Saint Thomas Aquinas High School produced the most NFL players on rosters on NFL Kickoff Weekend, according to a census report from the league offices. The census also tells us that Florida and California still produce the most NFL players, no shock there, but Alabama is now the leader in NFL players per capita, which comes out to 1 NFL player per 74,683 people.
Dig into the numbers and then try to figure out why colleges spend their recruiting budgets in California and Florida. Should be pretty obvious after you finish looking through these numbers.
HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST NFL PLAYERS
| High School, City, State | Number | NFL Players |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas High School;
Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
13 | Geno Atkins, CIN; Giovani Bernard, CIN; Joey Bosa, LAC; Nick Bosa, SF; James Crawford, MIA; Phillip Dorsett, NE; Marcus Gilbert, ARI; Bobby Hart, CIN; Lamarcus Joyner, OAK; Brandon Linder, JAX; Michael Palardy, CAR; Jordan Scarlett, CAR; James White, NE |
| Lakewood High School; St. Petersburg, FL | 7 | Dante Fowler, LAR; Shaquem Griffin, SEA; Shaquill Griffin, SEA; Austin Reiter, KC; Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, WAS; Marquez Valdes-Scantling, GB; Isaiah Wynn, NE |
| Long Beach Polytechnic High School; Long Beach, CA |
6 | Jayon Brown, TEN; Jurrell Casey, TEN; DeSean Jackson, PHI; Marcedes Lewis, GB; Jamize Olawale, DAL; JuJu Smith-Schuster, PIT |
| Serra High School; San Diego | 5 | Matt Dickerson, TEN; Rasheem Green, SEA; Marquise Lee, JAX; Dante Pettis, SF; Paul Richardson, WAS |
| Allen High School; Allen, TX | 5 | Bobby Evans, LAR; Greg Little, CAR; Kyler Murray, ARI; Cedric Ogbuehi, JAX; Jonathan Williams, IND |
| Tucker High School; Tucker, GA | 5 | A.J. Bouye, JAX; Jonathan Ledbetter, MIA; Dwayne Harris, OAK; Duke Shelley, CHI; Neiko Thorpe, SEA |
| Northwestern High School; Miami, FL | 5 | DeAndre Baker, NYG; Teddy Bridgewater, NO; Artie Burns, PIT; Amari Cooper, DAL; Lavonte David, TB |
Ten high schools have four players each in the NFL this year:
| High School; City, State | NFL Players | High School; City, State | NFL Players |
| Central High School; Miami | 4 | Peachtree Ridge High School; Suwanee, GA | 4 |
| Glenville High School; Cleveland | 4 | Saint Louis High School; Honolulu | 4 |
| Immokalee High School; Immokalee, FL | 4 | Stephenson High School; Stone Mountain, GA | 4 |
| Norland High School; Miami | 4 | Westlake High School; Austin, TX | 4 |
| North Shore High School; Houston | 4 | West Monroe High School; Monroe, LA | 4 |
HOME STATES: Florida tops the list of states with the most NFL players (212), followed by California (177) and Texas (173):
STATES WITH MOST NFL PLAYERS
| State | NFL Players | State | NFL Players |
| Florida | 212 | Louisiana | 57 |
| California | 177 | North Carolina | 56 |
| Texas | 173 | Pennsylvania | 54 |
| Georgia | 119 | Illinois | 52 |
| Ohio | 72 | Virginia | 49 |
| Alabama | 64 | South Carolina | 44 |
| New Jersey | 59 | Mississippi | 35 |
NFL PLAYERS PER CAPITA: Alabama, with one NFL player for every 74,683 residents, leads the list of NFL players per capita. The District of Columbia (one in 75,215) and Louisiana (one in 79,533) round out the top three. The national average is one NFL player per 184,436 U.S. residents.
STATES WITH MOST NFL PLAYERS PER CAPITA
| State | Population * | NFL Players | NFL Players Per Capita |
| Alabama | 4,779,736 | 64 | 1 NFL player per 74,683 people |
| District of Columbia | 601,723 | 8 | 1 NFL player per 75,215 people |
| Louisiana | 4,533,372 | 57 | 1 NFL player per 79,533 people |
| Georgia | 9,687,653 | 119 | 1 NFL player per 81,409 people |
| Mississippi | 2,967,297 | 35 | 1 NFL player per 84,780 people |
| Florida | 18,801,310 | 212 | 1 NFL player per 88,685 people |
| South Carolina | 4,625,364 | 44 | 1 NFL player per 105,122 people |
| Delaware | 897,934 | 8 | 1 NFL player per 112,242 people |
| Texas | 25,145,561 | 173 | 1 NFL player per 145,350 people |
| New Jersey | 8,791,894 | 59 | 1 NFL player per 149,015 people |
| Hawaii | 1,360,301 | 9 | 1 NFL player per 151,145 people |
| United States | 308,745,538 | 1,674 | 1 NFL player per 184,436 people |
*Based on most recent published U.S. Census Data (2010)