re: Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia players

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Texas high school football was way ahead of the curve in throwing the football vs other states in the 90s and into the 2000s. Art Briles at Stephenville HS was one of the pioneers of this in the early 90s when he switched from a wishbone offense (what most high schools were running) to a spread offense. He started absolutely blasting teams and won 4 state championships. One year he had over 8,600 yards of total offense.

This caught on throughout the state and had a ripple effect. The state of Texas starting producing a lot of polished QBs out of high school.

There have been points in time from the early 2000s to present day where 1/4 to 1/3 of all starting NFL QBs played high school ball in Texas.

I think certain regions are better at certain things.
Texas: QB
Cali: Skill positions
Florida: Speed
Deep South: Big nasty athletic front 7 + Louisiana WR
Midwest/Rust Belt: OL