After the four were chosen in the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, led by No. 2 overall Jayden Daniels of San Bernardino Cajon, we have added that group to our all-time list of first-rounders that goes all the way back to the first draft in 1936. We also continue to track the schools with the...
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Cali Super Bowl Alums 2024
In three of the last four Super Bowls, California has only had seven, five and six players from its high schools in the big game. They are among the lowest totals since we’ve been doing these state-by-state counts since the 1990s and based on our research back to the first Super Bowl in 1967. The […]
State’s All-Time NFL 1st Rd Draft Picks
After this year’s 2022 NFL Draft, we have updated this all-time list. It might surprise some that the NFL Draft has been going on since 1936 and there were a lot of early years in which there were only 13 picks in the first round. We still have the highest players selected from a California...
FINAL State TOP 50 FB Ranks (1-25)
Mater Dei takes over at the top as previously announced, Sierra Canyon joins the top five for the first time in its history and San Clemente moves up into the top 10. The 2021 spring season didn’t finish with anything else too drastic from the next to last rankings. Others moving up were Buchanan of...
NFL Season-Opening Alumni Honor Roll
Long Beach Poly leads the state with five players on NFL 53-man opening rosters with a sixth on injured reserve. No other school has four, but several have three. We have as complete of a list as possible, given the fluid nature of rosters being altered up until the last minute due to late player...
Top 10 Grid-Hoop QBs (State History)
Three of these 10 quarterbacked teams in the Super Bowl, one played in the NBA and one was the Grid-Hoop State Player of the Year twice. Sometimes, just trying to answer a question leads to yet another list of all-time great California high school athletes. After the top 10 ranked in order, we also list...
NEW State Top 50 FB Ranks (26-50)
The highest riser among this group of teams is Helix of La Mesa, which is living up to preseason acclaim in the playoffs after laying an egg in its last regular season game. The Highlanders jumped up this week to No. 38 from No. 50 after big win over Eastlake. Both Sierra Canyon and Grace...
Super Six For State In NFL Draft
It’s not a record, but the six players selected in Thursday’s first round of the 2018 NFL Draft is the most from California high schools since 1997. Five of the six also went in the first 15 picks, which also caused a look into the draft history books. The only downer was that none of […]
