This Shreveport High School Has More 2025 NFL Players Than Any Other Louisiana School

The NFL season is officially underway as all Week 1 games have now been completed. So as the dust settles, lets take a look across the landscape to get a feel for who is going to be playing this year.

For football fans around Louisiana, the NFL season often serves as bragging rights for their communities, colleges, and overall state. Louisiana is pound-for-pound the leader in pro football talent.

So during every season, there are some particular bragging rights for communities and schools who lead the state with active players in the NFL. Which college has the most NFL players is usually not a competition, with LSU leading the way. But when it comes to high schools, this is a big competition.

To start the 2025 season, a Shreveport high school leads the state with the most active players in the NFL.

Which Louisiana High School Has The Most NFL Players This Year?

The school with the most NFL players this season is Shreveport's Evangel Academy. Which shouldn't be a shocking, since Evangel is one of the Top 5 schools for all-time NFL players in state history.

Overall, Evangel has had 13 players that have made it to the NFL in history. Currently, they have 6 players who are active in the NFL, which is the most of any Louisiana high school.

Who Are The Five Evangel Academy Active NFL Players?

To start the 2025 NFL season, there are five players from Evangel sprinkled across the NFL world.

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Let's start with Defensive End Myles Cole, who was recently on the Jacksonville Jaguars squad. Cole played his college football at Texas Tech before being drafted by the Jaguars in the 2024 NFL Draft. He has 8 games under his belt, with 8 tackles, and a tackle for loss on his resume. Cole is working to find his new NFL home after the Jags waived him right before Week 1.

One of the most well-known Evangel Eagle in the NFL is Wide Receiver Trent Taylor. Over the last few years, Taylor has had some big moments on the NFL stage. Including making a catch on a 2 point conversion toss from Joe Burrow to tie the AFC Championship Game for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2022. The Bengals won that game, made the Super Bowl, where Taylor played in the game. However the Bengals didn't win the Super Bowl that year.

Taylor eventually returned to the San Francisco 49ers, the same team that drafted him in the 2017 NFL Draft. However, for this season, Taylor has been placed on Injured Reserve, and will miss the whole season for the 49ers. But he does remain on their roster.

Jarrick Bernard-Converse started this season with the Cleveland Browns, even though he didn't start their Week 1 game, or record any stats, he still has credit for playing in the game. This is Bernard-Converse's first year in Cleveland, after playing two years for the New York Jets.

Another well known former Evangel star is Jerry Tillery, who is starting his first year with the Kansas City Chiefs. Tillery has played for three other teams during his career, and has started over 50 games since 2019.

Defensive Tackle Elijah Chatman was making a lot of noise during the New York Giants training camp. While it wasn't enough to make the final active roster, Chatman found himself on the Giants Practice Squad. With the amount of injuries that usually happen on the defensive line during season, you can expect to see Chatman elevated to the depth chart at some point this year.

Unfortunately, Baltimore Ravens Safety Ar'Darius Washington has to start the season on the Physically Unable to Perform list, or the PUP list. Washington is dealing with an Achilles injury, which is going to cost him multiple games this year. As soon as he's ready to play, the Ravens will love to see him back. Washington started 10 games for the Ravens last year, and brought in 2 interceptions for that Ravens defense.

What Other High Schools Have NFL Players In 2025?

There are only a couple of schools from Louisiana with more the 2 active NFL player in Louisiana. Plaquemine High School has 4 active players in 2025, including Percy Butler, Kevin Dotson, Davon Godchaux, and Dontayvion Wicks.

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Monroe's Neville has three active NFL players, including 4th overall NFL Draft pick Will Campell. He's joined by Max Mitchell and KaVontae Turpin in the NFL.

Dutchtown High School in Geismar has three active players. Including Lloyd Cushenberry III, Justin Reid, and Dylan Sampson.