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I don't know why people get all bent out of shape about this. Most of the states that are worse HS football states are also located in New England. And please spare me the stories about Aaron Hernandez, Griffin, Reyes, etc. Every state produces NFL talent. You want to throw in the Dakotas, Idaho, Montana.......fine. But CT is near the bottom of the HS football food chain at the national level.
According to this http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id...in-big-ten-expanding-include-maryland-rutgers, Conn. is above 10 states, and about even with states like Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, missouri, West Virginia.
Another interesting thing is that, while Conn. is well below some of the deep red states on that map (such as Nebraska), it ends up sending just as many players to the NFL draft as those states (i.e. both states have sent 13 to the draft in the last 10 years). This tells me that while UConn is in the fourth quintile nationally, the quality of recruits is much higher than some of the schools in the third or second quintile. This also holds true for Mass. which has an unusual number of NFL players for the amount of D1 prospects it produces.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/draft-history-graphic.htm