By Jason Hickman
MaxPreps.com
The NFL Draft has been examined from every possible angle over the past several weeks - except possibly one. Where did the 255 selections from the weekend's talent show play their high school football?
As usual, a steady flow of players from California, Florida, and Texas heard their names called Saturday and Sunday.
California led the way with 36 players taken, followed by Florida and Texas with 27 and 26, respectively. That trio's combined 89 draftees comprise almost 35 percent of the 2007 draft class. Adding fourth-place Ohio's 18, over 40 percent of the names called came from four states.
Georgia (11), Louisiana (11), Alabama (10), South Carolina (10), and Virginia (10) round out the list of states that produced 10 or more draft picks.
A surprising number of high schools produced more than one NFL-bound prospect this year. Miami's Norland High and Evangel Christian of Shreveport, La., each cranked out three draft picks, while 11 other programs had two draftees; Butler (Huntsville, Ala.), Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.), Palm Bay (Melbourne, Fla.), Rickards (Tallahassee, Fla.), Dacula (Ga.), DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.), Northern Durham (Durham, N.C.), Coffman (Dublin, Ohio), Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio), Wilson (Florence, S.C.), and Denton Ryan (Texas).
Cleveland Glenville's combination of Ted Ginn, Jr. - the ninth overall pick by Miami - and Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith - taken by Baltimore in the fifth round - are the most high-profile pair of former teammates.
The following is a complete state-by-state breakdown of the NFL Draft from a high school perspective.
NFL Draft 2007 Breakdown
High School
Player, Position, College (Round Drafted)
Alabama
Butler
Kenneth Darby, RB, Alabama (7)
Ramzee Robinson, CB, Alabama (7)
Carrollton
Courtney Taylor, WR, Auburn (6)
Elmore County
Ben Grubbs, OG, Auburn (1)
Lee
Amobi Okoye, DT, Louisville (1)
McAdory
Johnny Baldwin, LB, Alabama A&M (5)
Opelika
Will Herring, LB, Auburn (5)
Russellville
Arron Sears, OL, Tennessee (2)
Tuscaloosa County
Le'Ron McClain, FB, Alabama (4)
Williamson
JaMarcus Russell, QB, Louisiana State (1)
American Samoa
Leone
Melila Purcell, DL, Hawaii (6)
Nuuuli
Paul Soliai, DT, Utah (4)
Samoana
Matt Toeaina, DT, Oregon (6)
Arizona
Desert Vista
Zach Miller, TE, Arizona State (2)
Mountain View
John Beck, QB, Brigham Young (2)
Paradise Valley
Joel Filani, WR, Texas Tech (6)
Arkansas
Junction City
Kevin Payne, S/P, Louisiana-Monroe (5)
McClellan
Keith Jackson, DT, Arkansas (7)
Parkview
Jamaal Anderson, DE, Arkansas (1)
Stuttgart
Oren O'Neal, FB, Arkansas State (6)
California
Alta Loma
Eric Weddle, S, Utah (2)
Archbishop Riordan
Eric Wright, CB, Nevada-Las Vegas (2)
Avenal
Paul Williams, WR, Fresno State (3)
Bishop Amat
Ryan Smith, CB, Florida (6)
Crenshaw
Daymeion Hughes, CB, California (3)
Brandon Mebane, DT, California (3)
De La Salle
Derek Landri, DT, Notre Dame (5)
Edison (Stockton)
Chris Henry, RB, Arizona (2)
Fairfield
Desmond Bishop, LB, California (6)
Foothill (Santa Ana)
Adam Koets, OL, Oregon State (6)
Granite Bay
Dallas Sartz, LB, USC (5)
Gunderson
James Jones, WR, San Jose State (3)
Hawthorne
Cameron Stephenson, OL, Rutgers (5)
Indio
Oscar Lua, LB, USC (7)
Lincoln (San Diego)
Dwayne Wright, RB, Fresno State (4)
Los Gatos
Trent Edwards, QB, Stanford (3)
