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High school recruiting hotbeds
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:48 pm
I'm from Georgia and an inordinate amount of recruits (not just UGA) come from Warner Robins, Valdosta/Lowndes County and Gwinnett County.
Alabama has Mobile and Gadsden. Florida seems to have a lot from the Pahokee area.
Anywhere else?
Alabama has Mobile and Gadsden. Florida seems to have a lot from the Pahokee area.
Anywhere else?
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Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:50 pm to nuwaydawg
Nope. I think you covered it.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:52 pm to nuwaydawg
Mobile, Gadsden, Birmingham, Wire Grass
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:52 pm to Sao
You forgot Alaska thats where McFadden is from. 
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:52 pm to nuwaydawg
LA & Houston
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:52 pm to nuwaydawg
USP. Even though only about 1/4th ever make it to a campus
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:55 pm to nuwaydawg
Ummm
New Orleans
Dallas/FtWorth mainly Skyline
New Orleans
Dallas/FtWorth mainly Skyline
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:57 pm to nuwaydawg
The North MS/North LA area, pretty much the whole MS River Delta area of MS, LA, and Ark has really churned out some good players over the years.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 5:58 pm to nuwaydawg
Destrehan, LA and the entire state of Texas
Always had good players come from this area with Brodie Croyle; Caddilac(attalla); Don Sutton; Robert Williams; etc. but it wasn't really a hot bed. Now that the three high schools have merged that you get a lot of attention for Gadsden prospects like Kirkpatrick, Johnson, Swain, and Collins and it has been labelled a hotbed. Without the merger you would probably still have scattered guys every once in a while but no real consensus that Gadsden was a recruiting hotbed.
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Gadsden
Always had good players come from this area with Brodie Croyle; Caddilac(attalla); Don Sutton; Robert Williams; etc. but it wasn't really a hot bed. Now that the three high schools have merged that you get a lot of attention for Gadsden prospects like Kirkpatrick, Johnson, Swain, and Collins and it has been labelled a hotbed. Without the merger you would probably still have scattered guys every once in a while but no real consensus that Gadsden was a recruiting hotbed.
This post was edited on 5/5/10 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:00 pm to nuwaydawg
Brentwood academy is the biggest sec prospect school in Tennessee
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:02 pm to ole orange
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Brentwood academy is the biggest sec prospect school in Tennessee
Memphis has had a lot of SEC talent the last couple years...
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:03 pm to memphisplaya
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New Orleans
Dallas/FtWorth mainly Skyline
Yeah, I could see larger cities having more recruits, but it's the per capita aspect that has always intrigued me.
I used to work with an Auburn alum and he said Fairhope gave out more div.1 schollys per capita than Mobile. By a wide margin.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:11 pm to hehatedrew
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Memphis has had a lot of SEC talent the last couple years...
This is correct. and generally it has been Ole Miss territory...not UT.
So where is the recruiting in a comparable sized city like Knoxville. Hell, Athens was a heavily recruited area in the '80's.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:12 pm to nuwaydawg
TN overall has very little instate talent compared to the surrounding states(other than UK).
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:16 pm to Quigley
w/o a doubt, the merger of the gadsden schools is the reason it can be considered a "hot bed".
I guess places like B'ham and Mobile are hotbeds, but they're also the two largest metro areas in Alabama, so of course it's gonna have talent.
I place like Auburn/Opelika fits better, IMO... there's been a ton of SEC level talent come through there over the last decade or so.... Prattville/Millbrook as of late has produced as well.
I guess places like B'ham and Mobile are hotbeds, but they're also the two largest metro areas in Alabama, so of course it's gonna have talent.
I place like Auburn/Opelika fits better, IMO... there's been a ton of SEC level talent come through there over the last decade or so.... Prattville/Millbrook as of late has produced as well.
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Always had good players come from this area with Brodie Croyle; Caddilac(attalla); Don Sutton; Robert Williams; etc. but it wasn't really a hot bed. Now that the three high schools have merged that you get a lot of attention for Gadsden prospects like Kirkpatrick, Johnson, Swain, and Collins and it has been labelled a hotbed. Without the merger you would probably still have scattered guys every once in a while but no real consensus that Gadsden was a recruiting hotbed.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:18 pm to nuwaydawg
Talking about per capita and whatnot, in the early 90s it was ridiculous how many D1 prospects came out of the eastern MS gulf coast area - Pascagoula, Moss Point
Shane Mathews - Moss Point or "The Point" - heisman qb at UF
Jack Jackson - Moss Point WR with Shane Mathews; starter @ UF
Terrell Buckley - Pascagoula - DB FSU, NFL all-pro
There are prob several others that went D1 that I don't even know about.
Shane Mathews - Moss Point or "The Point" - heisman qb at UF
Jack Jackson - Moss Point WR with Shane Mathews; starter @ UF
Terrell Buckley - Pascagoula - DB FSU, NFL all-pro
There are prob several others that went D1 that I don't even know about.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:21 pm to nuwaydawg
Jackson, MS Metro area is a HUGE HOTBED for Basketball recruits.
They usually have 3X as many D1 basketball signees as the rest of the state combined.
They always pump out tons of NBA Talent
Mo WIlliams
Monta Ellis
Lindsey Hunter
James Robinson
Othella Harrington
Just off the top of my head.
They usually have 3X as many D1 basketball signees as the rest of the state combined.
They always pump out tons of NBA Talent
Mo WIlliams
Monta Ellis
Lindsey Hunter
James Robinson
Othella Harrington
Just off the top of my head.
This post was edited on 5/5/10 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:28 pm to dockstar99
I hear California is a hotbed of recruiting action.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 6:46 pm to nuwaydawg
The Pahokee, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami-Dade tri-county area.
Posted on 5/5/10 at 7:27 pm to PirateJunk
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The Pahokee, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami-Dade tri-county area.
Flat out speed. Six that will be drafted (three free agents) and ten with division 1 scholly offers.
Pahokee...unreal
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