Palm Beach County barely cracks double-digits in alumni playing in NFL

Continuing a talent drain that has persisted the past several years, alumni of Palm Beach County high schools took up only 10 spots on NFL rosters in the league’s opening weekend.

Broward had 48 representatives, and Miami-Dade had 33.

Palm Beach has seen a 44% plummet from its 2021 number of 18 NFLers on Week 1.

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The Denver Broncos were the lone team with multiple Palm players (Park Vista’s A.T. Perry and Oxbridge Academy’s Keidron Smith), and American Heritage-Delray was the only school with multiple alumni represented (the Seahawks’ Mike Morris and the Giants’ Devin Singletary).

Palm Beach’s total each of the past five seasons:
2025: 10

2024: 12

2023: 12

2022: 13

2021: 18

Here are this year’s Palm Beach County alumni who either were on the active roster or practice squad or carried a reserve designation (listed in alphabetical order of last name):

Jacoby Brissett, Dwyer, Cardinals

Kaiir Elam, Benjamin, Cowboys

Ashton Gillotte, Boca Raton, Chiefs

Lamar Jackson, Boynton Beach, Ravens

Fred Johnson, Royal Palm Beach, Eagles

Keni-H Lovely, Atlantic, Jaguars

Mike Morris, American Heritage-Delray, Seahawks

A.T. Perry, Park Vista, Broncos

Devin Singletary, American Heritage-Delray, Giants

Keidron Smith, Oxbridge Academy, Broncos

BY SCHOOL

AMERICAN HERITAGE-DELRAY (2): Mike Morris, Seahawks; Devin Singletary, Giants

ATLANTIC (1): Keni-H Lovely, Jaguars

BENJAMIN (1): Kaiir Elam, Cowboys

BOCA RATON (1): Ashton Gillotte, Chiefs

BOYNTON BEACH (1): Lamar Jackson, Ravens

DWYER (1): Jacoby Brissett, Cardinals

OXBRIDGE ACADEMY (1): Keidron Smith, Broncos

PARK VISTA (1): A.T. Perry, Broncos

ROYAL PALM BEACH (1): Fred Johnson, Eagles

BY TEAM

BRONCOS (2): A.T. Perry, Park Vista; Keidron Smith, Oxbridge Academy

CARDINALS (1): Jacoby Brissett, Dwyer

CHIEFS (1): Ashton Gillotte, Boca Raton

COWBOYS (1): Kaiir Elam, Benjamin

EAGLES (1): Fred Johnson, Royal Palm Beach

GIANTS (1): Devin Singletary, American Heritage-Delray

JAGUARS (1): Keni-H Lovely, Atlantic

RAVENS (1): Lamar Jackson, Boynton Beach

SEAHAWKS (1): Mike Morris, American Heritage-Delray

The Bills and Chiefs, with six players each, were the teams most heavily populated by South Floridians, while the Lions and Commanders were the only teams without any representation from Broward, Miami-Dade or Palm Beach counties.

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