Utah has 5th best ratio of athletes to D-1 signees

[Indy Coug]

http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1182411

[TripletDaddy]

Interesting. So with 30 total signees, it is good to know "where the D1 signees come from."

[jay santos]

Look at the number of participants in Texas compared to other states. Texas has 9 times the population of Utah but 20 times the number of players. Texas: Florida population = 1.3. Texas:Florida football players = 4.2

[TripletDaddy]

Delaware also has a higher ratio than Texas.

what is the purpose of these stats? Reminds me of the Chris Paul Rookie PER stat.

[NorthwestUteFan]

Texas had a down year, they are typically closer to 400-430. Still, the 161k players is incredible. They have half again as many kids playing da fooseball as California, which has 60% greater population.

Florida is simply amazing. 38k players in the state, and 344 went on to play at D-1 schools.

[Indy Coug]

Look at the number of participants in Texas compared to other states. Texas has 9 times the population of Utah but 20 times the number of players. Texas: Florida population = 1.3. Texas:Florida football players = 4.2

It's probably primarily a function of two things

1. Average number of students per HS
2. Average number of players per HS football roster

[NorthwestUteFan]

How many of those 14 kids from Hawaii went to Utah or BYU? Most of them?

[Indy Coug]

Delaware also has a higher ratio than Texas.

what is the purpose of these stats? Reminds me of the Chris Paul Rookie PER stat.

The purpose? Based on past ratios, Utah has usually finished significantly lower on that list, so it's a little surprising in that respect.

The implications? By looking at how many of Utah's D-1 recruits are Polynesian and by looking at Hawaii's ratio and also by looking at the number of Polynesian NFL players as a ratio of the US population of those Polynesian descent and comparing that to other "ethnic ratios" in the NFL ....

[TripletDaddy]

The purpose? Based on past ratios, Utah has usually finished significantly lower on that list, so it's a little surprising in that respect.

The implications? By looking at how many of Utah's D-1 recruits are Polynesian and by looking at Hawaii's ratio and also by looking at the number of Polynesian NFL players as a ratio of the US population of those Polynesian descent and comparing that to other "ethnic ratios" in the NFL ....

I only asked for the purpose, not the implications.

[Indy Coug]

I only asked for the purpose, not the implications.

Reducing world hunger.

[statman]

Texas had a down year, they are typically closer to 400-430. Still, the 161k players is incredible. They have half again as many kids playing da fooseball as California, which has 60% greater population.

Florida is simply amazing. 38k players in the state, and 344 went on to play at D-1 schools.

FLA = big high schools = fewer players per student enrolled as other states. If you can make the team in a Florida HS, that's saying something. Where the TX number is high because there are HS's with teams in all kinds of tiny little towns. There are schools with no more than a couple hundred kids total that fill out a 40 man football roster. Sure a bunch of them aren't athletes at all, but they get to play TX HS football...

[SeattleUte]

This has much to do with factors that have nothing to do with HS football talent in the state of Utah. For example, the state of Utah has too much in-state DI football demand for HS football players, and Utah is a tough place to recruit to because it is so odd. So, Utah coaches dig deeper among the in-state players.

In terms of football meaning, this is more a testamament to the quality of Utah's DI coaches and their ability to raise what their dealt to a new level than anything else.

[NorthwestUteFan]

FLA = big high schools = fewer players per student enrolled as other states. If you can make the team in a Florida HS, that's saying something. Where the TX number is high because there are HS's with teams in all kinds of tiny little towns. There are schools with no more than a couple hundred kids total that fill out a 40 man football roster. Sure a bunch of them aren't athletes at all, but they get to play TX HS football...

Many of the smaller towns can only offer 'entertainment' defined by the rituals of filtering of beer through the kidneys and the enjoyment of young ladies carnal treasures (leading to the notching of bedposts). Being on the football team can make those things happen.

My bro-in-law grew up in a small town in Oregon, and they had to combine three high schools to get a football team. Nearly every able body in the school was on the team. (And yes, after the chores were done and huntin' grew boring they spent the majority of the time drinkin' beer and screwin' girls)

Some of the larger schools, on the other hand, spend an ungodly amount of money on football, including stadiums that are better than most colleges. I remember a few schools near my brother in Houston that had lights ON THEIR PRACTICE FIELDS!! That takes the practice of the Football Religion to new heights.

[falafel]

The purpose? Based on past ratios, Utah has usually finished significantly lower on that list, so it's a little surprising in that respect.

The implications? By looking at how many of Utah's D-1 recruits are Polynesian and by looking at Hawaii's ratio and also by looking at the number of Polynesian NFL players as a ratio of the US population of those Polynesian descent and comparing that to other "ethnic ratios" in the NFL ....

I hate stats like that. They are historical curiosities and nothing more and should not be taken as predictive indicators.

[Indy Coug]

I hate stats like that. They are historical curiosities and nothing more and should not be taken as predictive indicators.

Which is exactly why I'm not using them to figure out if BYU is going to beat AFA.