Top-10 high schools for FBS talent (2004-2017)

Gladstone · May 2018

High Schools Producing Most FBS Signees, 2004-17
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) — 130
2. Miami Central (Fla.) — 78
3. Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) — 74
4. DeSoto (Texas), Stephenson (Stone Mountain, Ga.) — 70
6. Cedar Hill (Texas) — 69
7. Buford (Ga.) — 63
8. Long Beach Poly (Ga.) — 61
9. Dallas Skyline (Texas) — 60
10. DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) — 58

A total of 18 states made the list, easily led by Florida’s 27 high schools. Texas was a comfortable second with 20, and Georgia surpassed California as the third best state for one-stop shopping.

Number of High Schools With At Least 30 FBS Signees, 2004-17
1. Florida — 27
2. Texas — 20
3. Georgia — 11
4. California — 10
5. Ohio — 7
6. Louisiana — 5
7. Arizona, Hawaii — 3
9. Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma, Utah — 2
13. Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania — 1

CFB Data Lab also analyzed which high schools produce the highest-rated recruits, finding 18 schools that averaged a 3.0 star rating or greater, including half of California’s 10 representatives.

3.2 stars: Westlake Village Oaks Christian (Calif.), Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney, Md.), Junipero Serra (Calif.)

3.1 stars: Columbus Carver (Ga.), Las Vegas Bishop Gorman (Nev.), Tyrone Sandy Creek (Ga.)

3.0 stars: St. John Bosco (Calif.), Detroit Cass Tech (Mich.), Orange County Lutheran (Calif.), Powder Springs McEachern (Ga.), Dallas Skyline (Texas), Jacksonville Trinity Christian (Fla.), DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.), Tallahassee Godby (Fla.), Orlando Phillips (Fla.), Euless Trinity (Texas), Long Beach Poly (Calif.), Denton Ryan (Texas)

Gladstone · May 2018

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CuntWaffle · May 2018

Thought Arlington or Stanwood HS would have cracked that list for sure.

AIRWOLF · May 2018

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Bread · May 2018

CuntWaffle said:
Thought Arlington or Stanwood HS would have cracked that list for sure.

As a head coach who wants to see my athletes get exposure, recruiting, recognition etc, it’s becoming increasingly frustrating that if they don’t play for this select team or that trainer or go to some showcase that costs $150 that goes into someone’s pocket that they passed up..

DawgWagonDan · May 2018

Bread said:

CuntWaffle said:
Thought Arlington or Stanwood HS would have cracked that list for sure.
As a head coach who wants to see my athletes get exposure, recruiting, recognition etc, it’s becoming increasingly frustrating that if they don’t play for this select team or that trainer or go to some showcase that costs $150 that goes into someone’s pocket that they passed up..

Or perhaps they just aren't that good...No offense but with the ease of the digital age and the internet and dedicated recruiting sites, etc. it seems as though getting the word out shouldn't be that difficult. Shoot, just 20 years ago you would have to send VHS to coaches if you wanted to get a look from afar. Bubble wrap and all...

DubSixGamer · May 2018

Long Beach Poly is in Georgia?

Doogles · May 2018

Without checking, pretty much every recruit that comes out of Grant in Sacramento seems to find the NFL.

AIRWOLF · May 2018

Doogles said:
Without checking, pretty much every recruit that comes out of Grant in Sacramento seems to find the NFL.

Well, not quite.

DoogCourics · May 2018

AIRWOLF said:

Doogles said:
Without checking, pretty much every recruit that comes out of Grant in Sacramento seems to find the NFL.
Well, not quite.

I'm sure what Doogles was trying to say, is that pretty much out of every 24 recruits that come out of Grant in Sacramento, 6 seem to find the NFL.

1 outta 4 ain't bad!

theknowledge · May 2018

CuntWaffle said:
Thought Arlington or Stanwood HS would have cracked that list for sure.

Eric Norgard and Ryan Appleby are the only two athletes that have ever come from those two towns. Ever. T.J. Oshie went to Stanwood his freshman year then moved to Minnesota so he doesn't count. We who live on the Stilly generally like to grow our athletes 5'9"-6'1" and white. I think its in the water (the height not the white). Arlington has won two state titles and placed second in football during my lifetime. I'm 40. The players from those teams did have feathered hair, peach fuzz mustaches and tear away jerseys if that gives an indication of when the Eagles were competitive. Their team photos still hang in the hardware store downtown. Stanwood I think made the T-Dome in the late 90's.

Yeah, I know, North Snohomish County superiority guy.

