Louisiana produces more NFL football players per capita than any other state. It's not doing badly with the other sports, either. Well-known athletes from numerous sports hail from the Pelican State and every parish seems to have its own superstar player or two ... or three. Here's the place to see who's who and their roots, from A to Z.
Top athletes here are defined as sports competitors who rise to the highest level of competition. Qualifying are those who either were born or lived in the parish part of their lives, and/or played high school sports there.