How Many States Represented on Your Team's Roster?

[ngineer]

Lehigh's roster has players from 18 different states. This shows how much national recruiting goes on today. When I played, 35 years ago, we probably had guys from no more than 8 or 9 states and all in the Northeast and New England.
States with number of players:
Arizona (1)
California (1)
Delaware (2)
Florida (9)
Georgia (2)
Kentucky (1)
Louisiana (2)
Maryland (8)
Massachusetts (1)
Michigan (2)
Nebraska (1)
Nevada (1)
New Hampshire (1)
New Jersey (21)
North Carolina (1)
Ohio (6)
Pennsylvania (29)
Texas (1)

[FargoBison]

NDSU
Minnesota-30
North Dakota-20
Wisconsin-13
Texas-9
Illinois-8
California-5
South Dakota-5
Georgia-2
Michigan-2
Nebraska-2
Florida-1

[crusader11]

Holy Cross represents half of the country with athletes from 25 states.

Arizona (3)
California (7)
Colorado (2)
Connecticut (6)
Delaware (1)
Florida (1)
Georgia (4)
Illinois (5)
Indiana (1)
Kentucky (2)
Maryland (3)
Mass. (16)
Michigan (4)
Minnesota (2)
New Jersey (10)
New Hampshire (1)
New York (7)
Ohio (15)
Oklahoma (1)
Pennsylvania (8)
Rhode Island (1)
South Carolina (1)
Texas (5)
Virginia (3)
Wisconsin (1)

[poly51]

Cal Poly has 108 on the roster from 3 states.

California 106
Oregon 1
Utah 1

[Grizalltheway]

Cal Poly has 108 on the roster from 3 states.

California 106
Oregon 1
Utah 1

xeekx

[Green26]

Dartmouth has 28 states plus the District of Columbia, if I did my quick skim correctly.

Interesting topic.

[TheValleyRaider]

California (7)
Connecticut (2)
Florida (20)
Georgia (11)
Illinois (1)
Louisiana (1)
Maryland (5)
Massachusetts (4)
New Jersey (11)
New York (14)
North Carolina (2)
Ohio (7)
Pennsylvania (11)
Texas (1)

14 states

Still somewhat Northeastern centered, but with contingents from big states like Florida, Texas, California

[introvertedGSUfan]

The vast majority are from Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida (where are the football talent is xthumbsupx) with a couple from California, New Jersey, and Virginia.

[bison137]

Bucknell - 22

Alabama (1)
California (2)
Connecticut (2)
D.C. (1)
Florida (5)
Georgia (2)
Louisiana (3)
Maryland (6)
Mass. (3)
Michigan (2)
New Jersey (12)
New York (7)
North Carolina (3)
Ohio (5)
Ontario (1)
Pennsylvania (29)
Rhode Island (1)
Tennessee (2)
Texas (2)
Utah (1)
Vermont (1)
Virginia (1)

[SuperJon]

Alabama (1)
California (2)
Connecticut (1)
Delaware (1)
Florida (26)
Georgia (5)
Kentucky (1)
Maryland (3)
North Carolina (6)
Ohio (2)
Pennsylvania (6)
South Carolina (2)
Texas (1)
Virginia (40)
Washington (2)
Canada (1)
Germany (2)

[SirApp]

For Appalachian:

North Carolina - 61
Georgia - 13
South Carolina - 9
Tennessee - 4
Virginia - 4
Florida - 3
Pennsylvania - 1
Alabama - 1
New Jersey - 1
Kentucky - 1
Maryland - 1

Assuming my math is correct. Thought we had a few more players from Florida than we actually do. Lot's of home grown recruiting for us.

[JayJ79]

for Northern Iowa (UNI):
iowa - 61
minnesota - 12
missouri - 9
florida - 7
oklahoma - 4
wisconsin - 4
illinois - 2
nebraska - 1
south dakota - 1
texas - 1

(102 listed on the roster currently on the website)

[mvemjsunpx]

Montana:


Montana (47)
California (13)
Washington (11)
Idaho (4)
Colorado (4)
Oregon (2)
Arizona (2)
Wyoming (2)
Canada (2)
Hawai'i (1)
Alaska (1)
Texas (1)
Tennessee (1)

[813Jag]

The Jags have players from 11 states. Here is the breakdown:

Louisiana (53)
Texas (14)
Mississippi (7)
Ohio (5)
Alabama (4)
Florida (3)
California (2)
Illinois (1)
New York (1)
Kansas (1)
Maryland (1)

[DFW HOYA]

Georgetown has representatives from 21 states and one province (Ontario).

