A longstanding debate in the recruiting world has been which metro area produces the best football players. So now in conjunction with millions of other brackets, ours has reach the final eight metro areas.
Our national recruiting analysts picked the top 16 metro areas for high school football talent and seeded them 1-16, with No. 1 being their collective pick as the best. Our analyst group focused solely on the talent churned out so far in the 2020s.
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And now we will let the fans take it from here and vote to decide which city they believe is the king of football talent.
Fans already voted on our first-round matchups below and now it’s on to the quarterfinal matchups.
FIRST-ROUND RESULTS
No. 1 Tampa/St. Pete defeated No. 16 Philadelphia
No. 2 Atlanta defeated No. 15 Charlotte
No. 3 Dallas/Fort Worth defeated No. 14 Chicago
No. 4 Los Angeles defeated No. 13 Las Vegas
No. 5 Miami/South Florida defeated No. 12 St. Louis
No. 7 Detroit defeated No. 10 DMV
No. 8 New Orleans/South Louisiana defeated No. 9 Houston
No. 11 Birmingham/Montgomery defeated No. 6. South Georgia
QUARTERFINAL ROUND
No. 1 Tampa/St. Pete vs. No. 8 New Orleans/South Louisiana
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No. 2 Atlanta vs. No. 7 Detroit
No. 3 Dallas/Fort Worth vs. No. 11 Birmingham/Montgomery
No. 4 Los Angeles vs. No. 5 Miami/South Florida
No. 1 Tampa/St. Pete vs. No. 8 New Orleans/South Louisiana
The Case For Tampa: Don’t look now, but the Tampa Bay metro area has become one of America’s most fascinating football hotbeds over the years. Sure, the low-hanging fruit is to allocate the boost to IMG Academy’s status as the nation’s most talented and tracked high school program, but even beyond the Bradenton boarding school, the area continues to churn out five-star recruits, first round NFL Draft picks and college stars in between. When combined, the area could be the…
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Publish date : 2025-03-28 11:03:00
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