The High School Football America Draft Tracker is back for NFL Draft 2023

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For the ninth year in a row, High School Football America will track where EVERY pick in the NFL Draft played high school football.

To get you ready for this weekend’s draft in Kansas City, Missouri, we decided to look at the first round since 2015. Specifically, we wanted to determine, which state has produced the most first rounders.

Florida leads the way with 37 first rounders over the last eight years. Coming in second is Texas with 29, followed by Georgia with 26 and California with 25.

In all, 42 states have had players taken in the first round.

Where NFL 1st Round Picks Played HS Football (2015-2022)

StateTotal 1st Rounders20222021202020192018201720162015
          
Florida3735456NP77
Texas2943732442
Georgia2646312334
California2553116323
Alabama11NP12223NP1
Louisiana111332NP2NPNP
North Carolina1121NP32NPNP3
Ohio10NPNP1NP243NP
New Jersey911NP1231NP
Pennsylvania912NPNP3111
Iowa52NP11NPNPNP1
Maryland51111NPNPNP1
Virginia5NPNP1121NPNP
Washington 5NP 1NP2NPNP11
Mississippi41NPNP2NPNP1NP
Wisconsin4NPNPNPNPNP 2NP2
Arizona3NPNP11NPNPNP1
Hawaii3NPNP1NPNPNP11
Illinois3NPNPNPNPNP 111
Michigan32NPNPNPNPNP1NP
Minnesota311NPNP1NPNPNP
Missouri31NPNPNPNP11NP
Oklahoma311NP1NPNPNPNP
South Carolina3NPNP1NPNP11NP
Tennessee31NPNPNPNP11NP
Utah3NP2NPNPNP1NPNP
Connecticut2NPNPNP1NPNPNP1
Kansas2NPNP1NPNPNPNP1
Kentucky2NPNP1NPNPNPNP1
Nevada2NPNP 1NPNPNP1NP
New York1NPNP1NPNPNPNPNP
Arkansas11NPNPNPNPNPNPNP
Colorado1NPNPNPNPNP 1NPNP
Delaware1NPNPNP1NPNPNPNP
Idaho1NPNPNPNP 1NPNPNP
Indiana11NPNPNPNPNPNPNP
Massachusetts1NPNPNP1NPNPNPNP
Nebraska1NPNPNP1NPNPNPNP
Nevada1NPNPNP1NPNPNPNP
North Dakota1NPNPNPNPNPNP1NP
Oregon1NPNP1NPNPNPNPNP
Rhode Island1NP1NPNPNPNPNPNP
Wyoming1NPNPNPNP1NPNPNP

Note: NP = No Pick

Overall, 236 different high school have been represented in the first round since 2015.

IMG Academy and St. Thomas Aquinas lead the way with four first round picks during our tracking period. Florida’s American Heritage (Plantation) and Miami Northwestern have had three first rounders.

Auburn (Alabama), Bolles School (Florida), Bradford (Wisconsin), Brentwood Academy (Tennessee), Dan River (Virginia), Eastside (Georgia), Hillgrove (Georgia), Lake Travis (Texas), Lakewood (Florida), Mallard Creek (North Carolina), Paramus Catholic (New Jersey), Riverdale Baptist, St. John Bosco (California), St. Louis (Hawaii) and Westside (Houston, Texas) have had two first round picks over the last eight years.

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About the Author

Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.