Oh, I was absolutely wrong about Pahokee and Belle Glade being outside of those 3 counties. I had know it at one time, for that very specific instance, lol.
I still think the rest-of-FL team would win more than half the time, though.
Look at the top 20 kids in the state of Florida- removing the IMG bs kids.
1) Leonard Taylor, DT - 5*, #10 player in US, #1 DT - Miami Palmetto HS
2) James Williams, ATH - 5*, #12 player in US, #1 ATH - American Heritage HS (Delray Beach)
3) Terrence Lewis, OLB - 5*, #15 player in US, #1 OLB - Miami Central HS
4) Jason Marshall, CB - 5*, #31 player, #2 CB - Miami Palmetto HS (UF highest rated commit btw)
5) Mario Williams, WR - 4*, #37 player in US, #4 WR - Plant City HS (that's ButtF*k Egypt Florida)
6) Dallas Turner, DE - 4*, #43 player in US, #2 WDE - St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Laud)
7) Christian Leary, WR - 4*, #61 player, #7 WR - Edgewater HS (Orlando)
8) Agiye Hall, WR - 4*, #69 player, #10 WR - Bloomingdale HS (Valrico, FL - don't even know wtf that is)
9) Branden Jennings, OLB - 4*, #82 player, #6 OLB - Sandalwood (Jacksonville, FL)
10) Corey Collier, S - 4*, #84 player, #3 S - Miami Palmetto HS (UF 2nd highest rated commit btw)11) Tyreak Sapp, DE - 4*, #100 player, #8 SDE - St. Thomas Aquinas (UF 4th highest rated btw)12) Cade Denhoff, DE - 4*, #105 player, #9 SDE - Lakeland HS
13) Marcus Tate, OG - 4*, #107 player, #6 OG - Tru Prep Academy (Miami Gardens)14) Romello Brinson, WR - 4*, #134 player, #24 WR - Miami Northwestern15) Bryce Langston, DE - 4*, #136 player, #11 SDE - Vanguard HS (Ocala)
16) Michael Trigg, TE - 4*, #150 player, #5 TE - Carrollwood Day (Tampa)
17) Laurence Seymour, OG - 4*, #158 player, #10 OG - Miami Central18) Terrion Arnold, S - 4*, #160 player, #7 S - John Paul II Catholic HS (Tallahassee)
19) Troy Stellato, WR - 4*, #161 player, #27 WR - Cardinal Gibbons HS (Ft. Laud)20) Jalcoby George, WR - 4*, #162 player, #28 WR - Plantation HS (Broward) 100% of the 5* kids are from South Florida. 70% of the top 100 national kids are from...South Florida. And 60% of the state's top 20 kids are from...South Florida. A South Florida All-Star team would smoke a team from the rest of the state.
And none of this even accounts for the litany of 2* and 3* kids from South Florida that will wind up becoming genuine football superstars like Lamar Jackson that was a 3* (who is from Boynton Beach) or Antonio Brown that was a 2* (who is from Miami).
Look at the best players in the NFL from Florida that have played at least a season or two in the last 10-15 years- where are they all from? South Florida. Patrick Peterson, Amari Cooper, Jason Pierre Paul, Frank Gore, Antonio Brown, Lamar Jackson, Xavier Rhodes, Chad Johnson, Calvin Ridley Joey Bosa, Nick Bosa, Dalvin Cook, Ty Hilton, Janoris Jenkins, Devin Hester (greatest NFL return man ever) Andre Johnson (should be in the HOF), Ryan Shazier, Vince Wilfork, Steve Hutchinson (an NFL HOF'er) - all from South Florida. The only guys I can think of from outside of South Florida in the last 10-15 years that belong anywhere near a list with some of those other guys- probably only Khalil Mack and Derrick Henry.
You were dead wrong. You're wrong a lot. It's OK to admit it.
