Story at espn... http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=communityfbLA Louisiana #5 for college ball.... #7 for high school football... not bad!!
College football in Louisiana is good because the high school programs are great. If you look at the states that are ranked ahead of us in the high school category you'll notice one thing. They all have huge populations compared to LA. If you look at the number of Division-1 scholarships and NFL players proportionate to population, you'll find Louisiana and Mississippi near the top almost every year. Fortunately LSU doesn't have much in-state competition for recruits. We just need to keep the top players from leaving. Warrick Dunn / FSU Marshall Faulk / San Diego State Peyton Manning / Tennessee Eli Manning / Ole Miss John David Booty / USC Travis Minor / FSU Kordell Stewart / Colorado Reggie Wayne / Miami Ike Hilliard / Florida
I guess I was a little shocked we were rated above Alabama in college football, with Bama having 75 national titles and all.
I thought our overall rating could have been higher, because Lord knows how crazy we are for football. That said, I think we did damn good because when you look at it per capita, we are clearly football mad. All of those states ranked ahead of us have more people, some a helluva lot more people. Not bad for us. :thumb:
States with the most NFL players by number: California (199) Florida (179) Texas (176) Georgia (90) Ohio (78) Louisiana (76) Pennsylvania (58) Michigan (50) Virginia (49) South Carolina (48) States with the most NFL players per capita: 1. Louisiana - 1 N.F.L. player per 58,802 people 2. South Carolina - 1 N.F.L. player per 83,584 people 3. Florida - 1 N.F.L. player per 89,287 people 4. Georgia - 1 N.F.L. player per 90,961 people 5. Texas - 1 N.F.L. player per 118,476 people 6. Virginia - 1 N.F.L. player per 144,460 people 7. Ohio - 1 N.F.L. player per 145,553 people 8. California - 1 N.F.L. player per 170,209 people 9. Michigan - 1 N.F.L. player per 198,769 people 10. Pennsylvania - 1 N.F.L. player per 211,742 people This info came from here. http://www.dawgsports.com/story/2006/7/6/215838/4402 Not sure how reliable that site is, but I have no reason to think they would lie...so take it for what its worth.