Marina
Adam Hayward, LB/S, Portland State (6)
Mira Costa
Michael Okwo, LB, Stanford (3)
Mission San Jose
Justin Medlock, K, UCLA (5)
Mission Viejo
Jordan Palmer, QB, Texas-El Paso (6)
Narbonne
Dashon Goldson, S, Washington (4)
Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)
Nick Folk, K, Arizona (6)
Oak Grove
Eric Frampton, S, Washington State (5)
Oak Ridge
Tyler Ecker, TE, Michigan (7)
Oakland Tech
Marshawn Lynch, RB, California (1)
Rancho Cordova
Marcus McCauley, CB, Fresno State (3)
Rancho Cucamonga
Gerald Alexander, DB, Boise State (2)
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Jason Hill, WR, Washington State (3)
Servite
Ryan Kalil, OL, USC (2)
St. Bonaventure
Lorenzo Booker, RB, Florida State (3)
St. Mary's
Courtney Brown, CB, Cal Poly (7)
Taft
Steve Smith, WR, USC (2)
Tehachapi
Chris Denman, OL, Fresno State (7)
Tokay
Reagan Mauia, FB, Hawaii (6)
Tulare
Zach Diles, LB, Kansas State (7)
Vista
Leon Hall, CB, Michigan (1)
Colorado
Highland Ranch
Kasey Studdard, OL, Texas (6)
Connecticut
New Britain
Justise Hairston, RB, Central Connecticut State (6)
Florida
Apopka
Brandon Meriweather, S, Miami (1)
Atlantic
David Clowney, WR, Virginia Tech (5)
Blanche Ely
Clint Sessions, LB, Pittsburgh (4)
Boca Raton
Sabby Piscitelli, S, Oregon State (2)
Booker
Baraka Atkins, DE, Miami (4)
Chaminade-Madonna
Jon Beason, LB, Miami (1)
Edgewater
Mike Walker, WR, Central Florida (3)
Evans
Brandon Siler, LB, Florida (7)
Glades Central
Ray McDonald, DL, Florida (3)
Lee (Jacksonville)
Stephen Nicholas, LB, South Florida (4)
Lehigh
Mario Henderson, OL, Florida State (3)
Mainland
Buster Davis, LB, Florida State (3)
Mandarin
Marcus Thomas, DT, Florida (4)
Miami Senior
Chandler Williams, WR, Florida International (7)
New Smyrna Beach
Dallas Baker, WR, Florida (7)
Norland
Antwan Barnes, LB, Florida International (4)
Dwayne Bowe, WR, Louisiana State (1)
Kareem Brown, DT, Miami (4)
Palm Bay
Joe Cohen, DT, Florida (4)
Reggie Nelson, S, Florida (1)
Plantation
H.B. Blades, LB, Pittsburgh (6)
Rickards
William Gay, CB, Louisville (5)
Kolby Smith, RB, Louisville (5)
Rockledge
Laurent Robinson, WR, Illinois State (3)
St. Petersburg Catholic
Chris Davis, WR, Florida State (4)
Tate
Brannon Condren, S, Troy (4)
Westwood
Yamon Figurs, WR, Kansas State (3)
Georgia
Brookwood
Mansfield Wrotto, OL, Georgia Tech (4)
Cedar Shoals
Quentin Moses, DE, Georgia (3)
Dacula
David Irons, CB, Auburn (6)
Kenny Irons, RB, Auburn (2)
Hawkinsville
Charles Johnson, DE, Georgia (3)
Jenkins
Ben Patrick, TE, Delaware (7)
Northside (Warner Robins)
Chansi Stuckey, WR, Clemson (7)
Sandy Creek
Calvin Johnson, WR, Georgia Tech (1)
Villa Rica
Ken Shackleford, OL, Georgia (6)
Warner Robins
Mike Richardson, CB, Notre Dame (6)
West Hall
Martrez Milner, TE, Georgia (4)
Hawaii
Kailua
Samson Satele, OL, Hawaii (2)
Kalaheo
Ikaika Alama-Francis, DE, Hawaii (2)
Idaho
Eagle
Derek Schouman, FB, Boise State (7)
Glenns Ferry
Korey Hall, LB, Boise State (6)
Illinois
Holy Cross
Garrett Wolfe, RB, Northern Illinois (3)
Kenwood
Quincy Black, LB/DB, New Mexico (3)
St. Patrick
Dan Santucci, OL, Notre Dame (7)
Stevenson
Drew Mormino, OL, Central Michigan (6)
Indiana
Bishop Luers
Anthony Spencer, DE, Purdue (1)
Brebeuf Jesuit
James Marten, OL, Boston College (3)
Maconaquah
Michael Otto, OL, Purdue (7)
Iowa
Anamosa
Marshall Yanda, OL, Iowa (3)
Wahlert
Aaron Brant, OL, Iowa State (7)
Western Dubuque
Mike Elgin, OL, Iowa (7)
