Quiz-How Does FL Rank in Production of NCAA/NFL Stars?

[OldSchoolLion]

1. Over the past 10 years, the following 6 states have produced numerous NCAA consensus all-americans.  By "produced," I mean they played their hs ball in that state.  Which state has produced the most consensus all-americans in total over the past 10 years?

California

Florida 

Georgia

New Jersey

Ohio

Texas 

 

2. Over the past 10 years, the following states have produced NCAA consensus all-americans.  Amongst these states, name the top 3 states in order of ranking (#1, #2, #3) which have produced the most consensus all-americans per capita over the past 10 years?   

Alabama

Florida 

Georgia

Hawaii

Louisiana

Mississippi

Ohio

Tennessee 

 

3. This past season, 3 states tied for producing the most NFL All-Pro players (first and second team combined).   Which 3 states?

Arizona

Cailfornia

Florida

Georgia

North Carolina

Ohio

Texas

Washington

 

 

 

[OldSchoolLion]

Recognizing ratings of high school players today are sometimes inflated, a better measure of which states produce the best top-flight talent might be to look at performance of these athletes in college. 

1. Over the past 10 years, the following 6 states have produced numerous NCAA consensus all-americans.  By "produced," I mean they played their hs ball in that state.  Which state has produced the most consensus all-americans in total over the past 10 years?

#1 Texas - 25 players

#2 Florida - 17 players

#3 Georgia - 13 players

#4 Ohio - 11 players

#5 California - 9 players

#6 New Jersey - 6 players 

Try questions #2 and #3 in the original post above if you would like.

[OldSchoolLion]

 

3. This past season, 3 states tied for producing the most NFL All-Pro players (first and second team combined).   Which 3 states?

California, Georgia, and Ohio each produced 7 NFL All-Pro players.  Texas had 6.  Arizona, Washington, and North Carolina each had 3.  Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and New York each had 2.   

The two FL reps were Xavier Rhodes and Antonio Brown.  Both played at Miami Norland.  

 

[OldSchoolLion]

2. Over the past 10 years, the following states have produced NCAA consensus all-americans.  Amongst these states, name the top 3 states in order of ranking (#1, #2, #3) which have produced the most consensus all-americans per capita over the past 10 years?   

#1 Hawaii  

#2 Alabama

#3 Louisiana

Hawaii is a tiny state, yet has produced 5 consensus all-americans of late.  The entire state has a population the size of Hillsborough County.  So, for this many consensus all-americans to be produced in 5 years from such a small population is pretty amazing.   

2017 DE Hercules Mata'afa/Washington St

2015 K Ka'imi Fairbairn/UCLA/Houston Texans

2014 LB Hau'oli Kikaha/Washington/NO Saints

2014 QB Marcus Mariota/Oregon/TN Titans

2013 LB Manti Teo/Notre Dame/NO Saints

Tua Tagovailoa, qb for University of Alabama and offensive MVP of this past season's national championship game, went to the same high school in Hawaii as Marcus Mariota.  And his little brother, Taulia, is considered one the top qb recruits in the country this year.

Sol-Jay Maiava, a high-profile sophomore quarterback at Kahuku High School in Hawaii, transferred to St John's in Washington, D.C., for his junior year.  Kahuku High has produced 17 NFL players since 1970.