“I think players in our league can come from all different shapes and sizes when it comes to school size. They come from the East Coast, the West Coast. There's more that come from the bigger schools than the smaller schools. There's more that come from the SEC than some small conferences. That's just statistically fact.”

American football coach and former quarterback, born 1963

Sean Payton is an American football coach and former quarterback. Born in 1963, he is the head coach of the Denver Broncos and is known for his long tenure with the New Orleans Saints. He led the Saints from 2006 to 2021 and guided the team to its first Super Bowl title in the 2009 season. Before coaching, he played college football for Eastern Illinois and had brief professional stints with the Chicago Bears in 1987 and with the Leicester Panthers in Britain in 1988.