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Glades Central product is one of 239 Florida products on opening day rosters.
When it comes to producing NFL talent, there's Florida, California and Texas, then everybody else.
Up-to-date roster information on
NFL.com reveals that those three states have 673 players on opening weekend rosters. Leading the way is Florida with 239, which is more than the bottom 24 states (listed below) combined.
It's not just quantity in the Sunshine State as nine 2015 All-Pros are back this season – Geno Atkins, Antonio Brown, Patrick DiMarco, Devonta Freeman, Kahlil Mack, Brandon Marshall, Reggie Nelson, Patrick Peterson and Josh Sitton – that played their high school ball in Florida.
California (220), Texas (214) and Georgia (119) were the only other states to place more than 100 players on opening weekend rosters.
Read on for a look at the numbers from all 50 states.
NFL opening weekend rosters by state239 – Florida
220 – California
214 – Texas
119 – Georgia
94 – Ohio
68 – Alabama
68 – Pennsylvania
62 – Louisiana
60 – North Carolina
58 – New Jersey
57 – South Carolina
50 – Virginia
49 – Michigan
46 – Illinois
39 – Maryland
33 – Missouri
32 – New York
34 – Tennessee
33 – Mississippi
29 – Arizona
28 – Wisconsin
26 – Outside the United States
22 – Washington
20 – Minnesota
18 – Indiana
18 – Oklahoma
17 – Connecticut
16 – Utah
16 – Colorado
16 – Oregon
15 – Kansas
14 – Arkansas
14 – Iowa
14 – Kentucky
13 – Nebraska
11 – Nevada
11 – Hawaii
10 – District of Columbia
8 – Massachusetts
7 – Montana
7 – Delaware
5 – Idaho
4 – New Mexico
3 – North Dakota
3 – South Dakota
2 – West Virginia
2 – New Hampshire
1 – Rhode Island
1 – Wyoming
0 – Alaska, Maine, Vermont