NJ-15
TX-12
PA-10
CT-8
GA-7
OH-7
NY-6
FL-4
MA-4
VA-4
CA-3
IL-3
WI-2
NH-2
AZ-2
MD-2
RI-1
NC-1
MN-1
MI-1
LA-1

[saint0917]

Umass has representatives from 13 states

MASS.- 36
FLA.- 9
MD- 5
NJ- 12
PA- 4
VA- 6
NY- 5
RI- 1
OH- 2
CT- 5
GA- 1
CAL- 1
ILL- 1

[seahawkfan2007]

Wagner has 125 players on their current roster from 15 states and 1 from DC.

New Jersey (35)
New York (28)
Florida (21)
Conn (8)
Penn (7)
California (6)
Maryland (6)
Virginia (5)
Mass (2)
Michigan (1)
Maine (1)
Utah (1)
Hawaii (1)
Georgia (1)
Texas (1)
D of C (1)

[APPALACHIANstate]

For Appalachian:

North Carolina - 61
Georgia - 13
South Carolina - 9
Tennessee - 4
Virginia - 4
Florida - 3
Pennsylvania - 1
Alabama - 1
New Jersey - 1
Kentucky - 1
Maryland - 1

Assuming my math is correct. Thought we had a few more players from Florida than we actually do. Lot's of home grown recruiting for us.


That is a really good thing!

[UAalum72]

Albany - 10 states

NY (64)
NJ (19)
PA (5)
GA (4)
FL (4)
OH (2)
MD (2)
TX (2)
CA (1)
CT (1)

[DetroitFlyer]

Dayton has players from 14 states!

PA
IL
OH
MI
IA
KY
UT
IN
WI
MD
CT
FL
TN
CO

[catbob]

MSU:

Montana - 48
California - 16
Texas - 10
Washington 7
Colorado - 4
Oregon - 4
Idaho - 2
Illinois - 1
Minnesota - 1
Michigan - 1
Hawaii - 1
Wisconsin - 1
Norway - 1

[catbob]

MSU:

Montana - 48
California - 16
Texas - 10
Washington 7
Colorado - 4
Oregon - 4
Idaho - 2
Illinois - 1
Minnesota - 1
Michigan - 1
Hawaii - 1
Wisconsin - 1
Norway - 1

[CSUBUCDAD]

Bucs have players from 12 different states and 1 from Toronto, Canada.

[AppGrad06]

Bucs have players from 12 different states and 1 from Toronto, Canada.

Is it the kicker?

[turbodean]

FORDHAM - 18 States

AZ - (1)
CA - (3)
CT - (3)
FL - (15)
GA - (3)
IL - (3)
LA - (1)
MA - (1)
MD - (5)
NH - (1)
NJ - (18)
NY - (13)
OH - (5)
TX - (15)
PA - (13)
RI - (1)
VA - (4)
VT - (1)

That we have the most players from NJ doesn't surprise me, but having the second most from both FL and TX does (exceeding NY).

[McNeeserocket]

McNeese may be tied for the record for the fewest with only three.

Louisiana (61)
Texas (28)
Mississippi (1)

[jmc_jackrabbit]

SDSU, 12 states:

South Dakota, 26
Iowa, 18
Minnesota, 14
Nebraska, 8
Texas, 7
Wisconsin, 6
Arizona, 5
California, 4
Missouri, 3
Georgia, 1
Hawaii, 1
Kansas, 1

[UCABEARS75]

Quick count UCA represented by 12 states:

Arkansas (36)
Texas (15)
Louisiana (13)
Mississippi (10)
Oklahome (5)
Tennessee (4)
Florida (2)
Missouri (1)
New Mexico(1)
S. Carolina (1)
California (1)
Kansas (1)

[TheValleyRaider]

Bucs have players from 12 different states and 1 from Toronto, Canada.


Is it the kicker?

Nah, probably their 2nd Line Center

[appfan2008]

georgia has been well represented i have noticed... such a great talent pool and so few school

[CSUBUCDAD]

Is it the kicker?

