What States Produce the Most Hall of Famer's?

[OldSchoolLion]

This is something I came across.  The per capita score represents the state population divided by number of HOF inductees and a bunch of zeros left off.  Although Florida has produced a lot of great players over the years, FL has not, relatively speaking, produced a ton of NFL players with long, stellar careers.  Maybe these numbers will look different 25 years from now.  The data below represents the place each player was born, not necessarily where they grew up and/or played hs football.

I've mentioned in previous posts that states like Mississippi and Louisiana are absolutely loaded with talent.  I'm convinced that many of the hs players from a state like MS do not get the hype that a player from FL gets because many of the players come from smaller high schools nobody has ever heard of on the national scene.  Just as some say that playing for STA can garner a play an extra star, I think that may be the case for some players from states like CA, FL and Texas compared to a state like MS. 

 

State by State Hall of Fame Statistics

Inductees Per Capita Rank	Per Capita Score	Inductees Rank	Total Inductees
1. Mississippi	267	t-9	8
2. West Virginia	217	t-21	4
3. Pennsylvania	211	2	27
4. Ohio	189	3	22
5. Kansas	172	t-17	5
6. Louisiana	171	t-9	8
7. Arkansas	168	t-17	5
8. Nebraska	158	t-25	3
9. Alabama	144	t-11	7
10. Oklahoma	128	t-17	5
11. Virginia	119	7	10
12. Wisconsin	117	t-11	7
13. South Dakota	116	t-34	1
14. Texas	109	1	30
15. Illinois	101	5	13
16. Missouri	99	t-15	6
17. Montana	97	t-34	1
18. New Mexico	96	t-30	2
19. Georgia	88	8	9
20. Connecticut	84	t-25	3
21. Tennessee	76	t-17	5
22. Minnesota	73	t-21	4
23. North Carolina	70	t-11	7
24. Kentucky	68	t-25	3
25. New Jersey	67.0	t-15	6
26. Utah	66.8	t-30	2
27. Idaho	60	t-34	1
28. Massachusetts	59	t-21	4
29. Florida	54	6	11
30. California	49	4	19
31. Indiana	45	t-25	3
32. Washington	42	t-25	3
33. South Carolina	41	t-30	2
34. Michigan	40	t-21	4
35. New York	35	t-11	7
36. Arizona	29	t-30	2
37. Oregon	25	t-34	1
38. Colorado	18	t-34	1

 

[OldSchoolLion]

Florida will move up to 14 HOF'ers this year with Edgerrin James, wr Isaac Bruce, and OG Steve Hutchinson joining.  Safety Troy Polamalu gives California its 20th HOF'er and safety Steve Atwater gives MIssouri its 7th HOF'er.  

 

[nolebull813]

Harold Carmichael made it too 

[nolebull813]

Polamalu was born in Cali but moved to Oregon when he was 8. Played youth football,  middle and high school in Oregon. 

 What is the standard for a state to claim a person?

[OldSchoolLion]

2 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

Polamalu was born in Cali but moved to Oregon when he was 8. Played youth football,  middle and high school in Oregon. 

 What is the standard for a state to claim a person?

"The data below represents the place each player was born, not necessarily where they grew up and/or played hs football."

[OldSchoolLion]

2 hours ago, nolebull813 said:

Harold Carmichael made it too 

Yes...I only included the modern era players in my previous post...here's the seniors

Harold Carmichael-FL

Jim Covert-PA

Bobby Dillon-TX

Cliff Harris-AR

Winston Hill-TX

Alex Karras-IN

Donnie Shell-SC

Duke Slater-IL

Mac Speedie-IL 

Ed Sprinkle-TX

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[OldSchoolLion]

So, looks like IL and FL wIll be tied for 5th.  I think FL could move up to #2 in years to come behind TX   

[gatorman-uf]

Are PA and Ohio so high because they started earlier? I mean due to the fact that they had 5 teams, the Big 10 as larger more consistent force than the SEC and ACC in the 60s, 70, and 80s, where that cycled down to the colleges and high schools?

In the next 15 years, we would expect more Florida, Texas, California, Louisiana, and Georgia right, just in terms of raw HOFers?

[OldSchoolLion]

18 hours ago, gatorman-uf said:

Are PA and Ohio so high because they started earlier? I mean due to the fact that they had 5 teams, the Big 10 as larger more consistent force than the SEC and ACC in the 60s, 70, and 80s, where that cycled down to the colleges and high schools?

In the next 15 years, we would expect more Florida, Texas, California, Louisiana, and Georgia right, just in terms of raw HOFers?

In a manner of speaking, yes.  Ohio has relatively few HOF'ers in the modern era.  PA has been blessed with some incredible qb's, which really helped their numbers, ie Namath, Unitas, Blanda, Merino, Kelly.

Although Coral Gables and Miami High brought some press to FL in the early days, I would say that FL really didn't become known as a football state until 40 years or so ago.    

[Harleyrider17]

On 6/15/2020 at 5:59 PM, OldSchoolLion said:

In a manner of speaking, yes.  Ohio has relatively few HOF'ers in the modern era.  PA has been blessed with some incredible qb's, which really helped their numbers, ie Namath, Unitas, Blanda, Merino, Kelly.

Although Coral Gables and Miami High brought some press to FL in the early days, I would say that FL really didn't become known as a football state until 40 years or so ago.    

You forgot one of the best QBs of all time Montana from PA