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re: Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia players
Posted on 7/10/22 at 6:14 am to Colonel Ingus
Posted on 7/10/22 at 6:14 am to Colonel Ingus
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Number of 2022 NFL Draft Picks by state where they played high school ball:
Texas (32)
Georgia (30)
California (22)
Florida (21)
Ohio (13)
Alabama (12)
Louisiana (10)
Maryland (10)
North Carolina (10)
Nick Saban has recruited the shite out of California, Texas, Louisiana and Florida. I think one year his national championship team had a defensive backfield entirely from Florida. Not sure what you mean.
The OP is talking about coming out of high school though....not college. Once in college kids can toughen up, put on weight, polish technique and do all kinds of things to get to the NFL.
I don't think he is saying Texas kids don't have talent so much as they come out of high school lacking some aspects.
Again....I don't know how true it is but I have heard similar things. I'm sure there have been some absolutely great players that came out of Texas high schools, too. It boils down to an opinion by somebody and would be very difficult to prove or say definitively.
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Posted on 7/10/22 at 8:18 am to DawgsLife
quote: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.
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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
This post was edited on 7/10/22 at 8:20 am
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