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Making sense of all those numbers.




NFL Receiving 1990 to 2009: What states did athletes come from? Which schools sent the most wide receivers to the NFL and gained the most yardage?

The following data comes from the Top 100 receivers per season from 1990 to 2009 (by yardage)--100 places for 20 seasons, or 2000 player-seasons.

Quarterbacks and tight ends were removed from the list in order to make the comparison between wide receivers only, so the total number of player-seasons is somewhat less than 2000. State refers to location of athlete's high school or, if that information is unavailable, place of birth.

Average yards per reception becomes increasingly irrelevant outside of the top 10 to 15 states due to the small number of athletes involved because a single WR's numbers can skew the overall average more in one direction or the other than in states with a larger number of athletes and seasons.


NFL Receiving Yardage by State, 1990 to 2009

State

Total
Yardage

Average Yards Per Reception

Athletes

1000+ Yard Seasons

1. Florida
2. California

3. Ohio
4. Michigan
5. Louisiana
6. Texas

7. New Jersey
8. Georgia

9. North Carolina
10. Pennsylvania
11. Mississippi
12. Virginia
13. South Carolina
14. Illinois

15. New York
16. Alabama

17. Arkansas
18. West Virginia
19. Maryland
20. Missouri
21. Oklahoma

22. Colorado
23. Oregon
24. Connecticut
25. Minnesota
26. Washington, DC
27. Washington
28. Massachusetts

29. Indiana
30. Wisconsin
31. Utah
32. Arizona
33. Iowa
34. Tennessee
35. Kentucky

36. New Mexico
37. Kansas
38. Nebraska

Other (Canada, Germany, South Africa, South Korea)

TOTAL US

12 states had no yardage.

179,323
142,055

83,720
76,921
73,636
73,173

46,946
41,339

37,693
36,496
36,127
34,715
34,432
33,590

29,970
24,357

19,640
18,075
15,163
14,175
11,147

9,297
8,668
8,208
7,067
7,052
6,278
6,226

5,997
5,935
4,754
4,194
3,900
1,596
1,082

904
444
420

17,734




1,162,449

14.0
14.0

14.1
13.9
14.2
13.7

14.5
14.4

14.1
13.4
14.0
14.0
13.1
13.8

14.2
14.5

13.9
14.4
14.4
14.8
12.2

15.7
13.0
14.7
13.5
14.6
12.3
12.8

14.5
14.4
13.3
12.2
16.0
14.5
17.2

16.4
15.3
21.0

12.7




14.0

51
52

23
14
24
34

13
18

10
7
8
13
10
13

7
7

5
2
4
6
5

4
3
1
1
4
3
3

4
2
2
2
3
1
1

1
1
1

5




368

59
39

27
36
16
27

14
8

18
18
16
11
8
4

5
10

8
10
3
2
3

2
1
4
4
0
2
0

1
1
1
0
0
0
1

0
0
0

6




365

Source: www.nfl.com




NFL Receiving Yardage by School, 1990 to 2009

School

Total
Yardage

Average Yards Per Reception

Athletes

1000+ Yard Seasons

Some Leading Receivers

1. Miami (FL)
2. Ohio State

3. Michigan State

4. Syracuse
5. Tennessee
6. Michigan

7. Florida State
8. Florida
9. USC
10. North Carolina State
11. Notre Dame
12. LSU
13. Penn State

14. Marshall
15. Jackson State
16. Oregon State
17. Georgia
18. Memphis
19. Mississippi Valley State
20. Wisconsin
21. Fresno State
22. UCLA
23. Colorado
24. South Carolina

25. Tennessee-Chattanooga
26. San Diego State
27. Missouri Southern State
28. Virginia
29. Virginia Tech
30. Pittsburgh
31. Alcorn State
32. UCF
33. Stanford
34. California
35. Utah
36. UNLV
37. Louisville
38. Hofstra

39. Nebraska
40. Arizona
41. Mississippi State
42. Southern Miss
43. Mesa State
44. Louisiana-Monroe
45. New Mexico
46. Georgia Tech
47. Kutztown
48. West Virginia
49. Itawamba CC

