Which state had the most NFL Draft picks in 2017?
The NFL Draft is now complete, but it is always great to keep looking at data from the Draft. A total of 242 high schools contributed to the 253 players selected in the seven rounds of the 2017 NFL Draft on April 27-29, USA Football announced today.
Twelve high schools – CASS TECHNICAL (Michigan), CYPRESS BAY (Florida), DACULA (Georgia), ENSWORTH (Tennessee), GAINESVILLE (Georgia), HEBRON (Texas), JOHN CURTIS CHRISTIAN (Louisiana), LAKEWOOD (Florida), LONG BEACH POLY (California), PICKERINGTON NORTH (Ohio), SAINT RITA (Illinois) and WEST MONROE (Louisiana) – had two players selected in the 2017 NFL Draft, per NFL Communications.
| HIGH SCHOOL | TOTAL | PLAYERS (NFL TEAM/ROUND) |
| Cass Technical (Detroit, MI) | 2 | Jourdan Lewis (Dallas/3); Delano Hill (Seattle/3) |
| Cypress Bay (Weston, FL) | 2 | Danny Isidora (Minnesota/5); Matthew Dayes (Cleveland/7) |
| Dacula (Dacula, GA) | 2 | Alex Armah (Carolina/6); Corey Levin (Tennessee/6) |
| Ensworth (Nashville, TN) | 2 | Corn Elder (Carolina/5); Conor McDermott (New England/6) |
| Gainesville (Gainesville, GA) | 2 | Jeremiah Ledbetter (Detroit/6); Deshaun Watson (Houston/1) |
| Hebron (Carrollton, TX) | 2 | Jamal Adams (New York Jets/1); Deatrich Wise (New England/4) |
| John Curtis Christian (New Orleans, LA) | 2 | Duke Riley (Atlanta/3); Malachi Dupre (Green Bay/7) |
| Lakewood (Saint Petersburg, FL) | 2 | Shaquill Griffin (Seattle/3); Rodney Adams (Minnesota/5) |
| Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, CA) | 2 | JuJu Smith-Schuster (Pittsburgh/2); Jayon Brown (Tennessee/5) |
| Pickerington North (Pickerington, OH) | 2 | Pat Elflein (Minnesota/3); Jake Butt (Denver/5) |
| Saint Rita (Chicago, IL) | 2 | Kenny Golladay (Detroit/3); Pat O’Connor (Detroit/7) |
| West Monroe (West Monroe/LA) | 2 | Cam Robinson (Jacksonville/2); Xavier Woods (Dallas/6) |
STATES WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT PLAYERS DRAFTED
| Georgia | 29 |
| Florida | 27 |
| California | 26 |
| Texas | 24 |
| Louisiana | 16 |
| Ohio | 16 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 |
| Illinois | 10 |
STATES WITH MOST NFL PLAYERS DRAFTED IN 2017 PER CAPITA
| State | Population * | NFL Players | NFL Players Per Capita | |
| Louisiana | 4,533,372 | 16 | 1 NFL player per 283,336 people | |
| Georgia | 9,687,653 | 29 | 1 NFL player per 334,057 people | |
| Alabama | 4,779,736 | 9 | 1 NFL player per 531,082 people | |
| Washington D.C. | 601,723 | 1 | 1 NFL player per 601,723 people | |
| Utah | 2,763,885 | 4 | 1 NFL player per 690,971 people | |
| UNITED STATES | 308,745,538 | 252 | 1 NFL player per 1,225,181 people | |
| * Based on most recent U.S. Census Data (2010). | ||||
STATE BREAKDOWN
| STATE | PLAYERS DRAFTED | STATE | PLAYERS DRAFTED | |
| Georgia | 29 | Mississippi | 2 | |
| Florida | 27 | New York | 2 | |
| California | 26 | Oklahoma | 2 | |
| Texas | 24 | Arkansas | 1 | |
| Louisiana | 16 | Colorado | 1 | |
| Ohio | 16 | Connecticut | 1 | |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | Delaware | 1 | |
| Illinois | 10 | Iowa | 1 | |
| Alabama | 9 | Massachusetts | 1 | |
| North Carolina | 9 | Minnesota | 1 | |
| New Jersey | 9 | Montana | 1 | |
| Virginia | 7 | Nevada | 1 | |
| Michigan | 6 | Oregon | 1 | |
| Tennessee | 6 | South Dakota | 1 | |
| Missouri | 5 | West Virginia | 1 | |
| Maryland | 4 | |||
| South Carolina | 4 | District of Columbia | 1 | |
| Utah | 4 | |||
| Kentucky | 3 | International | 1 | |
| Washington | 3 | |||
| Wisconsin | 3 | TOTAL | 253 | |
| Arizona | 2 | |||
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