re: Per capita, Louisiana is producing the most NFL skill/speed talent, and by a large margin

RD Dawg: I clearly said NFL players by participation rates is a good measurement. But like all measurements, it to has problems. The one problem I will note is that participation rates might reflect as you say higher participation rates in LA, but those players are all at a minimum very good HS football players. still in LA, I will also note that rural parishes probably don't have as many kids playing as potentially could be playing due to economics. Eg., How many players can a rural school in rural parish in LA support?

Some schools in Texas when I watch the Texas HS football games in Fox Sports SW have > 100 to 120 kids dressed on on varsity, when you add those schools probably have a Freshman team with 50 to 60 players and a Sophomore team with as many, you can get some 200 plus kids playing football for Texas HS teams.

There are few programs in LA like that, West Monroe being one of them, etc.

Now I am all far as many kids playing HS ball, but lots of those kids play because they want to be part of team, football builds team work, discipline, etc, and those big schools with excellent tax bases can support large number of kids playing. The more kids, the more parents in the booster club, more grandparents and relatives in the stands, etc. I think there are HS stadiums in Texas that holds 20K.

So the ratio of Kids in NFL to participation rates will be skewed downward due to excess kids playing who likely will not only ever play college ball, but never hit the field for the HS team except in the 4th QTR when the game is at hand and they can run down the field on special teams.

So in summary, I think both measures are good and give you information.