Indiana over-represented in sending players to NFL

[scarab527]

Interesting graphic I came across which shows the amount of NFL players per 1 million residents of each state. Indiana fairs pretty well in comparison to the rest of the country I thought. 

[BTF]

Better than California, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania? Not too shabby. 

[BLACKGOLD2007]

In this scenario we benefit from having a smaller population about 6.8 million in 2022. Where California has a population of 39 million....(fun fact California's population is larger than the population of Canada.)

But, still it is cool to see Hoosiers represent in the highest league. 

Edited July 9, 2024 by BLACKGOLD2007

[tango]

Any place to find the same percentages for current NBA players? 

[scarab527]

2 hours ago, BLACKGOLD2007 said:

In this scenario we benefit from having a smaller population about 6.8 million in 2022. Where California has a population of 39 million....(fun fact California's population is larger than the population of Canada.)

But, still it is cool to see Hoosiers represent in the highest league. 

Not really. Indiana is the 17th biggest state in the union and is comparable to similarly sized states like Maryland and Tennessee in terms of NFL players produced. I’d buy that argument if it came to Wyoming with 500K people, but not with Indiana. 

[scarab527]

20 minutes ago, tango said:

Any place to find the same percentages for current NBA players? 

Here’s a Reddit post from 2022 detailing per capita NBA players by state. Didn’t look too deep but I’m sure there’s more updated statistics for this out there somewhere. This one specifically has Indiana ranking 5th in the union. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/1JAnKFZYtF 

Edited July 9, 2024 by scarab527