How Many Football Players Are On A Team & Other Fun Facts You Should Know

How Many Football Players Are On a Team?

In a football game, there are eleven players from each team on the field at a time. Teams also have a limited number of players on their roster, depending on the league's rules in which they compete.

At the college level, teams can have 105 players on their roster. Only 53 active players are on the roster in the NFL, with only 47 actually eligible to play on game day.

The reason for the difference in rostered players between the two leagues is that the NFL uses practice teams. Practice squads consist of players under contract with the team who only participate in practices, but they can potentially be called up to the roster.

There are also some 7-on-7 leagues where the teams consist of a Center, a Quarterback, and five other eligible receivers. Also, in flag football—a low contact version of the sport—teams can consist of 5 to 9 players, depending on the league.

How many Professional and College Football Teams Are There?

Currently, in the National Football League, there are 32 teams broken into the following 8 divisions:

AFC East

Buffalo Bills

Miami Dolphins

New England Patriots

New York Jets

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens

Cincinnati Bengals

Cleveland Browns

Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South

Houston Texans

Indianapolis Colts

Jacksonville Jaguars

Tennessee Titans

AFC West

Denver Broncos

Kansas City Chiefs

Las Vegas Raiders

Los Angeles Chargers

NFC East

Dallas Cowboys

New York Giants

Philadelphia Eagles

Washington Football Team

NFC North

Chicago Bears

Detroit Lions

Green Bay Packers

Minnesota Vikings

NFC South

Atlanta Falcons

Carolina Panthers

New Orleans Saints

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West

Arizona Cardinals

Los Angeles Rams

San Francisco 49ers

Seattle Seahawks

In college football in the United States, there are currently 130 division one NCAA teams broken into 10 conferences, with a few independent teams and nearly 900 other college teams spanning across five different divisions. The 10 division one conferences are: