Florida leads 2023 NFL Draft with 36 former high school players selected

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Posted By: Jeff Fisher April 29, 2023

For the second time in three years, Florida had the most former high school football players taken in the NFL Draft. 36 former high schoolers from the Sunshine State were selected during the three-day event in Kansas City, Missouri.

Florida had six more picks than Texas, which had 30 players taken. With 23 picks, Georgia had the third most players taken, followed by California with 22, Illinois with 12, Michigan with 11 and North Carolina with ten.

Florida finishes first in former high schoolers picked in the 2023 #NFLDraft.

Texas finished 2nd with 30 picks.

In all, 38 state were represented in the 259 picks, plus 2 picks from the District of Columbia and 3 players from Canada. #playfootball pic.twitter.com/o0VtJF4j2k
— High School Football America (@HSFBamerica) April 29, 2023

Related: Where every 2023 NFL Draft Pick played high school football

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The 3⭐️’s ruled on the HS Prospect Star Tracker.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – 28
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – 74
⭐️⭐️⭐️ – 109
⭐️⭐️ – 17
⭐️ – 0
ZERO – 31#NFLDraft2023 #playfootball pic.twitter.com/pP5hjEICJ4
— High School Football America (@HSFBamerica) April 29, 2023

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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.