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Florida high school football

148 Florida high schools have produced an NFL draft pick since the 2010 signing class, out of 509 with a college signee who went on to play.

280
NFL draftees
7% of 2010–2020 signees
312
College contributors
offense skill
6,532
Recruits tracked
since 2010
226
Schools that produced
of 509 with a signee

What Florida produces

Every college signee from a Florida high school since 2010 by position group, and how many were drafted.

EDGE
87246 NFL
CB
81843 NFL
WR
95937 NFL
S
63034 NFL
RB
50624 NFL
DL
45918 NFL
OT
37817 NFL
ATH
41415 NFL
QB
33415 NFL
IOL
44512 NFL
TE
2199 NFL
LB
3796 NFL
K
762 NFL
LS
251 NFL
P
181 NFL
draftedsigned with a college program

Every school, by NFL draft picks

Every Florida high school that has sent a player to a college football program since 2010 — 509 of them, ranked by what those players became.

#High schoolNFLRecruits
1IMG Academy15211
2St. Thomas Aquinas14213
3American Heritage10111
4Lakewood635
5Miami Central5128
6Booker T. Washington557
7Deerfield Beach558
8Miami Northwestern564
9Trinity Christian Academy553
10Dwyer445
11University School436
12Armwood472
13East Lake416
14Miami Carol City351
15Northwestern329
16Dr. Phillips348
17Navarre313
18Lakeland373
19Miami Southridge343
20Raines337
21West Orange336
22Miami Columbus349
23Glades Central329
24Vanguard327
25Flanagan322

226 of Florida's 509 high schools with a college signee have produced an NFL pick or a college contributor, and they are the ones ranked above; 30 have a pipeline page of their own. Search finds any of the 509.

Class by class

How many college players Florida sent out each year — whether the state as a whole is producing more or fewer, which no class ranking measures.

4–5★ signeesall other college signees
'10
'12
'14
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'26
college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. Florida

Notable alumni

The 40 biggest names out of Florida, drafted first. A school's own page carries every one of its signees.

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Nolan SmithEDGEGeorgiaNFL draft (2025 R4)
Xavier ThomasEDGEClemsonNFL draft (2024 R5)
Derwin JamesSFlorida StateNFL draft (2018 R1)
Alex LeatherwoodOTAlabamaNFL draft (2021 R1)
Vernon Hargreaves IIICBFloridaNFL draft (2016 R1)
Karlos WilliamsSFlorida StateNFL draft (2015 R5)
Laremy TunsilOTOle MissNFL draft (2016 R1)
Patrick Surtain IICBAlabamaNFL draft (2021 R1)
Nick BosaEDGEOhio StateNFL draft (2019 R1)
Nicholas Petit-FrereOTOhio StateNFL draft (2022 R3)
Ha Ha Clinton-DixSAlabamaNFL draft (2014 R1)
Dallas TurnerEDGEAlabamaNFL draft (2024 R1)
Joshua KaindohEDGEFlorida StateNFL draft (2021 R4)
Evan NealOTAlabamaNFL draft (2022 R1)
Gervon DexterDLFloridaNFL draft (2023 R2)
Tyson CampbellCBGeorgiaNFL draft (2021 R2)
Lamarcus JoynerATHFlorida StateNFL draft (2014 R2)
Dalvin CookRBFlorida StateNFL draft (2017 R2)
Calvin RidleyWRAlabamaNFL draft (2018 R1)
Derrick HenryATHAlabamaNFL draft (2016 R2)
Timmy JerniganDLFlorida StateNFL draft (2014 R2)
Matt ElamSFloridaNFL draft (2013 R1)
James WilliamsSMiamiNFL draft (2024 R7)
Tony StewardEDGEClemsonNFL draft (2015 R6)
Jeff DriskelQBFloridaNFL draft (2016 R6)
John TheusOTGeorgiaNFL draft (2016 R5)
Jalen CarterDLGeorgiaNFL draft (2023 R1)
Sammy WatkinsWRClemsonNFL draft (2014 R1)
Deon CainWRClemsonNFL draft (2018 R6)
Sony MichelRBGeorgiaNFL draft (2018 R1)
Shaun WadeCBOhio StateNFL draft (2021 R5)
Anthony ChickilloEDGEMiamiNFL draft (2015 R6)
Kelvin TaylorRBFloridaNFL draft (2016 R6)
Duke JohnsonRBMiamiNFL draft (2015 R3)
Chad ThomasEDGEMiamiNFL draft (2018 R3)
Jerry JeudyWRAlabamaNFL draft (2020 R1)
Nick O'LearyTEFlorida StateNFL draft (2015 R6)
Nelson AgholorATHUSCNFL draft (2015 R1)
Jason Marshall Jr.CBFloridaNFL draft (2025 R5)
Mackensie AlexanderCBClemsonNFL draft (2016 R2)

Top current commits

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
Mark MatthewsOTTexas A&M5★
A'mir SearsATHMiami5★
Nick LennearWRMiami5★
Dia BellMiamiFlorida StateAuburnQBTexas5★
Kaden HendersonLBTexas A&M5★
Osani GaylesWRAlabama5★
Eric McFarland IIIWRTexas A&M4★
Danny Odem IIICBNebraska4★

Other states

The same read for every state with enough college signings to measure.

A recruit's state is his HOMETOWN, so this is where Florida talent comes from rather than where it plays. Descriptive hindsight, not a forecast. Draft outcomes cover all positions (2010–2020 signing classes, each with the full five drafts behind it); the college-contributor count covers offense-skill positions (2010–21), where we have production data. How this is measured.