Nope, Chris Parish R-Jr DL 6-4 240

[houtexan]

Would be interesting to see what the representation is across all FCS teams from this data:

ie. Texas represented on X number of FCS teams, Georgia X teams, Florida X teams.

[401ks]

BUTLER - 15 states

Indiana - 41
Ohio - 21
Illinois - 16
Michigan - 3
California - 3
Missouri - 3
Florida - 2
Kentucky - 2
Arizona - 2
North Carolina - 1
Virginia - 1
Texas - 1
Washington - 1
Wisconsin - 1
Pennsylvania - 1

[dgreco]

BRYANT

16 States and Puerto Rico & Quebec = 18 Total

California - 1
Colorado - 1
Connecticut - 9
DC - 1
Florida - 2
Georgia - 1
Massachusetts - 43
Maryland - 2
Nevada - 1
New Hampshire - 1
New Jersey - 15
New York - 16
Ohio - 1
Pennsylvania - 2
Puerto Rico - 1
Quebec - 1
Rhode Island - 13
Vermont - 4

[JMU2K_DukeDawg]

Cal Poly has 108 on the roster from 3 states.

California 106
Oregon 1
Utah 1

RACISTS! :p xsmiley_wix

[JMU2K_DukeDawg]

VA
MD
NC
PA
GA
NJ
FL
American Samoa

[OldAggieAlum]

UC DAVIS - 2 states

California - 94
Arizona - 1

[bostonspider]

Richmond has players from 16 states
CA
VA
PA
TX
WV
MD
IL
GA
TN
NC
NJ
FL
CT
LA
NY
OH

[FCS Go!]

Griz:

MT-44
Butte, America-2
CA-13
WA-11
CO-4
ID-4
AZ-2
WY-2
OR-2
TX-1
HI-1
TN-1
AK-1
B.C.-1
Sasketchewan-1

14 states/provinces and Butte, America

[NE MT GRIZZ]

MSU:

Montana - 48
California - 16
Texas - 10
Washington 7
Colorado - 4
Oregon - 4
Idaho - 2
Illinois - 1
Minnesota - 1
Michigan - 1
Hawaii - 1
Wisconsin - 1
Norway - 1



Did Jan Steneruds son enroll at MSU?

[GSUhooligan]

7 states for GSU

GEORGIA- 86
FLORIDA- 18
SOUTH CAROLINA- 3
NEW JERSEY- 2
ALABAMA- 1
CALIFORNIA- 1
VIRGINIA- 1

[Biff]

The Citadel has a 104 person roster from 12 states

Alabama - 2
California - 1
Florida - 14
Georgia - 17
Illinois - 1
North Carolina - 9
Oklahoma - 1
Pennsylvannia - 5
South Carolina - 45
Tennessee - 1
Texas - 7
Virginia - 1

[Biff]

The Citadel has a 104 person roster from these states

Alabama - 2
California - 1
Florida - 14
Georgia - 17
Illinois - 1
North Carolina - 9
Oklahoma - 1
Pennsylvania - 5
South Carolina - 45
Tennessee - 1
Texas - 7
Virginia - 1

[furman94]

That's alota Georgians!

GA - 37
SC - 20
TX- 1
TN -7
AL - 10
NC - 6
CA -1
MI - 1
NJ -1
OH -1
VA-1
Germany-1

[Biff]

The Citadel has a 104 man roster from 12 states

Alabama - 2
California - 1
Florida - 14
Georgia - 17
Illinois - 1
North Carolina - 9
Oklahoma - 1
Pennsylvania - 6
South Carolina - 45
Tennesse - 1
Texas - 7
Virginia - 1

[GSUhooligan]

That's alota Georgians!

GA - 37
SC - 20
TX- 1
TN -7
AL - 10
NC - 6
CA -1
MI - 1
NJ -1
OH -1
VA-1
Germany-1

That's the only reason ya'll are good...

[soweagle]

That's alota Georgians!

GA - 37
SC - 20
TX- 1
TN -7
AL - 10
NC - 6
CA -1
MI - 1
NJ -1
OH -1
VA-1
Germany-1

Get out of our backyard!!!!:D

[furman94]

That's the only reason ya'll are good...

Nah, It's the 10 from Alabama that seals the deal :D!

[DFW HOYA]

FORDHAM - 18 States
That we have the most players from NJ doesn't surprise me, but having the second most from both FL and TX does (exceeding NY).