Kansas
Washburn Rural
Trey Lewis, OL/DL, Washburn (6)
Kentucky
Male
Michael Bush, RB, Louisville (4)
Louisiana
Abramson
Jacoby Jones, WR, Lane (3)
Catholic (Baton Rouge)
Brandon Harrison, S, Stanford (5)
Christian Life Academy
Rufus Alexander, LB, Oklahoma (6)
Evangel Christian
Keyunta Dawson, DE, Texas Tech (7)
Chase Pittman, DE, Louisiana State (7)
Jonathan Wade, CB, Tennessee (3)
Hahnville
LaRon Landry, S, Louisiana State (1)
Jesuit
Corey Hilliard, OL, Oklahoma State (6)
Mangham
Johnathan Holland, WR, Louisiana Tech (7)
Port Barre
Marvin White, S, Texas Christian (4)
Walker
Craig Davis, WR, Louisiana State (1)
Maryland
Bullis School
Tanard Jackson, CB, Syracuse (4)
DeMatha
Jacob Bender, OL, Nicholls State (6)
Josh Wilson, CB, Maryland (2)
The Gilman School
Victor Abiamiri, DE, Notre Dame (2)
Largo
Usama Young, CB, Kent State (3)
Northwestern
Chad Nkang, LB/S, Elon (7)
Massachusetts
Phillips Academy
Zak DeOssie, DE, Brown, (4)
Michigan
Arthur Hill
Clifton Ryan, DT, Michigan State (5)
Clarenceville
Tim Shaw, LB, Penn State (5)
DePorres
Alan Ball, CB, Illinois (7)
Harrison
Drew Stanton, QB, Michigan State (2)
McBain
Dan Bazuin, DE, Central Michigan (2)
Ottawa Hills
David Harris, LB, Michigan (2)
Rockford
Joe Staley, OL, Central Michigan (1)
Saginaw
LaMarr Woodley, DE, Michigan (2)
Minnesota
Cretin-Derham Hall
Ryan Harris, OL, Notre Dame (3)
St. Michael-Albertville
Matt Spaeth, TE, Minnesota (3)
Mississippi
Clarksdale
Trumaine McBride, CB, Mississippi (7)
Collins
Brandon McDonald, CB, Memphis (5)
Horn Lake
Brandon Jackson, RB, Nebraska (2)
Leland
Antonio Johnson, DT, Mississippi State (5)
Missouri
East Newton
Allen Barbre, OL, Missouri Southern State (4)
Nebraska
Elkhorn
Jay Moore, DE, Nebraska (4)
Nevada
McQueen
Jeff Rowe, QB, Nevada (5)
New Jersey
New Brunswick
Dwayne Jarrett, WR, USC (2)
Orange
Jay Alford, DT, Penn State (3)
Southern Regional
Clark Harris, TE, Rutgers (7)
Wayne Hills
Greg Olsen, TE, Miami (1)
Wilson
Turk McBride, DE, Tennessee (2)
New Mexico
Cibola
Alan Branch, DT, Michigan (2)
New York
Amsterdam
Josh Beekman, OL, Boston College (4)
Carroll (Buffalo)
Corey Graham, CB, New Hampshire (5)
Gouverneur
Brian Leonard, FB, Rutgers (2)
Hudson
Rashad Barksdale, CB, Albany (6)
Lockport
Daren Stone, S, Maine (6)
North Rockland
Kelvin Smith, LB, Syracuse (7)
Pittsford
Adam Podlesh, P, Maryland (4)
North Carolina
Brown
Aundrae Allison, WR, East Carolina (5)
East Duplin
Greg Peterson, DE, North Carolina Central (5)
Hoke County
C.J. Gaddis, S, Clemson (5)
Northern Durham
A.J. Davis, CB, North Carolina State (4)
Josh Gattis, S, Wake Forest (5)
Smith (Fayetteville)
DeMarcus Tyler, DT, North Carolina State (3)
Southeast Raleigh
Leroy Harris, OL, North Carolina State (4)
Ohio
Boardman
Steve Vallos, OL, Wake Forest (7)
Buchtel
Antonio Pittman, RB, Ohio State (4)
Central Catholic (Toledo)
Ryne Robinson, WR, Miami, Ohio (4)
Coffman
Chinedum Ndukwe, S, Notre Dame (7)
Brady Quinn, QB, Notre Dame (1)
Glenville
Ted Ginn, Jr., WR, Ohio State (1)
Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State (5)
Harding
Prescott Burgess, LB, Michigan (6)
Howland
Doug Datish, OL, Ohio State (6)
LaSalle (Cincinnati)
Brent Celek, TE, Cincinnati (5)
Lyndhurst
Roy Hall, WR, Ohio State (5)
Massillon Washington
Andy Alleman, OL, Akron (3)
Northland
John Bowie, CB, Cincinnati (4)
Piqua
Quinn Pitcock, DT, Ohio State (3)
Reading (Cincinnati)
DeShawn Wynn, RB, Florida (7)