50. Wake Forest
51. Iowa
52. Texas
53. Winston-Salem State
54. Auburn
55. Purdue
56. Indiana
57. Northern Arizona

58. Grambling State
59. Northwestern State
60. Texas Tech
61. Nicholls State
62. James Madison
63. Arkansas State
64. Washington

65. Boston College
66. Hawaii
67. UAB
68. Boston University
69. Central Arkansas
70. Oregon
71. Wisconsin-Lacrosse
72. Arizona State
73. Rice
74. Delaware State

75. Western Michigan
76. Mississippi
77. Texas A&M
78. Western Carolina
79. Oklahoma
80. Northwestern
81. Northern Colorado
82. Texas State
83. Kansas State
84. San Jose State
85. Northern Iowa

86. Clemson
87. Arkansas
88. Nevada
89. Elizabeth City State
90. North Carolina
91. Utah State
92. Louisiana-Lafayette
93. Liberty
94. Missouri
95. Northern Illinois
96. Chadron State
97. Villanova
98. Eastern Michigan
99. Tiffin
100. Temple

101. Illinois
102. Middle Tennessee
103. Louisiana Tech
104. Northwestern Oklahoma State
105. Wyoming
106. Tulsa
107. Oregon Tech
108. North Carolina Central
109. Maryland
110. Monmouth
111. Stephen F Austin State
112. Houston
113. Long Beach State
114. Henderson State
115. Millikin
116. California (PA)
117. University of the Pacific

118. Toledo
119. Grand Valley State
120. Baylor
121. Mount Union
122. Tulane
123. Vanderbilt
124. Rutgers
125. BYU

126. Akron
127. Cincinnati
128. Oklahoma State
129. Abilene Christian
130. Nebraska-Omaha
131. Texas Southern
132. Kansas
133. Texas A&M-Kingsville
134. Long Beach CC
135. Trinity
136. TCU
137. Lane
138. SMU
139. Illinois State
140. Hastings
141. Arkansas-Monticello

57,309
56,096

44,875

37,080
35,507
33,870

29,966
29,833
27,749
25,681
24,148
23,641
21,530

19,899
18,093
17,555
17,327
16,454
16,024
15,971
15,883
15,850
15,590
15,419

14,951
14,709
13,679
13,214
13,213
13,177
13,116
12,574
12,200
12,090
11,853
11,441
11,227
10,997

9,466
9,184
9,080
8,809
8,718
8,596
8,582
8,395
8,375
8,345
8,208

7,772
7,513
7,473
7,368
7,139
6,488
6,433
6,024

5,917
5,902
5,869
5,647
5,478
5,026
5,024

4,775
4,749
4,689
4,503
4,503
4,483
4,412
4,350
4,236
4,048

3,957
3,892
3,724
3,711
3,565
3,472
3,341
3,251
3,246
3,094
3,028

2,997
2,976
2,967
2,939
2,913
2,811
2,783
2,775
2,719
2,708
2,698
2,508
2,310
2,274
2,206

1,859
1,737
1,734
1,688
1,658
1,652
1,597
1,554
1,432
1,320
1,278
1,263
1,182
1,161
1,112
1,110
1,035

928
840
773
765
719
717
701
676

596
549
549
527
518
502
492
486
471
448
439
437
437
437
420
415

14.1
14.4

13.7

13.7
14.6
14.6

13.1
13.3
13.6
13.6
13.7
14.5
12.5




13
11

6

6
12
12

9
11
5
4
6
7
5



25
22

20

15
9
11

10
4
11
12
11
5
2



Michael Irvin, Santana Moss
Cris Carter, Joey Galloway

Andre Rison, Plaxico Burress

Marvin Harrison, Art Monk
Anthony Miller, Donte Stallworth
Amani Toomer, Derrick Alexander

Laveranues Coles, Anquan Boldin
Ike Hilliard, Jabar Gaffney
Keyshawn Johnson, Curtis Conway
Torry Holt, Jerricho Cotchery
Tim Brown, Raghib Ismail
Eddie Kennison, Devery Henderson
Bobby Engram, Joe Jurevicius

Source: www.nfl.com