Total/top recruits by state

ESPN Top 100 recruits from the past 10 years are shown below. Of the past 10 No. 1 overall recruits, half of them left their home state.

Hover/tap for each state's total and the highest-ranked recruit

No. 1 overall recruits Matt Barkley, USC 2009 (QB, Calif.) Ronald Powell, FLA 2010 (ATH, Calif.) Jadeveon Clowney, SCAR 2011 (DE, S.C.) Mario Edwards, FSU 2012 (DE, Tex.) Robert Nkemdiche, MISS 2013 (DE, Ga.) Leonard Fournette, LSU 2014 (RB, La.) Byron Cowart, AUB 2015 (DE, Fla.) Rashan Gary, MICH 2016 (DT, N.J.) Trey Smith, TENN 2017 (OT, Tenn.) Justin Fields, UGA 2018 (QB, Ga.)