Which States Produced the Most Draft Picks?

[Porked Tongue]

https://twitter.com/usafootball/status/727203525495672832

[PEtrader]

Law of numbers and what not.

[Torqued pork]

Illinois is a little surprising to me.

[Razorfox]

To be fair, the population of those states accounts for about 40% of the total population of the country. 

[Atlhogfan1]

1/2 the SEC footprint.  Not surprising.  Expand it and our region dominates.  Too bad much of our SEC competition is in those states. 

[LSUFan]

95% of statistics are true, who cares about the other 20%?

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Law of numbers and what not.

In some cases, in others, some surprises. Let's narrow it down and look at who was drafted in the first 3 rounds (superior talent) of the NFL Draft from 2011 through 2015 (5 years) and where they came from.

QB's: Texas 7, Florida 3, California 3.
RB's: Florida 7, Texas 4, California 3, Illinois 3.
WR's: Florida 10, California 8, Texas 7.
TE's: Texas 5, California 3.
OL: California 10, Texas 9, Florida 8, Georgia 5, Wisconsin 5.

DB's: Florida 17, California 14, Texas 8, Louisiana 7.
LB's: Georgia 8, California 8, Florida 6.
DT's: Florida 5, California 4, Texas 3, Pennsylvania 3, Ohio 3, Michigan 3.
DE's: Jr. College 7, Georgia 5, Florida 4, S. Carolina 4.

Not many surprises, but some.

[Dr. Starcs]

What's great about those 8 Texas qb's is none of em went to UTerus

[PorkSoda]

Jr College is a state?

[passinghog]

Look at all the speed positions (RB, WR, DB) and see how many are from Florida. This is why we should never abandon recruiting in that state...

[hawgXi]

also interesting looking at the production that illinois & ohio are putting up & watching CBB, enos, and anderson all reaching out to prospects from big 10 country.

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Jr College is a state?

A departure point for those who had to go that route. I have to admit that I was surprised by the number of DE's that came from JC that went in the first 3 rounds of the draft. Why so many from that position and not so many from others? The next closest out of JC were O-Linemen with 4 and WR's and DB's with 3 each. There were zero QB's or TE's.

[DLUXHOG]

Law of numbers and what not.

State              Rank          Population
California          1             38,332,521 
Texas               2             26,448,193 
New York          3            19,651,127 
Florida              4            19,552,860 
Illinois              5            12,882,135 
Pennsylvania     6            12,773,801 
Ohio                 7            11,570,808 
Georgia             8             9,992,167 
Michigan            9             9,895,622 
North Carolina  10             9,848,060 

Possibly a big part of it, however.... why?? isn't New York in the hunt?    They are the 4th most populous state....

[longpig]

Law of numbers and what not.

Not necessarily, N.C., Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania are top ten in population but not in number of players drafted.  Culture has a lot to do with it.

[longpig]

also interesting looking at the production that illinois & ohio are putting up & watching CBB, enos, and anderson all reaching out to prospects from big 10 country.

I always figured lots of kids from these states and the rest of the midwest would go to Mizzou to play football in the SEC and be closer to home, but they don't. 

[LSUFan]

Not necessarily, N.C., Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania are top ten in population but not in number of players drafted.  Culture has a lot to do with it.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

[PEtrader]

State              Rank          Population
California          1             38,332,521 
Texas               2             26,448,193 
New York          3            19,651,127 
Florida              4            19,552,860 
Illinois              5            12,882,135 
Pennsylvania     6            12,773,801 
Ohio                 7            11,570,808 
Georgia             8             9,992,167 
Michigan            9             9,895,622 
North Carolina  10             9,848,060 

Possibly a big part of it, however.... why?? isn't New York in the hunt?    They are the 4th most populous state....

Football isn't as big of a deal.

[Atlhogfan1]

There is that other reason too that goes beyond just population especially as it relates to the SEC footprint:

In terms of %, 7 of the top 11 SEC states.

Percentage of population self-reported as African-American by state in 2010:
     
% African-American

1 Mississippi 1,074,200 37.30%
2 Louisiana 1,506,534 32.4%
3 Georgia 3,150,435 31.4%
4 Maryland 1,798,593 30.1%
5 South Carolina 1,290,684 28.48%
6 Alabama 1,251,311 26.38%
7 North Carolina 2,048,628 21.60%
8 Delaware 191,814 20.95%
9 Virginia 1,551,399 19.91%
10 Tennessee 1,055,689 16.78%
11 Florida 2,999,862 15.91%
12 Arkansas 449,895 15.76%
13 New York 3,073,800 15.18%
14 Illinois 1,866,414 14.88%
15 New Jersey 1,204,826 14.46%


In terms of population, all 6 of those top draft pick states are in the top 11 with 5 in the top 7.

African-American Alone
Population (2010)[1]

3 Georgia 3,150,435 31.4%
13 New York 3,073,800 15.18%
11 Florida 2,999,862 15.91%
18 Texas 2,979,598 11.91%
28 California 2,299,072 6.67%
7 North Carolina 2,048,628 21.60%
14 Illinois 1,866,414 14.88%
4 Maryland 1,798,593 30.1%
9 Virginia 1,551,399 19.91%
2 Louisiana 1,506,534 32.4%
17 Ohio 1,407,681 12.04%

[Porked Tongue]

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[The_Bionic_Pig]

Look at all the speed positions (RB, WR, DB) and see how many are from Florida. This is why we should never abandon recruiting in that state...

They haven't.... Arkansas coaches still have a presence here... Not anything as active as 2013 but they still recruit.