Las Vegas pipeline: A roster check on Southern Nevada’s NFL products

New England Patriots moving backmost Rhamondre Stevenson talks to the media during a quality league Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, successful Santa Clara, Calif., up of the Super Bowl 60 NFL shot crippled betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Photo by: ASSOCIATED PRESS

At slightest 21 players who played prep shot successful Southern Nevada volition beryllium connected a roster erstwhile the caller NFL play kicks disconnected this week — impervious the metropolis has go a morganatic pipeline to the league.

The Pittsburgh Steelers unsocial person 3 section products, including a brace of erstwhile Liberty High School teammates: rookie wide receiver Germie Bernard and lineman Troy Fautanu.

Rounding retired the trio is choky extremity Darnell Washington, a Desert Pines alum who signed a four-year, $42 cardinal hold successful June.

Las Vegas usually ranks among the apical 5 cities for NFL players, trailing the likes of Miami and Houston. Last year, Miami produced 18 NFL players, portion Bradenton, Fla. — location of IMG Academy — produced 20.

Rosters are inactive taking signifier aft grooming campy cutdowns, but Las Vegas could upwind up rostering the astir NFL players of immoderate metropolis this year.

And portion nationally ranked Bishop Gorman accounts for astir fractional of those athletes, its programme isn’t the sole crushed for the city’s output. Players person besides travel up done Las Vegas High, Foothill, Palo Verde, Centennial, Desert Pines and Liberty.

Here’s our yearly list:

Raiders

Jonah Laulu, a Centennial High product, begins his 3rd NFL season arsenic portion of the Raiders’ antiaircraft enactment rotation. Last season, helium recorded 51 tackles and 4 sacks. Wide receiver Jalen Nailor (Gorman) joined the Raiders successful escaped bureau this offseason connected a three-year, $35 cardinal contract.

Saints

Safety Jordan Howden of Desert Pines enters his 4th play successful the New Orleans secondary. He recorded 122 tackles implicit his archetypal 3 seasons. The Saints person 2 different locals: Moliki Matavao (Liberty), who was placed connected injured reserve with a genu injury, and signifier squad wide receiver Cedric Tillman (Gorman), who signed with New Orleans past week aft 3 seasons with the Cleveland Browns.

Buccaneers

Foothill postgraduate Miles Killebrew, 1 of the league’s champion peculiar teams players, enters his 11th NFL season. Cornerback Keionte Scott, a Las Vegas High graduate, is entering his rookie year.

Titans

Daniel Bellinger of Palo Verde signed a three-year, $24 cardinal free-agent declaration with the Titans aft 4 seasons with the Giants. Fernando Carmona Jr., an violative lineman from Las Vegas High, is successful his archetypal season.

Bears

Gorman merchandise Rome Odunze is simply a third-year receiver with Chicago. Last season, helium had 44 receptions for 661 yards successful 12 games. Desert Pines postgraduate Tony Fields, a linebacker who was retired of the league past season, is connected injured reserve and expected to instrumentality to the progressive roster.

Chiefs

Gorman postgraduate Jaden Hicks is entering his 3rd NFL play successful the Chiefs’ secondary. Practice squad moving backmost Jaydn Ott played 1 precocious schoolhouse play astatine Gorman.

Patriots

Centennial postgraduate Rhamondre Stevenson begins his sixth nonrecreational play astatine moving backmost with the Patriots. He has 3,669 vocation rushing yards and 28 touchdowns, and helium helped New England reach the Super Bowl past season.

Ravens

Gorman postgraduate Ronnie Stanley enters his 11th play connected the Baltimore violative line. He has $130 cardinal successful vocation net — making him the highest-paid Las Vegas-area postgraduate of each clip successful the NFL.

Falcons

Kick returner and wide receiver Zachariah Branch of Gorman is acceptable to marque his NFL debut.

Texans

Tight extremity Brevin Jordan of Gorman returns for his sixth play with the Texans aft missing each of past twelvemonth with a genu injury. He was initially chopped by the squad but brought backmost a fewer days later.

Bills

Tight extremity Dalton Kincaid of Faith Lutheran is acceptable for his 4th play with the Bills. He had 39 catches for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns past season.