[geauxtigers75]

On Tuesdays while driving, I like to listen to the Leach Report on the radio (old fashion FM is all I got) and I heard something interesting today. Mike Leach said the state of Kentucky produced around 20 D1 football players last year compared to the state of Florida which produced around 450.

If I heard it correctly I find that amazing.

I don't find that too hard to believe. If you go look at the rivals rankings, we barely are able to field a top 10 (D1 caliber) players from this state, and usually the 6th through 10th ranked players are no more than 2 stars. It is a rarity when we have a major talent like Lamar Dawson, Micah Johnson, Brian Brohm, Tim Couch, or Dennis Johnson roll through. We produce some kids that turn out to be very good D1 football players, but we definitely don't have a lot of them unfortunately. Football is more pushed in other states (Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Texas, California, Pennsylvania and Tennessee just to name a few) and not so much here.

Those numbers don't seem too out of wack to me, there are several factors that contribute to why we only have 20 and Florida has 450. The first and probably biggest being population.