NFL Players From Westlake High School Texas

Westlake High School NFL players include offensive tackle Calvin Anderson. Anderson attended Westlake as a senior after transferring from Georgetown.

After that, he went to Rice in Texas and played college football as a starter for three-year where has got a chance to earn the Conference USA All-Conference honorable mention in 2016 and 2017.

The 27-year-old  footballer played four seasons with Broncos from 2019 to 2022. Originally, he entered the NFL as a rookie undrafted free agent in 2019 with the Patriots.

The same year Patriots released the Anderson on May 13 and then he joined the Jets’ practice squad before signing the 2-year deal with Broncos worth $1.08 million.

As of 2022, he has played a total of 41 regular season games with 12 starts including 14 last season games. Recently, Patriots and Anderson made a two-year agreement on March 16, 2023.

Westlake High School football alumni player Brad Shearer joined the Chicago Bears as a third-round pick in the 1978 NFL Draft.

The Defensive tackle Shearer spent his entire NFL journey with the Bears from 1978 to 1981. He played 34 games for the Bears with 2 starters and the last played was in 1981.

Before that, Shearer joined Westlake High School to play for the Westlake Chaparrals high school football team and also played college football for the Texas Longhorns football team from 1974 to 1977.

During that time, some of his achievements include two-time All-Southwestern Conference in 1975 and 1977, and also honored as a consensus first-team All-American in 1977.

As a senior, he has been granted the Outland Trophy during his captaincy period for his performance in the 1977 season as a lineman. 

Drew Brees is one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks from Westlake high school. Brees graduated in industrial management from Purdue Academy in 2001.

During his college career, he was enrolled in the Purdue college football team from 1997 to 2000 after playing for Austin high school football team. As a senior in high school, he completed 314 of 490 passes for 5,461 yards with 50 TDs

Also, he has some records during his time in college including 13 Big Ten Conference records, and 19 Purdue University records.

Maxwell Award winner QB footballer completed his college football journey with 11,792 passing yards, and 69 touchdowns before being selected in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Chargers.

Drew Brees high school player has spent 20 years in the NFL franchise San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints, primarily with the Saints.

The footballer has led the Saints to their first Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XLIV, where he won the MVP award, three NFC Championship Game appearances, seven divisional titles, and nine playoff appearances from 2006 to 2020.

Westlake high school Texas NFL players include Justin Tucker. Tucker attended the Westlake Chaparrals football team as a wide receiver, safety, and placekicker.

While studying at Westlake high school in Austin, Texas, the 33-year placekicker played high school football along with QB Nick Foles, TE Kyle Adams, and LB Bryce Hager.

Similarly, the Placekicker played college football on the Longhorns Football team at Texas before joining NFL franchise Ravens.

Tucker’s field goal helped to win the 2011 games over Texas A&M University. Overall he finished his college football career with an 83.3% field-goal conversion. Which ranks third best percentage in college football history.

The footballer began his NFL journey with Baltimore Ravens as he was signed by the team as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Since 2012, he is still in the active roaster of the Ravens.

The Super Bowl Champion Tucker received six Pro Bowls, three second-team All-Pro, and five first-team All-Pro honors during his professional career.

Vi Jones is an American football linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He joined Seahawks as a free agent in 2022 after playing college football at NC State.

The Linebacker Jones is the son of Former LB Robert Jones, who played 10 seasons in the NFL, and also the younger brother of WR Zay Jones and former Vikings WR Cayleb Jones.

The gamer spent his earlier career with Westlake high school team as a junior player before joining the University of Southern California and then three seasons for NC State.

In his senior season, he recorded 238 tackles and 18 sacks along with 103 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, and four sacks.

Kylen Granson joined Westlake High School as a senior. The Tight end of the Indianapolis Colts joined the team after playing five seasons with Rice and SMU.

As a freshman on the Rice Owl football team, Granson attended 33 passes for 381 yards and two touchdowns as a wide receiver.

He is one of the college football TE who was honored with first-team All-AAC in 2020 and second-team All-AAC in 2019.

The 25-year-old gamer’s performance during the redshirt season helped the team to win the first-team All-AAC with 35 receptions for 536 yards and five touchdowns. Also named the first tight end to score 14 TDs in college football.

Kylen Granson got selected by Colts in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft and signed a four-year rookie contract with the team.

Westlake high school quarterbacks Nick Foles was born in Austin Texas. Foles went to Westlake high school and played as an exceptional football QB and basketball for the same team.

During his high school year, Foles had a record for throwing 5,658 yards and 56 TDs followed by former QB Drew Brees. Likewise, as a basketball player, he was awarded MVP twice.

He spent a five-year college football career with Michigan State and Arizona from 2007 to 2011, he played one year with Michigan State.

The 2011 season was the best season for QB Nick Foles, as he completed the season with 387 of 560 passes for 4,334 yards and 28 TDs, also earned the Pack-12 Conference first position and fifth position in NCAA Division I FBS.

Philadelphia Eagles selected the QB Foles in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He helped the Eagles to win the first Super Bowl victory and was also granted the MVP award for his performance in 2017.

The Super Bowl Champion QB played 11 seasons in the NFL franchises Eagles, Rams, Chiefs, Jaguars, Bears, and Colts from 2012 to 2022.

Seth McKinney was a Center or Guard. He played seven seasons in the National Football League for the Dolphins, Browns, and Bills. 

McKinney attended high school at Westlake in Austin, where he made his first Div-II 5A State Championship in 1996 as a junior player.

Before starting his college football journey as a starter at Texas A&M, he was awarded for being a successful player in high school to earn the UIL All-Century team.

As a college football player, he was honored by numerous awards including offensive lineman of the year in 2000 and 2001, offensive MVP in 2001, and team caption in 2001.

Miami Dolphins selected him in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Since 2002, he had played a total of 58 games in the leagues with 45 starters and recorded only 2 fumble recoveries during his NFL career. 

American football linebacker Bryce Hager played 79 games during his six-year career in the National Football League. The St. Louis Rams selected linebacker Hager in the 2015 NFL draft.

Hager finished his high school career at Westlake High School, where he got a chance to play with NFL QB Nick Foles and Kicker Justin Tucker.

The 31-year-old linebacker was enrolled in the Baylor college football team from 2011 to 2014 before being selected in the 2015 NFL Draft. The gamer had a college football record of 322 tackles with one interception and a forced fumble.