NFL Draft Top Prospects: What State Are They From?

Across this great nation of ours, people debate which state has the best high school teams, and produces the best talent. Texas, Florida, and California are usually a top most people's lists, and New Jersey and Pennsylvania are extremely underrated, in my opinion. So, I've decided to use draftcountdown.com's top 100prospects list and see where the top players in this year's draft went to high school.

Alabama(1)-
Renaldo McClain MLB Alabama

Arizona(1)-
Everson Griffin DE USC

Arkansas(1)-
Damian Williams WR USC

California(13)-
Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame
Mike Iupati OG Idaho (Originally from America Samoa)
Javid Best RB California
Brian Price DT UCLA
Ryan Matthews RB Fresno State
Charles Brown OT USC
Koa Misi OLB Utah
Lamarr Houston DT Texas
Ed Dickson TE Oregon
Toby Gerhart RB Stanford
Donovan Warren CB Michigan
Anthony McCoy TE USC
Dennis Pitta TE BYU

Connecticut(3)-
Vladimir Ducasse OT Massachusetts (Originally from Hati)
Aaron Hernandez TE Florida
Amari Spievey CB Iowa

Florida(13)-
Jason Pierre-Paul DE South Florida
C.J. Spiller RB Clemson
Terrance Cody DT Alabama
Patrick Robinson CB Florida State
Maurkice Pouncey C Florida
Nate Allen S South Florida
Mardy Gilyard WR Cincinnati
Geno Atkins DT Georgia
Javier Arenas CB Alabama
Dexter McCluster RB/WR Ole Miss
Tim Tebow QB Florida
Jacoby Ford WR Clemson (Also played HS ball in Virginia)
George Selvie DE South Florida

Georgia(6)-
Eric Berry FS Tennessee
Demaryius Thomas WR Georgia Tech
Jonathan Dwyer RB Georgia Tech
Eric Norwood OLB South Carolina (Originally from California)
Morgan Burnett S Georgia Tech
Reshad Jones S Georgia

Hawaii(1)-
Tyson Alualu DT California

Illinois(1)-
Bryan Bulaga OT Iowa

Louisiana(3)-
Chad Jones FS LSU
D'Anthony Smith DT Louisiana Tech (Originally from Germany)
Selvish Capers OT West Virginia

Maryland(2)-
Joe Hadden CB Florida
Navorro Bowman OLB Penn State

Michigan(2)-
Brandon Graham DE Michigan
Jared Veldheer OT Hillside

Minnesota(1)-
Eric Decker WR Minnesota

Mississippi(1)-
Alex Carrington DE Arkansas State

New Jersey(5)-
Anthony Davis OT Rutgers
Kyle Wilson CB Boise State
Corey Wootton DE Northwestern

Jerome Murphy CB South Florida
Jason Worilds DE Virginia Tech

New York(3)-
Devin McCourty CB Rutgers
Arthur Jones DT Syracuse
Jermaine Cunningham DE Florida

North Carolina(4)-
Brandon Spikes MLB Florida
Brandon Ghee CB Wake Forest
Jimmy Graham TE Miami
Montario Hardesty RB Tennessee

Ohio(2)-
Rodger Saffold OG Indiana
Lindsey Witten DE Connecticut

Oklahoma(5)-
Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma
Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma
Jermaine Gresham TE Oklahoma
Dominique Franks CB Oklahoma
Riley Cooper WR Florida

Oregon(1)-
Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska

Pennsylvania(4)-
Derrick Morgan DE Georgia Tech
Jared Odrick DT Penn State
Rob Grankowski TE Arizona (Originally from New York)
Sean Lee MLB Penn State

South Carolina(3)-
Carlos Dunlap DE Florida
Rickey Sapp OLB Clemson
Andre Roberts WR Citadel

Tennessee(3)-
Dan Williams DT Tennessee
Golden Tate WR Notre Dame
Greg Hardy DE Ole Miss

Texas(15)-
Dez Bryant WR Oklahoma State
Russell Okung OT Oklahoma State
Trent Williams OT Oklahoma
Sergio Kindle OLB Texas (Originally from California)
Sean Weatherspoon OLB Missouri (Originally from S.Carolina)
Earl Thomas FS Texas
Brandon LaFell WR LSU
Perrish Cox CB Oklahoma State
Jerry Hughes DE TCU
Daryl Washington MLB TCU
J.D. Walton C Baylor (Originally from Oklahoma)
Colt McCoy QB Texas (Originally from New Mexico)
Dezmon Briscoe WR Kansas
Jason Fox OT Miami
Jordan Shipley WR Texas

Virginia(4)-
Bruce Campbell OT Maryland (Originally from Connecticut)
Kareem Jackson CB Alabama (Originally from Georgia)
Larry Asante S Nebraska
Jeremy Williams WR Tulane

Washington(1)-
Taylor Mays SS USC

Washington DC(1)-
Arrelious Benn WR Illinois

• 41% of the Top 100 players in this years draft are from California, Florida, or Texas.
• New Jersey ranks 5th.
• Pennsylvania is tied for 7th.
• Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri,Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming do not have a player on the list.