Paloma Valley)

Coleman Shelton, Rams (Loyola)

Josh Tupou, Bengals (Buena Park)

Eric Weddle, Rams (Alta Loma)

Jonah Williams, Bengals (Folsom)

Robert Woods, Rams (Junipero Serra)

Connecticut (1)

Austin Calitro, Bengals (Danbury)

Delaware (1)

Troy Reeder, Rams (Salesianum)

Florida (17)

Ricardo Allen, Bengals (Mainland)

Tutu Atwell, Rams (Miami Northwestern)

Vernon Hargreaves III, Bengals (Wharton)

Jacob Harris, Rams (Palm Harbor University)

Javian Hawkins, Rams (Cocoa)

Trey Hendrickson, Bengals (Apopka)

Tyler Higbee, Rams (East Lake)

Buddy Howell, Rams (Coral Gables)

Fred Johnson, Bengals (Royal Palm Beach)

Sony Michel, Rams (American Heritage)

Sharrod Neasman, Rams (Braden River)

Wyatt Ray, Bengals (St. Thomas Aquinas)

Brandon Powell, Rams (Deerfield Beach)

Auden Tate, Bengals (Wharton)

Mitchell Wilcox, Bengals (Tarpon Springs)

Darious Williams, Rams (Creekside)

John Wolford, Rams (Bishop Kenny)

Georgia (11)

Tremayne Anchrum Jr., Rams (McEachern)

Vonn Bell, Bengals (Ridgeland)

Leonard Floyd, Rams (Dodge County)

Grant Haley, Rams (The Lovett School)

Trey Hill, Bengals (Houston County)

Mike Hilton, Bengals (Sandy Creek)

Elijah Holyfield, Bengals (Woodward Academy)

Ernest Jones, Rams (Ware County)

Cam Sample, Bengals (Shiloh)

D’Ante Smith, Bengals (Grovetown)

C.J. Uzomah, Bengals (North Gwinnett)

Idaho (1)

Jonah Williams, Rams (Rocky Mountain)

Illinois (3)

Brian Allen, Rams (Hinsdale Central)

David Edwards, Rams (Downers Grove North)

Mike Thomas, Bengals (DuSable)

Indiana (3)

Jessie Bates III, Bengals (Fort Wayne)

Chris Evans, Bengals (Ben Davis)

Ben Skowronek, Rams (Homestead)

Iowa (3)

Landen Akers, Rams (Washington)

Jake Gervase, Rams (Assumption)

Christian Rozeboom, Rams (Sioux Center)

Kansas (1)

Wyatt Hubert, Bengals (Shawnee Heights)

Louisiana (10)

Odell Beckham Jr., Rams (Isidore Newman)

Raymond Calais, Rams (Cecilia)

Ja’Marr Chase, Bengals (Archbishop Rummel)

Stanley Morgan, Bengals (St. Augustine)

Robert Rochell, Rams (Fair Park)

Tyler Shelvin, Bengals (Notre Dame)

Trent Taylor, Bengals (Evangel Christian Academy)

Andrew Whitworth, Rams (West Monroe)

Pooka Williams Jr., Bengals (Hahnville)

Brandon Wilson, Bengals (Calvary Baptist Academy)

Maryland (7)

Antoine Brooks Jr. Rams (DuVal)

Blake Countess, Rams (Our Lady of Good Counsel) 

Jake Funk, Rams (Damascus)

Rob Havenstein, Rams (Linganore)

Keandre Jones, Bengals (Our Lady of Good Counsel)

Zach Kerr, Bengals (Quince Orchard)

Isaiah Prince, Bengals (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Michigan (3)

AJ Jackson, Rams (Renaissance)

Khalid Kareem, Bengals (Harrison)

Darius Phillips, Bengals (Robichaud)

Mississippi (2)

Cam Akers, Rams (Clinton)

Darrell Henderson Jr., Rams (South Panola)

Missouri (3)

Kendall Blanton, Rams (Blue Springs South)

Kyle Markway, Rams (St. John Vianney)