Fordham and Georgetown tend to recruit a lot of the same territory, but New York has a lot less for Georgetown (6).

And only 6 local kids on the roster between DC, MD, and VA.

[I Bleed Purple]

Let's see here. Looking at the website.

UT-32
CA-23
HI-8
OK-4
ID-3
AZ-3
AK-2
CO-2
OR-2
LA-1
TX-1
WA-1
WY-1

Not from this country.

Ontario-2
BC-1

13 states and two provinces.

[JohnStOnge]

McNeese may be tied for the record for the fewest with only three.

Louisiana (61)
Texas (28)
Mississippi (1)

McNeese is a very "home grown" team. The fact that it's got so many from Texas is natural because it's close to the Texas border. From time to time I've taken the average distance of McNeese players home towns and compared them to other programs and I've yet to find one that has as small an average distance as McNeese does. Course I haven't compared them to a WHOLE lot.

I started doing it because someone on TV made a big deal about how "local" Florida Atlantic's players were when they made the I-AA semis. But the average home down distance from campus for McNeese players was smaller than that for Florida Atlantic. And that's back when McNeese has a player from the State of Washington who kind of inflated the average. I can remember comparing McNeese to Georgia Southern and Youngstown State too.

To the extent that McNeese is good or bad, it's good or bad with a very local player base. I don't think there's a FCS in the country that has a team of players more representative of the area in which the school is located. If so it isn't by much.

If you're interested in doing it for you team you can go to http://www.indo.com/distance/ . It lets you query for the straight-line distance between two towns. Takes a while to do which is why I haven't done too many but you can input it into a spreadsheet and get the average, median or whatever else you want.

[bonarae]

For the past few years, California has dominated the Crimson's roster, with 21 players this year. Massachusetts has 9, tied with Florida. The Crimson's players hail from 32 states and one Canadian province (Alberta).

CA - 21
MA - 9
FL - 9
NJ - 8
TX - 7
GA - 6
NC - 6
PA - 5
OH - 5
MD - 4
3 each: IL, VA, OK, NY
2 each: AR, AZ, ME, IN, MI
1 each: AL, CO, CT, HI, KY, LA, MN, MO, MT, NE, SC, TN, WA, AB

[Grizalltheway]

Did Jan Steneruds son enroll at MSU?

xlolx beat me to it...

[ngineer]

That's alota Georgians!

GA - 37
SC - 20
TX- 1
TN -7
AL - 10
NC - 6
CA -1
MI - 1
NJ -1
OH -1
VA-1
Germany-1

peanuts envy???;) :D

[93henfan]

Delaware - 14 states and 1 district:

PA (24)
NJ (18)
DE (10)
MD (8)
NY (8)
MA (6)
VA (5)
FL (4)
CA (3)
NC (3)
OH (2)
MI (2)
GA (1)
TX (1)
DC (1)

[JohnStOnge]

Took me about an hour and a half to do it...which is why I've not made a real large number of comparisons...but I compared the average, median, etc. distance between Cal Poly and its players' home towns and McNeese's.

I did it because almost all of Poly's players are from its home State. The results show that that's not the same as asking about the extent to which talent is "local."

The average distance between Cal Poly's town and the home town of Cal Poly players is 173 miles. The average distance between McNeese's town and McNeese players' home towns is 98. The medians are Cal Poly 174 and McNeese 79. The 90th percentiles...the radii from which at least about 90 percent of each school's players come from...are about 248 for Cal Poly and about 191 for McNeese.

So, though McNeese doesn't have nearly the proportion that Cal Poly does of players from its home State, it's players are substantially more "local" than Cal Poly's are.

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

For New Hampshire (based on my quick scan):

NJ - 16
NH - 15 (only four were recruited scholarship players as Freshmen AFAIK -- Boyle, Jellison, Young and Lane)
NY - 14
MA - 14
PA - 11
CA - 7
CT - 2
MD - 2
FL - 2
ME, RI, OH and Ontario - 1 each

Wow, nobody from VT! When was the last time that happened?

[proasu89]

For Appalachian:

North Carolina - 61
Georgia - 13
South Carolina - 9
Tennessee - 4
Virginia - 4
Florida - 3
Pennsylvania - 1
Alabama - 1
New Jersey - 1
Kentucky - 1
Maryland - 1

Assuming my math is correct. Thought we had a few more players from Florida than we actually do. Lot's of home grown recruiting for us.


