The NCAA provided empirical data on recruiting by state.
NJ is tied with Alabama and Pennsylvania for 10th-richest high school football states.
Michigan and Iowa and Nebraska are tied for 9th scarcest high school football states.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are even worse (tied 4th scarcest).
These 5 Big Ten programs all have us in their rear view mirror.
Might be time to re-think our recruiting paradigm -- "recruit locally"; that ship has sailed.
Florida is by far the richest high school football state.
http://footballscoop.com/news/map-players-come/
From a geographic recruiting standpoint, the background of Rutgers staff is not well-suited to this comment in the article ...
"From New Jersey on down through Maryland, D.C. and Delaware to Virginia and the Carolinas has as much high-level talent as any region in the nation."
NJ is tied with Alabama and Pennsylvania for 10th-richest high school football states.
Michigan and Iowa and Nebraska are tied for 9th scarcest high school football states.
Minnesota and Wisconsin are even worse (tied 4th scarcest).
These 5 Big Ten programs all have us in their rear view mirror.
Might be time to re-think our recruiting paradigm -- "recruit locally"; that ship has sailed.
Florida is by far the richest high school football state.
http://footballscoop.com/news/map-players-come/
From a geographic recruiting standpoint, the background of Rutgers staff is not well-suited to this comment in the article ...
"From New Jersey on down through Maryland, D.C. and Delaware to Virginia and the Carolinas has as much high-level talent as any region in the nation."