Had I been guessing, I would’ve said Southwest DeKalb, Griffin or Westlake. Griffin has had the most players who actually played in the NFL (16), and Westlake had five active NFL players a couple of years ago. SWD is the school I think of sending the most players players to college ball through the years.

But for players drafted during the past two decades, it’s LaGrange with eight. The list includes Marty Carter, Walt Harris, Nate Hill, John Johnson, Quintin McCord, Tyrone Poole, Tony Stargell and Bruce Thornton.

Here are the schools with the most:

8 - LaGrange
7 - Southwest DeKalb
6 - Clarke Central, Warner Robins
5 - Douglass, Spencer
4 - Central Macon, Charlton County, East Coweta, Fulton, Griffin, Lowndes, Monroe, Parkview, Peach County, Sandy Creek, Tift County, Valdosta, Westlake
3 - Americus, Appling County, Beach, Butler, Cartersville, Colquitt County, Dunwoody, Laney, Marist, McEachern, Stephenson, Therrell, Tri-Cities, Westminster.

Schools that surprise me by not having any are Cairo, Habersham Central, Harrison, Hart County, Houston County, North Cobb, Oconee County, North Gwinnett, Rome, Thomson, Walton and Washington. No school in Cherokee County has had a player drafted.

I researched this using information compiled by USA Today in this article: NFL Draft - Finding The Talent

Here’s something interesting from the article: Long Beach Poly leads the nation with 16 NFL draft picks, the most in the nation. But Poly has more than twice the number of students (4,683) than some Class AAAAA schools in Georgia.

Here are the states with the most draft picks:

699 — California
568 — Texas
541 — Florida
281 — Georgia
231 — Ohio
225 — Louisiana
171 — Pennsylvania
165 — Virginia
164 — Alabama
160 — North Carolina

Kick off the debate: Why are some schools sending more talent to the NFL than others? Which schools are you surprised to NOT see on this list?

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Georgia High School Baseball Blog: State Finals

By AJC Sports | Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 10:33 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Step up to the plate: Hardball is the place to talk high school baseball on ajc.com. We’ll be posting scores as they become available, but if you’ve got the scoop, please feel free to post scores, recaps and highlights. Thanks.

Time to catch up on who’s facing off in finals (and how they got there). Tell us what you think about these items.

May 29 updates
• Complete state finals schedule

May 28 updates
• Walton tops Valdosta for AAAAA finals berth

• Gatorade names Stephens Co. pitcher Ga. Player of Year

• Stephens Co. bests Carrollton, makes AAA finals

May 27 updates
• Brookwood hammers North Cobb in semis sweep

• Griffin sweeps Sequoyah, meets Loganville in finals

• Wesleyan tops N. Oconee, faces Lovett in title round

• Landmark Christian headed to first state finals

• Semis roundup: Pacelli sweeps Providence

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