re: Interesting Recruiting Tid-bit: Avg. Distance of Recruits

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2025

9 commits

1 - Michigan

1 - Georgia

1 - Texas

6 - Louisiana

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That's pretty close to the averages during the Les Miles era. I remember looking at this when Miles was here. We averaged like 70% LA, 20% TX MS GA FL, and 10% random places out of that footprint.

It makes sense for a bunch of reasons. The talent is here. Louisiana talent is often underrated compared to more populated states. Depending on the season, Louisiana always ranks high in NFL players per capita.

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2. Louisiana
Population: 4,657,757

NFL Players: 65

1 NFL player per 71,658 people

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In the not so distant past, you could draw a 150-200 mile radius with the football stadium being the epicenter and capture the hometowns of the majority of players for for any program not named Notre Dame.