States whose high schools produced most NFL players

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STATES WITH MOST NFL PLAYERS (on 2008 opening-day rosters)
California 214
Florida 185
Texas 170
Ohio 90
Georgia 83
Louisiana 73
Virginia 61
Michigan 57
South Carolina 51
Alabama 48
Pennsylvania 47
North Carolina 41
Mississippi 39
Illinois 38

Other interesting info. Posted here because it shows relative depth of talent in various states.

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12th out of 50 states, nice.

But to keep it in perspective, we are 10th in population, so that seems about right.

Louisiana is impressive, 25th in population, but 6th on that list!

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New York is Top 3 in population and nowhere to be seen amongst the top football states. Pathetic. No wonder Syracuse is in such decline and Rutgers got better when they recruited FL.

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[QUOTE=NLP;344352]New York is Top 3 in population and nowhere to be seen amongst the top football states. Pathetic. No wonder Syracuse is in such decline and Rutgers got better when they recruited FL.[/QUOTE]

Investment bankers should be among the fastest runners at this point …

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[QUOTE=NLP;344352]New York is Top 3 in population and nowhere to be seen amongst the top football states. Pathetic. No wonder Syracuse is in such decline and Rutgers got better when they recruited FL.[/QUOTE]

It was actually Rutgers’ NY recruits (Brian Leonard / Ray Rice) that put them on the map.

A map they are steadily falling off of…

Every college program has players from Florida.

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Investment bankers should be among the fastest runners at this point ...

:lmao:

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[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;344353]Investment bankers should be among the fastest runners at this point …[/QUOTE]

+1. An economy joke that I got.

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12th out of 50 states, nice.

But to keep it in perspective, we are 10th in population, so that seems about right.

Louisiana is impressive, 25th in population, but 6th on that list!

I was kind of thinking the same thing when I first saw the list. I wonder who has produced the most as a percentage of the states total population.

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[QUOTE=Normmm;344386]I was kind of thinking the same thing when I first saw the list. I wonder who has produced the most as a percentage of the states total population.[/QUOTE]

In NFL players per million:

Louisiana 16.98
Mississippi 13.45
S. Carolina 11.59
Alabama 10.43
Florida 10.27
Georgia 8.74
Virginia 8.03
Ohio 7.89
Texas 7.08
California 5.94
Michigan 5.64
N. Carolina 4.5
Pennsylvania 3.79
Illinois 2.95

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[QUOTE=thelew1014;344398]In NFL players per million:

Louisiana 16.98
Mississippi 13.45
S. Carolina 11.59
Alabama 10.43
Florida 10.27
Georgia 8.74
Virginia 8.03
Ohio 7.89
Texas 7.08
California 5.94
Michigan 5.64
N. Carolina 4.5
Pennsylvania 3.79
Illinois 2.95[/QUOTE]

Wow! Hello SEC.