Back in the 80's it seemed like half of the roster was from Florida. Much bigger emphasis on home grown talent these days. And a BIG xthumbsupx to SC for all that Quarterback talent they don't seem to wantxsmiley_wix

[CrazyCat]

MSU:

Montana - 48
California - 16
Texas - 10
Washington 7
Colorado - 4
Oregon - 4
Idaho - 2
Illinois - 1
Minnesota - 1
Michigan - 1
Hawaii - 1
Wisconsin - 1
Norway - 1

Georgia - 1
Nevada - 1

[Lionsrking]

McNeese is a very "home grown" team. The fact that it's got so many from Texas is natural because it's close to the Texas border. From time to time I've taken the average distance of McNeese players home towns and compared them to other programs and I've yet to find one that has as small an average distance as McNeese does. Course I haven't compared them to a WHOLE lot.

I started doing it because someone on TV made a big deal about how "local" Florida Atlantic's players were when they made the I-AA semis. But the average home down distance from campus for McNeese players was smaller than that for Florida Atlantic. And that's back when McNeese has a player from the State of Washington who kind of inflated the average. I can remember comparing McNeese to Georgia Southern and Youngstown State too.

To the extent that McNeese is good or bad, it's good or bad with a very local player base. I don't think there's a FCS in the country that has a team of players more representative of the area in which the school is located. If so it isn't by much.

If you're interested in doing it for you team you can go to http://www.indo.com/distance/ . It lets you query for the straight-line distance between two towns. Takes a while to do which is why I haven't done too many but you can input it into a spreadsheet and get the average, median or whatever else you want.

We're more "local" than McNeese is...we have more kids from within an hour's drive of campus, plus we have more Louisiana kids on our roster. We do have more states represented which would throw the average distance out of whack but the bulk of our team is more local.

[McNeese75]

We're more "local" than McNeese is...we have more kids from within an hour's drive of campus, plus we have more Louisiana kids on our roster. We do have more states represented which would throw the average distance out of whack but the bulk of our team is more local.

Do the math!!! :D

[BlueHen86]

49. All but Delaware.

























J/K I really have no idea.:o

[MSUBear42]

Missouri State:


11 States:


Missouri (49)
Belton-Connor McDonough
Blue Springs-Chris Miller, Tony Randolph
Boonville-Kolby Hurt
Cassville-Jason Bromley
Columbia-Cedric Alvis, Jake Morse,
Johnny Wacker
Farmington-Travis Ribbing
Florissant-James Moore
Grandview-Darius Blow, Jeremy Dawson, Jarrett
Wright, Roger Wright
Harrisonville-Jason Thomas
Hamilton-Geoff Whitt
Hermann-Jacob Murphy
Joplin-Harrison Menke
Kennett-Marco Finley
Lebanon-Garett Wade
Lee’s Summit-Rodney Kelly, Bryan Young
Mexico-Travis Simmons
Mountain Grove-Jared Emery
Mountain View-Levi Moore
O’Fallon-Joseph Day, Matt Hottelman
Ozark-Sam Block, Brandon Hilt
Perryville-Waylon Richardet
Raytown-Byron Hightower, Miguel Warren
Rock Hill-Chris Brehmer
St. Charles-Bryan Garrison, Jeff Sargent
St. Joseph-Wes Miller
St. Louis-Brent Chojnacki, Chris Farrar, Chris
Geisz, Mark Graf, Devin McMiller,Jason Muehlheausler, Charlie Thompson
Springfield-Nick Deitlich, Seth Reichert, Skylar Smith, Ian Starnes, Andrew Watts
Waynesville-Daniel Lamar


Oklahoma (7)
Midwest City-Russell Brown, Jordon Tyner
Muskogee-Andre Anderson, Jarryd Horn
Owasso-Kingjack Washington
Tulsa-Grant Detwiler, Justin Fuselier

Arkansas (7)
Camden-Corey Bailey
Pine Bluff-Terian Washington
Rogers-Cody Kirby, Chad Peachey
Springdale-Jacob Duron, Nolan Hankins,
David Ingram

Kansas (6)
Bonner Springs-Anthony Lee
Derby-Clayton Dickehut
Lawrence-Mikel Ruder
Olathe-Derek Miller
Wichita-David Arkin, Jeran Trotter

