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Where every active NFL player went to high school

February 5, 2013 by MaxPreps, AZPreps365


National Signing Day is here and once again Texas leads the way with the most Division I recruits.

See state-by-state breakdown

But does that mean the Lone Star State sends the most talent to the NFL? Below is a detailed breakdown of where every active NFL player went to high school. Check out the map, top high schools with the most alumni, and a state-by-state list of every player.
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
Top high schools
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) - 10
Deep Creek (Chesapeake, Va.) - 5
DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) - 5
DeSoto (De Soto, Texas) - 5
Destrehan (Destrehan, La.) - 5
Elder (Cincinnati) - 5
Glades Central (Belle Glade, Fla.) - 5
Glenville (Cleveland) - 5
Long Beach Poly (Calif.) - 5
Marist (Atlanta, Ga.) - 5
Norland (Miami) - 5
Pahokee (Fla.) - 5
Stephenson (Stone Mountain, Ga.) - 5

Breakdown by State
Click on each state name to get a more detailed look at the individual players and where they went to high school.

Alabama - 55
Alaska - 2
American Samoa - 3
Arizona - 30
Arkansas - 24
Australia - 3
Barbados - 1
California - 268
Canada - 10
Colorado - 10
Connecticut - 24
D.C. - 10
Delaware - 3
Florida - 222
Georgia - 113
Germany - 2
Hawaii - 15
Idaho - 7
Illinois - 50
Indiana - 24
Iowa - 14
Kansas - 19
Kentucky - 19
Louisiana - 75
Maine - 1
Maryland - 31
Massachusetts - 12
Michigan - 49
Minnesota - 16
Mississippi - 37
Missouri - 25
Montana - 10
Nebraska - 18
Nevada - 14
New Hampshire - 1
New Jersey - 66
New Mexico - 5
New York - 31
North Carolina - 56
North Dakota - 0
Ohio - 101
Oklahoma - 24
Oregon - 14
Pennsylvania - 68
Rhode Island - 0
South Carolina - 50
South Dakota - 3
Tennessee - 33
Texas - 235
Utah - 15
Vermont - 0
Virginia - 59
Washington - 27
West Virginia - 3
Wisconsin - 22
Wyoming - 5

Sorted from largest to smallest

Photo by Scott Huber

Matthew Stafford went to Highland Park in Texas.


California - 268
Texas - 235
Florida - 222
Georgia - 113
Ohio - 101
Louisiana - 75
Pennsylvania - 68
New Jersey - 66
Virginia - 59
North Carolina - 56
Alabama - 55
Illinois - 50
South Carolina - 50
Michigan - 49
Mississippi - 37
Tennessee - 33
Maryland - 31
New York - 31
Arizona - 30
Washington - 27
Missouri - 25
Arkansas - 24
Connecticut - 24
Indiana - 24
Oklahoma -  24
Wisconsin - 22
Kansas - 19
Kentucky - 19
Nebraska - 18
Minnesota - 16
Utah - 15
Iowa - 14
Oregon - 14
Massachusetts - 12
Canada - 10
Colorado - 10
D.C. - 10
Montana - 10
Idaho - 7
New Mexico - 5
Wyoming - 5
American Samoa - 3
Australia - 3
Delaware - 3
South Dakota - 3
West Virginia - 3
Alaska - 2
Germany - 2
Barbados - 1
Maine - 1
New Hampshire - 1
North Dakota - 0
Rhode Island - 0
Vermont - 0