NFL players per capita. The great state of LA is right up there! http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040822/SPORTS06/40822006/1025
A more important stat State NFL players NFL players per million population 1. Mississippi 49 17.06 2. Louisiana 74 16.51 3. South Carolina 52 12.66 4. Hawaii 15 12.05 5. Florida 187 11.19 6. Georgia 94 10.98 7. Alabama 44 9.81 8. Texas 181 8.31 9. Nebraska 13 7.52 10. Iowa 22 7.49 Those PRO stats don't mean squat when it comes to College FB. These stats do. The TOP 10 in sheer numbers for Div 1-A scholarships. These stats are: STATE/number of players who signed a Division 1-A scholarship/%of national total/# of total HS players/ratio/rank Why would you count population instead of against # of HS FB players when going per capita? Quality is measured against number of football players Florida leads ... Louisiana is second only because of a "down" year in the state 1. Texas 314 14%-------->157,778 total players---->1/502---->Rank 17th 2. Florida 287 12.8%------>35,967 total players----->1/125---->Rank 1st 3. California 230 10.2%---->95,504------------------>1/415---->Rank 13th 4. Ohio 142 6.3%---------->43,980------------------>1/310---->Rank 9th 5. Georgia 134 6%--------->25,402------------------>1/190---->Rank 4th 6. Louisiana 101 5%-------->16,108------------------>1/159---->Rank 2nd 7. Pennsylvania 82 3.7%---->24,480------------------>1/299---->Rank 8th 8. Alabama 80 3.6%-------->21,301------------------>1/266---->Rank 7th 9. Michigan 73 3.3%-------->unknown--------------->not ranked in Top 20 10. New Jersey 59 2.6%----->23,900----------------->1/405---->Rank 12th 16. Mississippi 35 1.5%------>unknown-------------->not ranked in Top 20 Mississippi (ranks # 16) with a paltry (35) players to have signed a Div-1A scholarship this past year. They cannot even be found in the Top 20 rankings and have a ratio of over 1/600+ ... or less than 1 in every 600 Mississippi HS FB players signs an NCAA Div 1-A scholarship ... THAT SUX BIGTIME :dis: On the other hand, amazingly, 1 in every 125 Florida players signs a Div 1-A scholarship :thumb: And, Louisiana is right there 1/159 ... Georgia 1/190 So, where's the TALENT? It's amazing to see the number of California kids who play (almost 3 times as many as Florida), yet California players get fewer scholarships. It's all about Quality! Florida, Louisiana & Georgia are 1,2,3 ... The simple truth
