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Miami Miami dominates among hometowners. The U has recruited 35 nationally ranked recruits from the city of Miami since 2002, roughly 45% of the city’s total. No other college has been nearly as successful in recruiting players from a single city. UT Austin has managed to nab 17 nationally ranked players from Houston, TX, good enough for a distant second.

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LSU While the University of Miami dominates its city, LSU dominates its state. Sixty-one percent of nationally ranked recruits from the state of Louisiana have ended up at LSU since 2002. No other school captured a higher percentage of top, in-state talent. Alabama takes the second spot, having recruited 50% of the state’s top recruits.

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Texas Texas has regressed in recent seasons, but their football program was a force to be reckoned with in the 2000s. That’s all the more impressive considering UT relies primarily on talent from its own backyard. Over 90% of the players in the recruiting classes from 2002 - 2009 were originally from the state of Texas.

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Notre Dame Most powerhouses rely on in-state talent, but Notre Dame does the opposite. Its recruiting pool is the most geographically diverse in the country, with its top recruiting state being Florida, where it only grabs 11% of its total recruits . Pretty impressive for a team that has the second most NFL players ever.

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