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Which states have produced the most college football All-Americans from 2015-19?

By John Scimeca

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 13: Joe Burrow #9 of the LSU Tigers reacts to a touchdown against Clemson Tigers during the third quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 13: Joe Burrow #9 of the LSU Tigers reacts to a touchdown against Clemson Tigers during the third quarter in the College Football Playoff National Championship game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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Utah’s Bradlee Anae, a 2019 All-America defensive end, is one of three native Hawaiians to receive such honors since 2015. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
Utah’s Bradlee Anae, a 2019 All-America defensive end, is one of three native Hawaiians to receive such honors since 2015. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) /

Football All-Americans by state (per capita) from 2015 to 2019

  1. Hawaii: 1 per 472,000
  2. Louisiana: 1 per 775,000
  3. Georgia: 1 per 885,000
  4. Delaware: 1 per 973,000
  5. Alabama: 1 per 1.23 million
  6. New Jersey: 1 per 1.27 million
  7. Texas: 1 per 1.32 million
  8. Wisconsin: 1 per 1.455 million
  9. Kansas: 1 per 1.457 million
  10. Ohio: 1 per 1.46 million
  11. Mississippi: 1 per 1.49 million
  12. Utah: 1 per 1.60 million
  13. South Carolina: 1 per 1.72 million
  14. Washington: 1 per 1.90 million
  15. Florida: 1 per 1.95 million
  16. Tennessee: 1 per 2.28 million
  17. Arkansas: 1 per 3.02 million
  18. Nevada: 1 per 3.08 million
  19. Iowa: 1 per 3.16 million
  20. Illinois: 1 per 3.17 million
  21. Pennsylvania: 1 per 3.20 million
  22. Michigan: 1 per 3.33 million
  23. Indiana: 1 per 3.36 million
  24. Connecticut: 1 per 3.57 million
  25. Oklahoma: 1 per 3.96 million
  26. Virginia: 1 per 4.27 million
  27. North Carolina: 1 per 5.24 million
  28. Colorado: 1 per 5.76 million
  29. Maryland: 1 per 6.05 million
  30. Missouri: 1 per 6.14 million
  31. Massachusetts: 1 per 6.89 million
  32. Arizona: 1 per 7.28 million
  33. California: 1 per 13.17 million
  34. – .51 Wyoming, Vermont, District of Columbia, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine, New Hampshire, Idaho, West Virginia, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York: 0

Analyzing the per capita state list

Mathematically, five years is a small sample size when considering the entirety of college football history and All-America honorees. Hawaii, though, stands out in the crowd as the best per-capita producer of All-Americans since 2015. The state of 1.4 million has produced three in the last five seasons, including Utah’s Bradlee Anae (2019), Washington State’s Hercules Mata’afa (2017), and UCLA’s Ka’imi Fairbairn (2015).

It’s shocking that California, with a population of more than 39 million people, has produced the same number of All-Americans as Hawaii (three) since 2015. Delaware interposes itself as the fourth-best state by virtue of its small population (less than a million) and its one honoree, Pitt’s Quadree Henderson in 2016.

Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Indiana are three Big Ten and MAC-laden states that are declining in population overall and rank outside the Top 20 of U.S. states in terms of per capita All-American production.

Some of the largest states who have produced no All-Americans in the past five seasons? Take a look at New York (19.5 million people), Minnesota, Kentucky, and Oregon — all homes to decent FBS programs, but just no home-grown All-Americans in the past half-decade. Then there’s Nebraska and West Virginia: zero homegrown All-Americans in the past five years and struggling FBS state schools.

Here’s a U.S. map of football All-Americans per capita since 2015:

Read on to see the list of individual players and their home states.

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