Only 4 Teams Control 70% of the Top Talent in Broward County

[OldSchoolLion]

Below are 83 of the top juniors and seniors from Broward County.  4 of these players transferred to Miami-Dade public schools over the past 2 seasons(3 to Carol City and 1 to Miami Central).  Of the remaining 79, below is the distribution, by team, and which/how many of those players transferred over the past 2 seasons.  Broward County is one of the best examples of how talent in football hotbeds has concentrated in recent years..the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.  Will things only get worse?

 

• 66 of the 79 players(84%) who played in Broward County this past season played for one of 6 schools...St Thomas Aquinas, Deerfield Beach, Chaminade-Madonna, Cardinal Gibbons, University School and American Heritage Plantation.  54 of those 79 players(68%) played at a private school. 
• There are 29 public schools in Broward County.  Only 8 of those teams have at least one player on the list below.  Only 4 of those 8 schools had at least one player on the list who did not transfer in over the past 2 seasons(Deerfield Beach, Ft Lauderdale, Coconut Creek and Coral Springs).  Public schools McArthur, Nova, Ely, Douglas, Dillard, Boyd Anderson, Western, West Broward, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Miramar, Hallandale and South Broward have all lost at least one of the high-quality players on the list.     
• 22 of 31 players(71%) who transferred to one of the schools below over the past 2 seasons ended up at to one of 3 schools...St Thomas Aquinas, Deerfield Beach and Chaminade-Madonna.   
• Cardinal Gibbons and University School are prime examples of private schools that are building most of their talent from within.  All 15 of their top juniors and seniors have not transferred in.  Although St Thomas has gotten quite a few high-quality transfers from the rest of the county, they have a large number of "home grown" players as well.   As I have stated ad nauseum, the private school "recruiting problem" is not systemic, and is limited to just a few schools. 
• Considering what little "rated" talent they have, Dillard and Western have done exceptionally well of late.  Both teams lost 2 key players last year. 

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St Thomas Aquinas-25 players-11 transfers(2 transfers from out-of-state)

Deerfield Beach-12 players-6 transfers

Chaminade-Madonna-9 players-5 transfers(1 transfer from out-of-state)

Cardinal Gibbons-9 players-0 transfers

University School-6 players-0 transfers

American Heritage Plantation-5 players-2 transfers

Fort Lauderdale-3 players

Coconut Creek-2 players-1 transfer

Piper-2 players-2 transfers

Western-2 players-2 transfers

Coral Springs-1 player

McArthur-1 player-1 transfer

Plantation-1 player-1 transfer(player came from out-of-state)

Somerset Academy Charter-1 player

 

 

Seniors

Khris Bogle/DE-Cardinal Gibbons

Jordan Battle/S-St Thomas Aquinas

John Dunmore/WR-Chaminade-Madonna-transferred from AH Delray in 2018

Gemon Eaford/LB-Deerfield Beach

Kenny McIntosh/RB-University School

Keontra Smith/S-Chaminade-Madonna

Braylen Ingraham/DE-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Dillard in 2018

Anthony Solomon/LB-St Thomas Aquinas 

Avery Huff/LB-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from McArthur in 2018

Jaden Davis/CB-St Thomas Aquinas

Josh Sanguinetti/S-University School

Tecory Couch/CB-Chaminade-Madonna

Cameron Williams/DE-Chaminade-Madonna-transferred from Nova in 2017

Daniel Carter/RB-St Thomas Aquinas

Tyler Scott/S-University School

Javarris Brownlee/CB-Carol City-transferred from Hallandale in 2017

Tiawan Mullen/CB-Coconut Creek

Vincent Murphy/OL-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from OOS in 2017

Jahmar Brown/LB-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Monsignor Pace in 2018

