NEW ORLEANS – Sun Belt alumni dotted all 12 teams that competed on NFL Super Wild Card Weekend—and all 14 playoff rosters following the 2023-24 National Football League (NFL) season.  
 
Georgia Southern alumni kicker Tyler Bass and defensive back Kindle Vildor carded key performances to help their respective teams advance to the Divisional Round. Bass scored seven points for the Buffalo Bills—on a 45-yard field goal and four extra points. Vildor tallied four tackles and a tackle for loss, while playing every defensive snap for the Detroit Lions. 
 
Punter Sam Martin out of App State also contributed to the Bills victory with three punts for 144 yards, including a pair inside the 20-yard line. 
 
Three Sun Belt alumni offensive linemen—Aaron Stinnie of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers via James Madison, Kevin Dotson of the Los Angeles Rams via Louisiana and Robert Hunt of the Miami Dolphins via Louisiana—played every offensive snap on NFL Super Wild Card Weekend. 
 
Southern Miss alumnus wide receiver Quez Watkins made three catches for 12 yards for the Philadelphia Eagles. 
 
Linebacker Nick Hampton of the Los Angeles Rams via App State and wide receiver Jalen Tolbert of the Dallas Cowboys via South Alabama earned their first career postseason snaps. 
 
Offensive lineman Kendall Lamm (App State, Miami Dolphins), cornerback Chandon Sullivan (Georgia State, Pittsburgh Steelers), linebacker Neville Hewitt (Marshall, Houston Texans) and long snapper Rick Lovato (Old Dominion, Philadelphia Eagles) also saw postseason action. 

Eighty-seven Sun Belt alumni earned NFL roster spots entering the 2023 season, with 33 advancing to the NFL playoffs. 
 
Four earned byes to the Divisional Round as members of the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. Fourteen additional Sun Belt alumni helped propel their teams to Wild Card Round wins, giving the conference 18 representatives in next weekend’s Divisional Round. 
 
App State  
* Darrynton Evans – RB, Miami Dolphins
Nick Hampton – LB, Los Angeles Rams (1 G)
^ Shaun Jolly – CB, Los Angeles Rams
Kendall Lamm – OL, Miami Dolphins (1 G)
Sam Martin – P, Buffalo Bills (1 G, 1 GS, 3 Punts, 144 Yards)
* Henry Pearson – FB, Green Bay Packers
 
Coastal Carolina 
* C.J. Brewer – DL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
* Tarron Jackson – DL, Philadelphia Eagles
Isaiah Likely – TE, Baltimore Ravens (Bye Week)  
* Josh Norman – CB, Buffalo Bills
 
Georgia Southern 
Tyler Bass – K, Buffalo Bills (1 G, 1 GS, 1-for-3 FG, 4-for-4 XP)
* Raymond Johnson III – LB, Detroit Lions
^ Jerick McKinnon – RB, Kansas City Chiefs 
Kindle Vildor – DB, Detroit Lions (1 G, 1 GS, 4 Tackles, 1 TFL) 
 
Georgia State  
Chandon Sullivan – CB, Pittsburgh Steelers (1 G)
 
James Madison 
^ Mike Greene – DL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Aaron Stinnie – OL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1 G, 1 GS) 
 
Louisiana 
Kevin Dotson – OL, Los Angeles Rams (1 G, 1 GS) 
Robert Hunt – OL, Miami Dolphins (1 G, 1 GS) 
Elijah Mitchell – RB, San Francisco 49ers (Bye Week) 
^ John Stephens Jr. – WR, Dallas Cowboys
Tracy Walker III – S, Detroit Lions (DNP)
 
Marshall
^ Josh Ball – OL, Dallas Cowboys
Steven Gilmore – CB, Detroit Lions (DNP) 
Neville Hewitt – LB, Houston Texans (1 G)
^ Nazeeh Johnson – S, Kansas City Chiefs
 
Old Dominion 
Rick Lovato – LS, Philadelphia Eagles (1 G, 1 GS)
 
South Alabama 
Darrell Luter Jr. – CB, San Francisco 49ers (Bye Week) 
Jalen Tolbert – WR, Dallas Cowboys (1 G) 

Southern Miss 
* TyKeem Doss – OL, Baltimore Ravens (Bye Week) 
Eric Scott Jr. – CB, Dallas Cowboys (DNP) 
Quez Watkins – WR, Philadelphia Eagles (1 G, 3 Receptions, 12 Yards)
 
Texas State 
^ Ty Nsekhe – OL, Cleveland Browns
  
* Practice Squad
^ Injured & Other Reserve