A little surprised Florida was ahead of Cali. I would loved to see a little of states with the best 40 time average
nuance said:I always find it amazing that New York state, the 3rd most populous state, ranks down around 20th in number of commits. I guess they don't play football in NYC.
i think "demographics" have a lot more to do with the number of studs coming out of the south compared to other areas. (or to put it less delicately, there are more black people in the south than in other areas, and african americans tend to have more fast twitch muscle on average.) it is odd though how the big metro areas of the northeast tend to not produce as much football talent as you would expect. i've always guessed this was due to the popularity of basketball in urban areas.nuance said:I always find it amazing that New York state, the 3rd most populous state, ranks down around 20th in number of commits. I guess they don't play football in NYC.
Me too. An emphasis thing, I guess. That explains the disproportionately high D1 players (relative to state population) for the states in the south --- sure Georgia is fairly populated but to be generating so many recruits... same for NC, SC, and Mississippi... Alabama too. The south owns football it would seem.
The mountain west? Not so much so.