Scioto
Jay Richardson, DE, Ohio State (5)
St. Ignatius
Anthony Gonzalez, WR, Ohio State (1)
St. John's
Brandon Fields, P, Michigan State (7)
Oklahoma
Booker T. Washington
Robert Meachem, WR, Tennessee (1)
Southeast
Abraham Wright, DE, Colorado (7)
Oregon
Churchill
Jordan Kent, WR, Oregon (6)
Dayton
Dante Rosario, TE, Oregon (5)
Franklin
Legedu Naanee, WR, Boise State (5)
Philomath
Kevin Boss, TE, Western Oregon (5)
Pennsylvania
Aliquippa
Darrelle Revis, CB, Pittsburgh (1)
Hopewell
Paul Posluszny, LB, Penn State (2)
Woodland Hills
Steve Breaston, WR, Michigan (5)
Rhode Island
Hope
Deon Anderson, FB, Connecticut (6)
South Carolina
Cambridge Academy
Gaines Adams, DE, Clemson (1)
Fairfield Central
Tyler Thigpen, QB, Coastal Carolina (7)
Gaffney
Sidney Rice, WR, South Carolina (2)
Greenville
David Jones, CB, Wingate (5)
Lake View
Anthony Waters, LB, Clemson (3)
Manning
Fred Bennett, CB, South Carolina (4)
Myrtle Beach
Brandon Frye, OL, Virginia Tech (5)
Summerville
Dustin Fry, OL, Clemson (5)
Wilson
Justin Durant, LB, Hampton (2)
Lawrence Timmons, LB, Florida State (1)
Tennessee
Bruceton Central
Patrick Willis, LB, Mississippi (1)
Cordova
Michael Coe, CB, Alabama State (5)
Melrose
Jacob Ford, DE, Central Arkansas (6)
Westview
Justin Harrell, DT, Tennessee (1)
Texas
Austin Bowie
Michael Griffin, S, Texas (1)
Austin Johnson
Chris Houston, CB, Arkansas (2)
Bryan
Syndric Steptoe, WR, Arizona (7)
Commerce
Justin Rogers, DE, Southern Methodist (6)
Denton Ryan
Jarvis Moss, DE, Florida (1)
Brian Smith, DE, Missouri (4)
Euless Trinity
Ryan McBean, DT, Oklahoma State (4)
Georgetown
Mason Crosby, K, Colorado (6)
Hereford
Andrew Carnahan, OL, Arizona State (7)
Hightower
Herbert Taylor, OL, Texas Christian (6)
Highland Park
Daniel Sepulveda, P, Baylor (4)
John Tyler
Tim Crowder, DE, Texas (2)
Aaron Ross, CB, Texas (1)
Kingwood
John Broussard, WR, San Jose State (7)
Naaman Forest
Uche Nwaneri, OL, Purdue (5)
North Mesquite
Tarell Brown, CB, Texas (5)
Palestine
Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma (1)
Plano East
Justin Blalock, OL, Texas (2)
Pflugerville
Michael Johnson, S, Arizona (7)
Southlake Carroll
Scott Chandler, TE, Iowa (4)
Splendora
Brian Robison, DE, Texas (4)
Stephenville
Kevin Kolb, QB, Houston (2)
Sweeny
Johnnie Lee Higgins, WR, Texas-El Paso (3)
Terrell
C.J. Wilson, DB, Baylor (7)
Westfield
Tony Ugoh, OL, Arkansas (2)
Willowridge
Manuel Ramirez, OL, Texas Tech (4)
Utah
Highland
Stewart Bradley, LB, Nebraska (3)
Lone Peak
C.J. Ah You, DE, Oklahoma (7)
Virginia
Bird
Jason Snelling, RB, Virginia (7)
Centreville
Marcus Hamilton, CB, Virginia (7)
First Colonial
Aaron Rouse, S, Virginia Tech (3)
Graham
Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, Marshall (7)
Granby
Levi Brown, OL, Penn State (1)
King George
Jermon Bushrod, OL, Towson (4)
Lake Taylor
Marvin Mitchell, LB, Tennessee (7)
Mt. Vernon
Thomas Clayton, RB, Kansas State (6)
North Stafford
Nate Ilaoa, RB, Hawaii (7)
Williams
Tony Hunt, RB, Penn State (3)
Washington
Garfield
Isaiah Stanback, QB, Washington (4)
Interlake
Michael Allen, TE, Whitworth (7)
Kennewick
Adam Carriker, DE, Nebraska (1)
Wisconsin
Brookfield Central
Joe Thomas, OL, Wisconsin (1)
Lincoln (Manitowoc)
Doug Free, OL, Northern Illinois (4)
Verona
Derek Stanley, WR, Wisconsin-Whitewater (7)
Wyoming
Campbell County
Clint Oldenburg, OL, Colorado State (5)
Rock Springs
John Wendling, S, Wyoming (6)