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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 1652995, member: 628"]
Yep.  Plus, the state-by-state cutoffs seems pretty arbitrary.  For example, why look at the annual top 10 in CT?  Living in CT I see that there's really only 4-to-6 P5-level recruits that come out of the state each year.  So if we're landing a bunch of kids in the 6-10 range, we're not really signing P5 quality players.

Even in NY, a much higher population state, it looks like once you get past the top 15 you're talking about G5 or FCS-level players:

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Meanwhile in Florida you don't get to G5/FCS level talent until the 150s:

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So yeah, it only makes sense to recruit the region nearest to you, but all things considered there seems to be a lot more value in spending time in more recruiting rich areas.  Grabing a handful of top 150 kids from Florida is more value-for-the-time than trying to get 5 of the top 15 in NYS.
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