Illinois (5)
Chicago-Elliot Brown, Jordan Eversley
Dwight-Clay Harbor, Cory Harbor
Hillsboro-Jordan Chiles

Texas (4)
Arlington-Stephen Johnston, Brandon Oliver
Port Arthur-Kevaughn Brown
Texarkana-Jimmie Strong

Florida (4)
Gainesville-Skyler Neale
Jacksonville-Leandre Lance, Chris Moses
Tampa-Jonathan Davis

California (2)
Colton-Mike Taylor
Oceanside-John Mayberry

Georgia (2)
Acworth-Bryan Loverher
Leesburg-Micheal Daniels

Ohio (1)
Dayton-Tyler Horner

Tennessee (1)
Memphis-Adrian Taylor

[Lionsrking]

Do the math!!! :D

I have.

[ngineer]

Took me about an hour and a half to do it...which is why I've not made a real large number of comparisons...but I compared the average, median, etc. distance between Cal Poly and its players' home towns and McNeese's.

I did it because almost all of Poly's players are from its home State. The results show that that's not the same as asking about the extent to which talent is "local."

The average distance between Cal Poly's town and the home town of Cal Poly players is 173 miles. The average distance between McNeese's town and McNeese players' home towns is 98. The medians are Cal Poly 174 and McNeese 79. The 90th percentiles...the radii from which at least about 90 percent of each school's players come from...are about 248 for Cal Poly and about 191 for McNeese.
So, though McNeese doesn't have nearly the proportion that Cal Poly does of players from its home State, it's players are substantially more "local" than Cal Poly's are.

Geez, John--you get out your protractor and slide rule?! (probably half this board has never used either!);) :D

[McNeese75]

I have.

Well then give us the results. xnodx You just stated SLU was a more home grown team but you did not give the mileage deal like JSO.

[Mustang Man]

The average distance between Cal Poly's town and the home town of Cal Poly players is 173 miles. The average distance between McNeese's town and McNeese players' home towns is 98. The medians are Cal Poly 174 and McNeese 79. The 90th percentiles...the radii from which at least about 90 percent of each school's players come from...are about 248 for Cal Poly and about 191 for McNeese.

So, though McNeese doesn't have nearly the proportion that Cal Poly does of players from its home State, it's players are substantially more "local" than Cal Poly's are.

Interesting, considering Cal Poly is roughly 200 miles from San Francisco and Los Angeles.

[Lionsrking]

Well then give us the results. xnodx You just stated SLU was a more home grown team but you did not give the mileage deal like JSO.

I did a rush count and could be off a player or two, but assuming the McNeese roster is updated and correct, you guys have 49 players who live within an hour's drive from campus, we have 56...McNeese has 67 players within 2 hours drive from campus, we have 65...McNeese has 61 players from Louisiana, we have 67...it all depends on how you define "local."

[The Cats]

Western Carolina University

NC 43
GA 16
CA 4
FL 3
SC 2
NY 2
TN 2
KY 1
PA 1
MD 1
TX 1
IL 1

[poly51]

Took me about an hour and a half to do it...which is why I've not made a real large number of comparisons...but I compared the average, median, etc. distance between Cal Poly and its players' home towns and McNeese's.

I did it because almost all of Poly's players are from its home State. The results show that that's not the same as asking about the extent to which talent is "local."

The average distance between Cal Poly's town and the home town of Cal Poly players is 173 miles. The average distance between McNeese's town and McNeese players' home towns is 98. The medians are Cal Poly 174 and McNeese 79. The 90th percentiles...the radii from which at least about 90 percent of each school's players come from...are about 248 for Cal Poly and about 191 for McNeese.

So, though McNeese doesn't have nearly the proportion that Cal Poly does of players from its home State, it's players are substantially more "local" than Cal Poly's are.

Cal Poly players are not very local at all. 12 players from within 90 miles or less. The local area is large in area and small in population. San Luis Obispo is 44,000 people. The whole county is just 240,000. Probably less than 450,000 within 90 miles. But there are over 30,000,000 within 350 miles.

[JohnStOnge]

Well then give us the results. xnodx You just stated SLU was a more home grown team but you did not give the mileage deal like JSO.


It wouldn't surprise me if SLU is somewhat more local because it's close to New Orleans and Baton Rouge. When I've done the comparison in the past I've usually compared McNeese to some of the top programs in the subdivision. First time I did it was in 2003 when McNeese had reached the title game the year before. The idea is that, though McNeese isn't the most successful program it has managed to compile some teams that had a shot at competing for the national title by assembling talent that's very representative of the area in which it is located.

