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re: If you had to pick 2 states to recruit from only
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:20 pm to Texas Man
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:20 pm to Texas Man
Top 10 states by NFL player count (based on recent data)
Texas: 199
Florida: 179
California: 165
Georgia: 143
North Carolina: 70
Louisiana: 59
Ohio: 57
Illinois: 55
Michigan: 55
Alabama: 52
When you consider populations of states, Georgia is #1 in GPP (gross player production). But Texas and Florida are obvious choices give the OP's criteria. Now given the number of blue chip recruits and major FBS schools in the state, give me Georgia any day.
Texas: 199
Florida: 179
California: 165
Georgia: 143
North Carolina: 70
Louisiana: 59
Ohio: 57
Illinois: 55
Michigan: 55
Alabama: 52
When you consider populations of states, Georgia is #1 in GPP (gross player production). But Texas and Florida are obvious choices give the OP's criteria. Now given the number of blue chip recruits and major FBS schools in the state, give me Georgia any day.
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Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:25 pm to Texas Man
Texas for offense and Louisiana for Defense.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:50 pm to Texas Man
Mississippi for quality and Florida for quantity.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 12:53 pm to PeleofAnalytics
Houston is still #1:
Top 10 cities producing the most NFL players
1. Houston (37 NFL players)
2. Detroit (36 NFL players)
3. Miami (32 NFL players)
4. Fort Lauderdale, Florida (28 NFL players)
5. Tampa (25 NFL players)
6. Jacksonville (24 NFL players)
7. Atlanta (22 NFL players)
8. New Orleans (19 NFL players)
9. Charlotte (19 NFL players)
10. St. Louis (16 NFL players)
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a study by Lineups, which analyzed player data for more than 2,000 players to create its ranking of the top cities and states. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. NFL Sports
Top 10 cities producing the most NFL players
1. Houston (37 NFL players)
2. Detroit (36 NFL players)
3. Miami (32 NFL players)
4. Fort Lauderdale, Florida (28 NFL players)
5. Tampa (25 NFL players)
6. Jacksonville (24 NFL players)
7. Atlanta (22 NFL players)
8. New Orleans (19 NFL players)
9. Charlotte (19 NFL players)
10. St. Louis (16 NFL players)
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a study by Lineups, which analyzed player data for more than 2,000 players to create its ranking of the top cities and states. This story was reported from Washington, D.C. NFL Sports
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:01 pm to HTX Horn
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Growing up in Texas and the south in general is different than California or the north.
Well yeah. This is America. People are different and come from different backgrounds.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 2:09 pm to AUFANATL
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Yeah, you have to consider how the kids will fit in. Will they get culture shock, homesick, do they fit the style of play, etc.
It hasn't seemed to affect Oregon in the NIL era. They have a steady stream of kids from the South ready to take that sweet Nike money.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:00 pm to Wishbone85
Stone and Jackson are not from Florida they just went to img
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:34 pm to HTX Horn
I don’t think that’s Metro area. I think that’s just city limits. If you do metro area Houston and Dallas Fort Worth are both top five and the reality is elite programs, recruit nationally all of them,to me Georgia has the best set up to recruit in-state players with little competition only other major program is Georgia Tech and they still recruit nationally because they’re not gonna get every guy they want from Georgia
Posted on 12/4/25 at 10:38 pm to Texas Man
The future is going to be bringing in big angry cats from Eastern Europe who won’t want to get involved with rocking the boat over head trauma and lawsuits. And who will work for a lot less. Look for the booming markets of Poland and Ukraine to miraculously adopt American football in place of soccer as the biggest hotbeds
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:28 pm to Texas Man
Texas
Georgia
Georgia
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:33 pm to Floki
The easy answer is TX & FL but, you'll win as many games or more with GA & LA recruits...
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:42 pm to Texas Man
Tx, La.
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Posted on 12/5/25 at 7:25 am to Texas Man
Rhode Island and Massachusetts is the only logical answer
Posted on 12/5/25 at 6:43 pm to Texas Man
Beaides the 3 obvioua(Texas, FLA, Cali)
Georgia
Ohio
Georgia
Ohio
Posted on 12/5/25 at 6:47 pm to Texas Man
Vermont and Hawaii.
Then I’d take mines’ns. And beat yours’ns. .
Then I’d take mines’ns. And beat yours’ns. .
Posted on 12/5/25 at 6:51 pm to Gatorbait2008
Houston and DFW metros would never lose a game.
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