Importance of Recruiting CA, FL & TX Athletes Even More Obvious
Maybe Paul Hornung was on to something...
I recently came across a ranking of states in terms of production of NFL players and found that the State of Nebraska ranks a mediocre t29 with 14 players in the NFL. However, compared to the state's population rank of 38, there is some increase seen as a result of being home to a football powerhouse.
The point is to further state the importance of Callahan and Co. recruiting not only out of the State of Nebraska, but out of the region, as the states of California (199 players), Florida (179) and Texas(176) led the list, with Georgia and Ohio rounding out the Top 5.
Nebraska's bordering states ranked as follows: Iowa (t20), Missouri (t20), Colorado (t26), Kansas (t31), South Dakota (t42).
Surprises?
- Missouri has the same amount of players in the NFL as football-crazed Oklahoma.
- The third-largest state, New York, has only the 18th-most players in the NFL (31 players). Likely reason: NYC not a football hotbed - obvious I suppose.
I recently came across a ranking of states in terms of production of NFL players and found that the State of Nebraska ranks a mediocre t29 with 14 players in the NFL. However, compared to the state's population rank of 38, there is some increase seen as a result of being home to a football powerhouse.
The point is to further state the importance of Callahan and Co. recruiting not only out of the State of Nebraska, but out of the region, as the states of California (199 players), Florida (179) and Texas(176) led the list, with Georgia and Ohio rounding out the Top 5.
Nebraska's bordering states ranked as follows: Iowa (t20), Missouri (t20), Colorado (t26), Kansas (t31), South Dakota (t42).
Surprises?
- Missouri has the same amount of players in the NFL as football-crazed Oklahoma.
- The third-largest state, New York, has only the 18th-most players in the NFL (31 players). Likely reason: NYC not a football hotbed - obvious I suppose.
posted by Anonymous at 7:30 PM
1 Comments:
I was expecting more in this post after your in-depth numerical analysis concerning the T.V. station. Can we get a ranking on NFL/Population ratio? This would help us find where Nebraska really compares.
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