SLU may be very local, but it's yet to make the playoffs or having a winning conference record. Obviously, Southeastern's young program hasn't produced a team capable of seriously competing for the national title yet.

[93henfan]

J/K I really have no idea.:o

See post #52. I did the work for ya.xthumbsupx

[JohnStOnge]

Ok. I did Southeastern. I think McNeese is more local but it depends on how you look for it. When you look at average distance it's McNeese 98 miles, Southeastern 141 miles. But the medians...the point at which 50% of players are at that distance or closer...it's McNeese 79 Southeastern 44. Finally, the 90th percentiles are McNeese 191, Southeastern 339.

So Southeastern does get more players from within, say, 50 miles from its campus (24 percent for McNeese, 57 percent for Southeastern). I think that makes sense because the I-59 corridor, the North Shore, New Orleans and Baton Rouge are all within a 50 mile radius of Hammond.

Lake Charles is larger than Hammond, but there's not a lot of population between Lake Charles and places like Beaumont and Lafayette. There's a lot more populaton within a 50 mile radius of Hammond than there is within a 50 mile radius of Lake Charles.

However, Southeastern also depends far more on players from substantially afar. McNeese only has one player from more than 205 miles away (341...Starkville, MS). That's about 1 percent of its roster. Twenty of Southeastern's players, accounting for 25 percent of its roster, are from farther away than that. Eight (about 10 percent) are from farther away from their campus than Starkville, MS, is from Lake Charles. The "most distant" Southeastern Louisiana player home town is 1,883 miles from Hammond.

So there's no question that Southeastern depends a lot more on players from "far away" than McNeese does. I consider McNeese to be much less reliant on talent from outside of, say, pretty easy driving distance from its campus.

[Lionsrking]

So there's no question that Southeastern depends a lot more on players from "far away" than McNeese does. I consider McNeese to be much less reliant on talent from outside of, say, pretty easy driving distance from its campus.

Yes but it's changing and significantly trending towards more local players.

[Husky Alum]

13 for Northeastern - most being from MA.

[McNeese75]

Yes but it's changing and significantly trending towards more local players.

I can understand that. The SLU success in keeping the players recruited from GA, etc has not worked out too well. (I do of course understand former coachs were one reason for those recruits)

[Lionsrking]

I can understand that. The SLU success in keeping the players recruited from GA, etc has not worked out too well. (I do of course understand former coachs were one reason for those recruits)

We still have several kids from Georgia on the roster (Walter Vaughn, David Ward, Curtis Strong) but our recruiting focus has definitely shifted under Mike Lucas. Of course, the only reason we ventured into Georgia to begin with was due to Dennis Roland being hired two weeks before signing day in '04-05 and then Katrina hitting the following year, which displaced much of our recruiting base. I'm sure we'll still occasionally recruit kids from out of the area whom we feel can be difference makers, but we really don't need to venture too far outside of a 100-mile radius of Hammond to find good players.

[citdog]

Cadets from all 11 States are on our roster:D xnodx

[brownbear]

24 States + DC

California - 14
Massachusetts - 12
Florida - 10
Ohio - 9
Pennsylvania - 8
New York - 7
Maryland - 6
Connecticut - 5
Rhode Island - 5
Virginia - 5
Michigan - 4
New Jersey - 4
Arizona - 3
Texas - 3
Wisconsin - 3
DC - 2
Georgia - 2
Illinois - 2
Iowa - 2
Minnesota - 2
Missouri - 2
Indiana - 1
Kentucky - 1
New Mexico - 1
Oregon - 1

[catbob]

It's crazy to think that there are 90 Montanans between the two DI schools in Montana, and that we compete as well as we do (especially the Griz).

