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NEW ORLEANS – The 2019-20 National Football League season gets underway this week with 42 former Sun Belt Conference football standouts on rosters across the league's 32 teams.
The Sun Belt is set to open the season with 24 former standouts on active rosters, 11 on practice squads and seven on reserved lists. The conference has representatives on 23 different NFL teams.
SUN BELT ALUMNI ON 2019-20 NFL ROSTERS
Appalachian State (9)
Ronald Blair III, San Francisco 49ers (DL, 4th year)
Austin Exford, Houston Texans (S, 1st year)^
Colby Gossett, New England Patriots (OL, 2nd year)^
Tae Hayes, Jacksonville Jaguars (CB, 1st year)^
Daniel Kilgore, Miami Dolphins (C, 9th year)
Kendall Lamm, Cleveland Browns (OT, 5th year)
Sam Martin, Detroit Lions (P, 7th year)
Jalin Moore, New York Jets (RB, 1st year)**
Brian Quick, Washington Redskins (WR, 8th year)
Arkansas State (5)
Cody Brown, Jacksonville Jaguars (CB, 1st year)*
Demario Davis, New Orleans Saints (LB, 8th year)
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