A lot of folks surprised to see Utah on this list… But it’s not an outlier year. Consistently near the top of these rankings going back about a decade
And it doesn’t even take into account college affiliations where Utes/Cougs/USU/Weber St all hit “above average” producing pros
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Does that mean for each Utahn, 1.39 Utahns are in the NFL?
That must somehow be a result of polygamy in the 1800's. I can't explain it. Please don't ask.
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Two takeaways with this. First is, this is why Utah getting the top in-state talent is so important.
Second is this is why recruiting Texas has been good to Utah.
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People seem shocked about Utah but people that have been watching know it's been like this for a while. UTAH and BYU are both NFL factories and Utah State will randomly throw some game changers out there from time to time as well.