Elite college football players come from all over the country, but the largest concentration of them originated from high schools in Texas and Florida over the past seven years.
To rank the states by elite talent produced, a list was compiled of every 5-star recruit and every AP first-team All-American from 2010-16. Based on the state in which Scout.com reported they played high school, each player was then assigned to his home state.
Any player who was only a 5-star recruit or only an All-American was worth one point. Players who were both* or who were two-time first-team All-Americans counted for three points.