RedZone Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Texas wins with 22, California 21, Florida 17, Georgia, 11 Louisiana, 10 no one else in double-digits https://scorebooklive.com/national/2022/02/04/which-state-has-the-most-high-school-alumni-playing-in-the-super-bowl/ It’s just over a week until the 2022 Super Bowl, that golden sporting event where many viewers tune in for the commercials and zany gamblers can bet on which yard marker will sustain the first divot (SoFi Stadium has artificial turf, but someone might give it a shot anyway). We’re going to steer clear of such minutiae and focus on a high school angle pertaining to the biggest Sunday in sports. We looked up where every player on the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams rosters played their final year of high school football and grouped them by state. Here are all the Bengals and Rams (including injured and practice squad players), grouped by state in alphabetical order, with the high school each player attended in parentheses. Feature photo of Cooper Kupp (L.A. Rams via Eastern Washington via Davis High School in Yakima) by Thomas Boyd, The Oregonian/OregonLive Louisiana (10) Odell Beckham Jr., Rams (Isidore Newman) Raymond Calais, Rams (Cecilia) Ja’Marr Chase, Bengals (Archbishop Rummel) Stanley Morgan, Bengals (St. Augustine) Robert Rochell, Rams (Fair Park) Tyler Shelvin, Bengals (Notre Dame) Trent Taylor, Bengals (Evangel Christian Academy) Andrew Whitworth, Rams (West Monroe) Pooka Williams Jr., Bengals (Hahnville) Brandon Wilson, Bengals (Calvary Baptist Academy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 Just now, RedZone said: Andrew Whitworth, Rams (West Monroe) This might be his last year (40 years old)......and going up against his old team (Bengals) in the Super Bowl. That would be the way to go out with a win! He's had a great career.... Cincinnati Bengals (2006–2016) Los Angeles Rams (2017–present) Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards 2× First-team All-Pro (2015, 2017) Second-team All-Pro (2014) 4× Pro Bowl (2012, 2015–2017) NFLPA Alan Page Community Award (2019) Built Ford Tough Offensive Line of the Year (2018) BCS National Champion (2003) 2× First-team All-SEC (2004, 2005) USA Today High School All-American (2000) Career NFL statistics Games played: 239 Games started: 235 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ga96 Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 That's hard considering a lot of states have teams that recruit players nationwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Ga96 said: That's hard considering a lot of states have teams that recruit players nationwide. Other than IMG Academy, who reaches out to recruits first contact, please name other schools who make first contact to families/student athletes from OOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 15 hours ago, RedZone said: Odell Beckham Jr., Rams (Isidore Newman) Still has plenty of juice and is giving the Rams a big boost. He and Cooper Kupp will be hard checks for the Bengals. A Beckham Jr. Super Bowl win would be #5 for Newman (NOLA). Peyton and Eli have 4 wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Ga96 said: That's hard considering a lot of states have teams that recruit players nationwide. Idiot! Straight up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolebull813 Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, golfaddict1 said: Other than IMG Academy, who reaches out to recruits first contact, please name other schools who make first contact to families/student athletes from OOS. Lowndes is the only other team that comes to mind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Nolebull813 said: Lowndes is the only other team that comes to mind Seriously? They initiated contact with an OOS family? Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Maryland has 6 Bengals OL Isaiah Prince attended Eleanor Roosevelt Bengals LB Keandre Jones Good Counsel Bengals DT Zach Kerr QO Rams RB Jake Funk Damascus Rams DB Blake Countess Good Counsel Rams OL Rob Havenstein Linganore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MA Fan Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Quote Virginia (2) Nick Scott, Rams (Fairfax) Quinton Spain, Bengals (Petersburg) Nick Scott went to Brookline (MA) his first two years so he's another MA partial-credit player like Christian Wilkins and Lewis Cine. When he moved to the DC area he spurned the traditional powers to attend Fairfax, which was not a strong program. Vintage footage of Quinton Spain playing HS basketball at about 350 pounds. "Aptly named, because he's about the size of the country" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty4024 Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 9:10 PM, RedZone said: Texas wins with 22, California 21, Florida 17, Georgia, 11 Louisiana, 10 no one else in double-digits https://scorebooklive.com/national/2022/02/04/which-state-has-the-most-high-school-alumni-playing-in-the-super-bowl/ It’s just over a week until the 2022 Super Bowl, that golden sporting event where many viewers tune in for the commercials and zany gamblers can bet on which yard marker will sustain the first divot (SoFi Stadium has artificial turf, but someone might give it a shot anyway). We’re going to steer clear of such minutiae and focus on a high school angle pertaining to the biggest Sunday in sports. We looked up where every player on the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams rosters played their final year of high school football and grouped them by state. Here are all