RaceBannon · May 2018

Long Beach Poly once had more NFL players than any high school.

UW_Doog_Bot · May 2018

RaceBannon said:
Long Beach Poly once had more NFL players than any high school.

Less of the blicks in LB now and a lot more under 6' Hispanics. They like futbol not football.

backthepack · May 2018

theknowledge said:

CuntWaffle said:
Thought Arlington or Stanwood HS would have cracked that list for sure.
Eric Norgard and Ryan Appleby are the only two athletes that have ever come from those two towns. Ever. T.J. Oshie went to Stanwood his freshman year then moved to Minnesota so he doesn't count. We who live on the Stilly generally like to grow our athletes 5'9"-6'1" and white. I think its in the water (the height not the white). Arlington has won two state titles and placed second in football during my lifetime. I'm 40. The players from those teams did have feathered hair, peach fuzz mustaches and tear away jerseys if that gives an indication of when the Eagles were competitive. Their team photos still hang in the hardware store downtown. Stanwood I think made the T-Dome in the late 90's.

Yeah, I know, North Snohomish County superiority guy.

Stanwood is horrible now even though I believe they made the playoffs. Wesco has to be the worst league in WW.

RaceBannon · May 2018

UW_Doog_Bot said:

RaceBannon said:
Long Beach Poly once had more NFL players than any high school.
Less of the blicks in LB now and a lot more under 6' Hispanics. They like futbol not football.

The whole demographic shift of South Central, Compton, the LBC and other historically Black neighborhoods is under reported. That's why you're seeing more recruits from Lancaster, Palmdale, and the IE

pat_hm · May 2018

RaceBannon said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

RaceBannon said:
Long Beach Poly once had more NFL players than any high school.
Less of the blicks in LB now and a lot more under 6' Hispanics. They like futbol not football.
The whole demographic shift of South Central, Compton, the LBC and other historically Black neighborhoods is under reported. That's why you're seeing more recruits from Lancaster, Palmdale, and the IE

Compton Unified School District is 79% Latino. It’s easy to think: Richard Sherman, Kendrick Lamar they’re from Compton so they must represent how it is today. Not true at all. Same with Long Beach. Like Race mentioned the vast majority of African Americans have been forced to move east. Tough to find jobs in their own neighborhoods when even the most menial labor requires the ability to speak Spanish.

Ice_Holmvik · May 2018

Paging @Dennis_DeYoung

Doogles · May 2018

AIRWOLF said:

Doogles said:
Without checking, pretty much every recruit that comes out of Grant in Sacramento seems to find the NFL.
Well, not quite.

I guess the timeline cut off Donte Stallworth, Onterrio Smith, and Paris Warren.

AIRWOLF · May 2018

Doogles said:

AIRWOLF said:

Doogles said:
Without checking, pretty much every recruit that comes out of Grant in Sacramento seems to find the NFL.
Well, not quite.

I guess the timeline cut off Donte Stallworth, Onterrio Smith, and Paris Warren.

Yeah. Grant Union produces some serious talent, but my goodness, some of them are real knuckleheads.

DubSixGamer · May 2018

RaceBannon said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

RaceBannon said:
Long Beach Poly once had more NFL players than any high school.
Less of the blicks in LB now and a lot more under 6' Hispanics. They like futbol not football.
The whole demographic shift of South Central, Compton, the LBC and other historically Black neighborhoods is under reported. That's why you're seeing more recruits from Lancaster, Palmdale, and the IE

OP is talking about a fictional HS in Georgia called Long Beach Poly so the LBC is irrelevant.

AEB · May 2018

pat_hm said:

RaceBannon said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

RaceBannon said:
Long Beach Poly once had more NFL players than any high school.
Less of the blicks in LB now and a lot more under 6' Hispanics. They like futbol not football.
The whole demographic shift of South Central, Compton, the LBC and other historically Black neighborhoods is under reported. That's why you're seeing more recruits from Lancaster, Palmdale, and the IE
Compton Unified School District is 79% Latino. It’s easy to think: Richard Sherman, Kendrick Lamar they’re from Compton so they must represent how it is today. Not true at all. Same with Long Beach. Like Race mentioned the vast majority of African Americans have been forced to move east. Tough to find jobs in their own neighborhoods when even the most menial labor requires the ability to speak Spanish.

Disagree with some of this. The migration started in the 90s and has accelerated as families left those neighborhoods for the relative safety and better lifestyle of the IE vis-a-vis SC or Compton. It has indeed been underreported, but outcomes in general have been better for African Americans in the IE (see Vontaze Burfict)

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