Renell Wren, Bengals (Lutheran North)

Nevada (1)

Austin Corbett, Rams (Edward C. Reed)

New Jersey (5)

Eli Apple, Bengals (Eastern Regional)

Mike Daniels, Bengals (Highland Regional)

Jamil Demby, Rams (Vineland)

Jordan Fuller, Rams (Old Tappan)

Clark Harris, Bengals (Southern Regional)

North Carolina (8)

John Brannon, Bengals (South Mecklenburg)

Akeem Davis-Gaither, Bengals (Thomasville)

Lamont Gaillard, Bengals (Pine Forest)

B.J. Hill, Bengals (West Stanly)

Thaddeus Moss, Bengals (Mallard Creek)

Larry Ogunjobi, Bengals (Ragsdale)

Germaine Pratt, Bengals (High Point Central)

D.J. Reader, Bengals (Grimsley)

Ohio (9)

Joe Bachie, Bengals (Berea)

Markus Bailey, Bengals (Hilliard Davidson)

Joe Burrow, Bengals (Athens)

Jackson Carman, Bengals (Fairfield)

Marquise Copeland, Rams (Bedford)

Michael Hoecht, Rams (Oakwood)

Sam Hubbard, Bengals (Archbishop Moeller)

Kevin Huber, Bengals (Archbishop McNicholas)

Mason Schreck, Bengals (Medina)

Oklahoma (1)

Jordan Evans, Bengals (Norman North)

Pennsylvania (5)

Tyler Boyd, Bengals (Clairton)

Aaron Donald, Rams (Penn Hills)

Sebastian Joseph-Day, Rams (Stroudsburg)

Chris Myarick, Bengals (Cheltenham)

Noah Spence, Bengals (Bishop McDevitt)

South Dakota (1)

Riley Reiff, Bengals (Parkston)

Tennessee (5)

Tee Higgins, Bengals (Oak Ridge)

Brycen Hopkins, Rams (The Ensworth School)

Van Jefferson, Rams (Ravenwood)

Kareem Orr, Rams (Notre Dame)

Jalen Ramsey, Rams (Brentwood Academy)

Texas (22)

Hakeem Adeniji, Bengals (Garland)

Bobby Brown III, Rams (Lamar)

Earnest Brown IV, Rams (Ryan)

Bobby Evans, Rams (Allen)

Tre Flowers, Bengals (Judson)

Anthony Hines III, Rams (Plano East)

Justin Hollins, Rams (Martin)

Trey Hopkins, Bengals (Cloverleaf)

Travin Howard, Rams (Longview)

Clay Johnston, Bengals (Wylie)

Justin Lawler, Rams (Pottsboro)

Von Miller, Rams (DeSoto)

Joe Noteboom, Rams (Plano)

Ogbonnia “Obo” Okoronkwo, Rams (Alief Taylor)

Joseph Ossai, Bengals (Oak Ridge)

Samaje Perine, Bengals (Pflugerville)

A’Shawn Robinson, Rams (Arlington Heights)

Damion Square, Bengals (Yates)

Matthew Stafford, Rams (Highland Park)

Keaton Sutherland, Bengals (Edward S. Marcus)

Michael Thomas, Bengals (Nimitz)

Trayveon Williams, Bengals (C.E. King)

Utah (2)

Matt Gay, Rams (Orem)

Xavier Su’a-Filo, Bengals (Timpview)

Virginia (2)

Nick Scott, Rams (Fairfax)

Quinton Spain, Bengals (Petersburg)

Washington (4)

Johnny Hekker, Rams (Bothell)

Cooper Kupp, Rams (Davis)

Taylor Rapp, Rams (Sehome)

Drew Sample, Bengals (Newport)

Washington, D.C. (2)

Terrell Lewis, Rams (St. John’s College)

Scotty Washington, Bengals (St. John’s College)

Wisconsin (2)

Chris Garrett, Rams (Wisconsin Lutheran)

Trae Waynes, Bengals (Bradford)

Wyoming (2)

Logan Wilson, Bengals (Natrona County)