[skinny_uncle]

SIU

Alabama......................................3
Arizona........................................2
California.....................................1
Florida........................................12
Georgia........................................1
Illinois.........................................3 3
Indiana.........................................2
Kansas.........................................6
Kentucky......................................1
Louisiana.....................................3
Michigan......................................7
Mississippi...................................3
Missouri.......................................5
New Jersey..................................3
Ohio.............................................2
Oklahoma....................................2
Virginia.........................................2
Wisconsin....................................3

[I-AA Fan]

YSU:

Ohio | 59
Pennsylvania | 10
Florida | 6
Virginia | 5
Georgia | 4
California | 3
Maryland | 2
Michigan | 2
New Jersey | 2
Texas | 2
Arizona | 2
Colorado | 1
Indiana | 1
New York | 1
Wisconsin | 1

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

For New Hampshire (based on my quick scan):

NJ - 16
NH - 15 (only four were recruited scholarship players as Freshmen AFAIK -- Boyle, Jellison, Young and Lane)
NY - 14
MA - 14
PA - 11
CA - 7
CT - 2
MD - 2
FL - 2
ME, RI, OH and Ontario - 1 each

Wow, nobody from VT! When was the last time that happened?

Well, that's a bummer! I guess the Petersons, D. Ball, the Karims, ... just didn't cut it for the Wildcats. Not to mention that Rob Reis, as a junior, has been starting for Fordham since the last game of his freshman year for Fordham.

The worm will turn, .... Maybe, they will all start going to UMaine now :D

[roadwarrior]

NDSU
Minnesota-30
North Dakota-20
Wisconsin-13
Texas-9
Illinois-8
California-5
South Dakota-5
Georgia-2
Michigan-2
Nebraska-2
Florida-1

The media guide for NDSU also lists:
American Samoa - 1
Iowa - 1
Missouri - 1

[dbackjon]

NAU:

CA - 32
AZ - 24
OR - 8
NV - 5
TX - 2
WA - 2
UT - 1
OK - 1
HI - 1
Samoa - 1


NAU might have the most "non-local" team. There are only a dozen or so High Schools within a hundred miles of Flagstaff, and none have any on the roster. Closest is from the Phoenix area - 140 miles at the closest.

[skinny_uncle]

NDSU
Minnesota-30
North Dakota-20
Wisconsin-13
Texas-9
Illinois-8
California-5
South Dakota-5
Georgia-2
Michigan-2
Nebraska-2
Florida-1

Maybe you should move your school to Minnesota.
:D

[turbodean]

Oops, make that 19 states!


FORDHAM - 18 States

AZ - (1)
CA - (3)
CT - (3)
FL - (15)
GA - (3)
IL - (3)
LA - (1)
MA - (1)
MD - (5)
NH - (1)
NJ - (18)
NY - (13)
OH - (5)
TX - (15)
PA - (13)
RI - (1)
VA - (4)
VT - (1)
WI - (1)
Dan Landisch
Joins the football squad after spending first two years at Fordham with the men's basketball program... a First Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-Area pick at wide receiver in high school... brings size and depth to the receiving corps.

[ngineer]

NAU:

CA - 32
AZ - 24
OR - 8
NV - 5
TX - 2
WA - 2
UT - 1
OK - 1
HI - 1
Samoa - 1


NAU might have the most "non-local" team. There are only a dozen or so High Schools within a hundred miles of Flagstaff, and none have any on the roster. Closest is from the Phoenix area - 140 miles at the closest.

No easterners?? BTW, I played high school ball with a guy name Frank Sombers who was recruited by NAU. Can't recall if he stuck and played. Was a TE in high school. Would have entered NAU in fall of 1968..?

[Catsfan2]

Nova has:

PA-27
NJ-19
CA-9
OH-8
FL-7
MD-6
NY-5
GA-2
MA-1
VA-1
NC-1

[dbackjon]

No easterners?? BTW, I played high school ball with a guy name Frank Sombers who was recruited by NAU. Can't recall if he stuck and played. Was a TE in high school. Would have entered NAU in fall of 1968..?

Yup - no easterners - probably more a reflection of our recruiting budget.




No clue on the other.

[DaBigBlue]

ODU's first class:

VA-63
MD-7
Cal-2
NC-2
PA-1
Mich-1
DC-1
St Croix-1
Senegal-1

[Jiggs]

SAMFORD - 11 states

Alabama - 53
Arizona - 1
Florida - 5
Georgia - 18
Kentucky - 1
Louisiana - 1
Mississippi - 2
Missouri - 1
Tennessee - 5
Virginia - 1

[OLDMAIN80]

WOFFORD

AL 2
CA 2
FL 2
GA 18
ID 1
IL 2
KS 1
KY 2
NC 17
OH 9
OK 1
PA 3
SC 13
TN 5
TX 3
VA 2
Quebec 1