Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, February 7, 2016

Super Bowl 50 is just hours away.

A total of 16 former Big Ten names will be playing for an NFL championship, not including former Maryland tight end Vernon Davis, as NFC champ Carolina faces AFC champ Denver at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Ten of the Big Ten's 14 schools have at least one representative in Super Bowl 50, headlined by Ohio State, which features a nation's best five players (4 Carolina; 1 Denver).

Don't have a horse in the race? For what it's worth, Denver has nine former Big Ten stars, compared to Carolina's seven.

Check out all of the former Big Ten stars on Super Bowl 50 rosters below.

CAROLINA PANTHERS
Philly Brown, WR, Ohio State

Kurt Coleman, S, Ohio State
Devin Funchess, WR, Michigan

Ted Ginn Jr., WR, Ohio State
Brad Nortman, P, Wisconsin
Andrew Norwell, G, Ohio State
Kawann Short, DT, Purdue

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DENVER BRONCOS
Owen Daniels, TE, Wisconsin
Vernon Davis, TE, Maryland*
James Ferentz, C, Iowa
Bennie Fowler, WR, Michigan State

Darius Kilgo, NT, Maryland
Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana

Jordan Norwood, WR, Penn State
Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State

Michael Schofield, T, Michigan
Trevor Siemian, QB, Northwestern

* — Indicates a player who played at school before it entered the Big Ten.