These are some of the ten players who have reached the NFL from the city which lies only 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania has produced an unusual amount of NFL players for a city with a population less than 10,000 people. Professional football is not the only claim to fame to the borough-turned-city, as basketball start “Pistol” Pete Maravich and Moon River composer Henry Mancini both were raised in Aliquippa. But for Steelers’ rookie Dravon Askew-Henry, being from “The Quip” just gives him more determination to make the most of his opportunity to land a job in the National Football League.
Dravon Askew-Henry hopes to live up to his hometown pedigree
