The best NFL factories

Ever wonder which college programs produce the best NFL running backs? How about the most long-term starters or the most Pro Bowlers? We dug through data from the past 15 drafts to find out which schools make the grade at the next level. BY LUKE KNOX

Top overperforming school Miami

We compared each school's weighted draft value and their overall performance in the NFL since 2002 ( click here for more on methodology) to figure out which schools produced the biggest NFL overperformers and underperformers. Schools with a higher share of NFL production are overperformers and those with more draft value than production are underperformers . No school overperforms like Miami, the starting point for Hall of Fame talents Andre Johnson, Ed Reed and Devin Hester, along with a host of Pro Bowlers.

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School Picks Draft% Perf% Diff Miami 83 2.71% 4.40% +1.69% Pittsburgh 38 0.93% 1.89% +0.96% Boston College 29 0.85% 1.73% +0.88% California 52 1.36% 2.23% +0.86% Mississippi 28 0.86% 1.54% +0.68% Wisconsin 57 1.63% 2.30% +0.67% Texas 57 1.91% 2.51% +0.61% USC 89 2.91% 3.46% +0.56% UCF 22 0.52% 1.01% +0.49% Oklahoma St. 23 0.72% 1.14% +0.41%

School Picks Draft% Perf% Diff Clemson 59 1.73% 0.75% -0.98% Ohio State 96 2.99% 2.20% -0.80% Arkansas 48 1.20% 0.52% -0.68% West Virginia 35 0.92% 0.38% -0.54% UCLA 49 1.32% 0.81% -0.50% Baylor 31 0.70% 0.26% -0.44% Florida St. 80 2.56% 2.12% -0.44% Missouri 35 1.01% 0.57% -0.44% Notre Dame 66 1.85% 1.42% -0.43% Connecticut 24 0.63% 0.24% -0.39%