College football recruiting: State-by-state talent output in 2023
If you were to associate each state with a sport, some would be easy while others would be a bit more difficult. In the Hoosier state they often speak that “basketball was born in Massachusetts but was raised in Indiana”.
Meanwhile, just to the south you seemingly can’t drive a mile on a local Kentucky road without passing a street named for either a race horse, a horse track, or with some kind of horse racing theme.
And then there is Texas. Not only is everything bigger there but the hit book/movie/TV show Friday Night Lights was based there for a reason. We obviously like football all over but simply put – it’s done differently there.
So where does the talent in college football come from? Although we’ve had an idea, On3 broke down by state where all of their top 300 recruits in the 2023 recruiting class hail from. A quick look at this shows why it’s such a big deal for Notre Dame that wide receivers coach Chansi Stuckey has been able to quickly develop an inroads to Texas.
Here is how many of On3’s top 300 recruits in 2023 came from each of the 50 states as well as Washington, D.C.
0 Top 300 Recruits - 15 states
15 states had no players show up on On3’s top 300 list of 2023. Those states are:
Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
1 Top 300 Recruit - 7 States
Seven states had one player show up on On3’s top 300 list of 2023. Those states are:
Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, and West Virginia.
2 Top 300 Recruits - 7 States
Seven states had two players show up on On3’s top 300 list of 2023. Those states are:
Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington
22nd. 3 Top 300 Recruits - Washington, D.C.
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T-17. 4 Top 300 Recruits - Iowa
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T-17. 4 Top 300 Recruits - Illinois
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T-17. 4 Top 300 Recruits - Tennessee
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T-17. 4 Top 300 Recruits - Pennsylvania
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T-17. 4 Top 300 Recruits - Massachusetts
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T-14. 5 Top 300 Recruits - South Carolina
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T-14. 5 Top 300 Recruits - Michigan
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T-14. 5 Top 300 Recruits - Maryland
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13. 6 Top 300 Recruits - Mississippi
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T-11. 7 Top 300 Recruits - New Jersey
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T-11. 7 Top 300 Recruits - Arizona
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10. 8 Top 300 Recruits - Missouri
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9. 9 Top 300 Recruits - North Carolina
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T-7. 10 Top 300 Recruits - Virginia
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T-7. 10 Top 300 Recruits - Ohio
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6. 15 Top 300 Recruits - Louisiana
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5. 19 Top 300 Recruits - Alabama
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4. 22 Top 300 Recruits - California
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3. 32 Top 300 Recruits - Georgia
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2. 44 Top 300 Recruits - Florida
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1. 54 Top 300 Recruits - Texas
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