So, at this rate Texas is going to do real well in the SEC?

 

 

Why doesn't the massive state of New York have more football talent?

 

How does the state of Oregon have more NFL Draft picks than Arizona, Washington and Mississippi?

 

How did those draft picks get out of Oregon?

 

Trying to keep them here

is harder than it looks...

Yeah both #1 QBs thought of as top Hiesman 🏆 candidates and top picks for next year's NFL draft are from SoCal, playing for tOSU and Alabama. Go figure! 

On 5/7/2022 at 4:43 PM, Charles Fischer said:

Why doesn't the massive state of New York have more football talent?

After Gronk graduated from Williamsville North HS in upstate NY they all threw up their hands, said "the hell with it" and went back to finishing the NYT Sunday Crossword.

Three years isn't long enough to really question the general narrative; but, the scorecard the last 3 NFL drafts IS interesting:

 

Draft Picks by state (2020-2022):

 

Oregon: 13

Washington: 9

Arizona: 7

 

2020:

 

Oregon (3): Ben Bartch (Blanchet), Blake Brandel (Central Ca), Justin Herbert (Sheldon)

 

Washington (5): Ezra Cleveland (Bethel), Evan Weaver (Gonz), Jacob Eason (Lake St), Jake Luton (Marys-Pil), Shane Lemieux (W Valley)

 

Arizona (3): Dustin Woodard (Chandler), Kyle Hinton (Liberty), Austin Jackson (N Canyon)

 

 

2021:

 

Oregon (6): Marlon Tuipulotu (Central), Brady Breeze (Central Ca), Talanoa Hufanga (Crescent V), Osa Odighizuwa (D Douglas), John Bates (Lebanon), Elijah Molden (West L)

 

Washington (1): Joe Tryon (Hazen)

 

Arizona (1): Roy Lopez (Mesquite)

 

 

2022:

 

Oregon (4): Cole Turner (Clack), Teagan Quitoriano (Sprague), Daniel Hardy (Valley Ca), Samori Toure (Westview)

 

Washington (3): Kyler Gordon (Ar Murphy), Abraham Lucas (Ar Murphy), Cade Otton (Tum)

 

Arizona (3): Chase Lucas (Chandler), DJ Davidson (Desert Ridge), Brock Purdy (Perry)

 

 

Holy Crap!  Oregon only had two of the 13 come to Eugene?  Geez...

 

BTW...fantastic research, and thanks for taking the time to shed light on this AnotherOD.

And the FPI has UT ranked No. 6 in the nation? Another school that did not = the hype in the draft was Texas A+M.