Marcus Lafrance/CB-Deerfield Beach-transferred from Ely in 2018

Semar Melvin/CB-St Thomas Aquinas

Nikolas Ognenovic/TE-Cardinal Gibbons

Jason Munoz/DE-St Thomas Aquinas

Vincent Davis/RB-Cardinal Gibbons

Dorian Jones/LB-AH Plantation-transferred from Oxbridge in 2018

Kaleb Boateng/OL-Fort Lauderdale

Brandon Dorlus/DE-Deerfield Beach-transferred from Calvary Christian in 2017

Malcolm Ray/DT-Carol City-transferred from Hallandale in 2017

Dontae Banton/WR-Deerfield Beach

James Williams/LB-Chaminade-Madonna

Nik Scalzo/QB-Cardinal Gibbons

Cecil Powell/S-Piper-transferred from Boyd Anderson in 2018

Jamari Williams/OL-Cardinal Gibbons

Miles Dickens/DE-Deerfield Beach-transferred from Douglas in 2018

Zay Flowers/WR-University School

Myles Bell/CB-St Thomas Aquinas

Kingsley Grissett/WR-Piper-transferred from Western in 2018

Jake Pope/OL-St Thomas Aquinas

Julian Hernandez/OL-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Western in 2018

Moezies Telfort/LB-University School

Amari Johnson/WR-Carol City-transferred from Hallandale in 2018

Curt Casteel/QB-St Thomas Aquinas

Jesse Rivera/QB-Western-transferred from Archbishop McCarthy in 2018

Marlin Mayo/WR-Coconut Creek-transferred from Chaminade-Madonna in 2018

Thomas Armstrong/DE-Chaminade-Madonna-transferred from West Broward in 2018

Nigel White/RB-St Thomas Aquinas

Yahweh Jeudy/LB-Cardinal Gibbons

Demetris Dorceus/DE-Fort Lauderdale

Christopher Hill/CB-Coral Springs

Beau Johnson/TE-AH Plantation

Mariano Valenti/QB-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from OOS in 2018

Adrian Cole/CB-Plantation-transferred from OOS in 2017

Desmond Dorceus/DE-Fort Lauderdale

Willie Hepburn/DT-Cardinal Gibbons

Myles Wilson/CB-Western-transferred from Plantation in 2017

Robert Boyd/OL-Deerfield Beach-transferred from Dillard in 2018

Jamal Cooney/WR-St Thomas Aquinas

Sidney Porter/S-Cardinal Gibbons

Vashon Bailey/OL-Somerset Academy

Joran Irizarry/WR-University School

Lavelton Williams/RB-AH Plantation-transferred from Fort Lauderdale in 2018

Antonio Serrano/OL-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Belen Jesuit in 2018 ADD

TJ Smith/QB-McArthur-transferred from South Broward in 2018

Dashaun Davis/WR-Deerfield Beach-transferred from Ely in 2018 ADD

Javon Denis/DT-Deerfield Beach

 

Juniors

Marcus Rosemy/WR-St Thomas Aquinas

Henry Gray/CB-Miami Central-transferred from Miramar in 2018

Jaylan Knighton/RB-Deerfield Beach

Marcus Dumervile/OL-St Thomas Aquinas

Derek Wingo/LB-St Thomas Aquinas

Willie Moise/DT-Chaminade-Madonna-transferred from OOS in 2017

Jahvante Royal/WR-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from McArthur in 2018

Devon Betty/LB-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Miramar in 2018

Elijah Canion/WR-Chaminade-Madonna

Xavier Restrepo/WR-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Monarch in 2018

Dejuan McDougle/WR-Deerfield Beach

Jovan Ferguson/ATH-St Thomas Aquinas-transferred from Carol City in 2018

Daryl Porter/CB-AH Plantation

Majon Wright/S-Cardinal Gibbons

Ruben Hyppolite II/LB-AH Plantation

Deidrick Stanley/ATH-Chaminade-Madonna-transferred from St Thomas Aquinas in 2017

Woody Dean/OL-Deerfield Beach-transferred from Ely in 2018

 

 

 

[OldSchoolLion]

Broward County is also home to one the most volatile coaching scenes in the state.  Can you imagine the challenge of getting one of their lagging public school programs turned around under these circumstances?  There is no comparison between such an effort here and certain other parts of the state.  No other schools in the state face such intense competition for talent...not even close.  Who outside Broward County has to compete with 5 state/nationally ranked private schools for talent ever year?

I don't know the answer for these coaches, but "trying harder" alone is likely not going to cut it, especially when they are losing many of their best players every year to the Broward and Dade County powers. 

We focus a lot on those who "gain" from transfers.  IMO the focus should be on those who "lose," because the breadth of that impact is much greater.  Hating the "rich" is not going to make things better.  We need to figure out how to help those in the "lower and middle classes, " who are feeling the broadening gap in "wealth" of talent.