the Bengals and Rams (including injured and practice squad players), grouped by state in alphabetical order, with the high school each player attended in parentheses. Feature photo of Cooper Kupp (L.A. Rams via Eastern Washington via Davis High School in Yakima) by Thomas Boyd, The Oregonian/OregonLive Louisiana (10) Odell Beckham Jr., Rams (Isidore Newman) Raymond Calais, Rams (Cecilia) Ja’Marr Chase, Bengals (Archbishop Rummel) Stanley Morgan, Bengals (St. Augustine) Robert Rochell, Rams (Fair Park) Tyler Shelvin, Bengals (Notre Dame) Trent Taylor, Bengals (Evangel Christian Academy) Andrew Whitworth, Rams (West Monroe) Pooka Williams Jr., Bengals (Hahnville) Brandon Wilson, Bengals (Calvary Baptist Academy) We know who @Reb72 is pulling for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 9:10 PM, RedZone said: Trent Taylor, Bengals (Evangel Christian Academy) Lead the nation in receiving yards in 2016 at La-Tech. He was drafted by the 49ers (2017) and had a solid rookie season. He was a catching machine at La-Tech and Evangel Christian. https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/player/_/view/offense/stat/receiving/season/2016/table/receiving/sort/receivingYards/dir/desc Trent Taylor caught the 2-point pass for the tie against the Chiefs in the AFC Champ game. He mostly handles the punts now for the Bengals (sure hands)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 10:27 AM, Frosty4024 said: We know who @Reb72 is pulling for. Big Whit is such a good guy, it would be very difficult not to pull for him and the Rams being a West Monroe guy myself. I love Joe Burrow but he has a long (hopefully) career ahead of him; definitely would like to see Whitworth retire with a ring 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
15yds4gibberish Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 10:23 AM, RedZone said: A Beckham Jr. Super Bowl win would be #5 for Newman (NOLA). Fan of Beckham Jr. myself. Pretty much interested in everything he has to say before and after. It was kinda funny looking at the CA names. One of the guys on the list for the Rams that I'm positive nobody's heard of is J.J. Koski. I remember him running around as a youth. He was one of those kids that played every sport and was good at them all - football, baseball, basketball, swimming, you name it. I didn't know he'd made it onto an NFL roster, so was surprised to see him listed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxchoboian Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 49 minutes ago, 15yds4gibberish said: Fan of Beckham Jr. myself. Pretty much interested in everything he has to say before and after. It was kinda funny looking at the CA names. One of the guys on the list for the Rams that I'm positive nobody's heard of is J.J. Koski. I remember him running around as a youth. He was one of those kids that played every sport and was good at them all - football, baseball, basketball, swimming, you name it. I didn't know he'd made it onto an NFL roster, so was surprised to see him listed. It is crazy to see how many DI college athletes were All-State...in multiple sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty4024 Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 13 hours ago, Reb72 said: Big Whit is such a good guy, it would be very difficult not to pull for him and the Rams being a West Monroe guy myself. I love Joe Burrow but he has a long (hopefully) career ahead of him; definitely would like to see Whitworth retire with a ring You read the story about Whit inviting Burrow to rehab his ACL injury with him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 21 hours ago, Reb72 said: Big Whit is such a good guy, it would be very difficult not to pull for him and the Rams being a West Monroe guy myself. I love Joe Burrow but he has a long (hopefully) career ahead of him; definitely would like to see Whitworth retire with a ring Big Whit can lay claim to being one of the very few (if any) players to win a MNC in High School (West Monroe), a College National Championship (LSU) and Super Bowl (Rams)....if the Rams can win. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 16 hours ago, maxchoboian said: It is crazy to see how many DI college athletes were All-State...in multiple sports. Beckham Jr was pretty good at Basketball and Track at Newman.....he can still dunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfaddict1 Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 18 hours ago, maxchoboian said: It is crazy to see how many DI college athletes were All-State...in multiple sports. Dave Winfield always comes to mind when thinking about athletes excelling in different sports. He probably bowls a mean game too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 9:50 AM, Reb72 said: Big Whit is such a good guy, Big Whit with the nice recognition last night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb72 Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, RedZone said: Big Whit with the nice recognition last night. Good job Big Whit, well-deserved. Really not a nicer guy around... until you get him on the field 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZone Posted February 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Reb72 said: Good job Big Whit, well-deserved. Really not a nicer guy around... until you get him on the field 😉 ..."people" won't start any Big Whit threads and the good, but they will start threads about every other NFL player that shits sideways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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