Louisiana has a well-deserved reputation for high school football and, for a time, 100 or more players from the state were signed to scholarships by Division 1A (FBS) teams each year, including a high of 117 back in 2007. But in recent years, despite many more 1A teams, that number has averaged about 85-- until this year when only 56 received FBS scholarships. As recently as 2016, SEC teams signed 32 kids from the state. This year that number dropped to 13, even including LSU's 8. I can’t explain those numbers. Has Louisiana football declined? Have other states caught up? Are recruiters from outside the state not investing as much effort in Louisiana? I suspect Covid-19 had something to do with it this year in that coaches couldn’t be on the road as much. Also, a few years ago, the NCAA started enforcing the 25 annual player limit. This resulted in a few less signees. And, the new transfer rules all but forces teams to grab available upperclassmen in place of high school graduates. Still, going from over 100 signees per year to 56 is a significant drop. We went from 93 to 56 in just this past year when overall freshmen signees across the country remained about the same.
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