https://vb.bearcatnews.com/ Discuss football recruiting en Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:10:00 GMT vBulletin 60 https://vb.bearcatnews.com/images/misc/rss.png https://vb.bearcatnews.com/ https://vb.bearcatnews.com/forum/football-recruiting/436093-decline-in-the-number-of-ohio-hs-kids-playing-football Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:08:27 GMT The National Federation of State High School Associations put together a comparison of high school football participation numbers between 2008 and...
AL: 21,590 to 27,953 (+29.5%)
AZ: 13,2112 to 19,177 (+45.2%)
FL: 29,911 to 37,872 (+26.6%)
GA: 22,905 to 32,445 (+41.7%)
IL: 44,273 to 35,883 (-19.0%)
IN: 21,103 to 20,878 (-1.1%)
LA: 16,107 to 20,696 (+28.5)
MI: 41,744 to 33,427 (-19.9%)
MS: 16,820 to 28,236 (+67.9%)
NC: 21,493 to 28,761 (+33.8%)
OH: 43,736 to 39,439 (-9.8%)
SC: 15,769 to 18,835 (+19.4%)
TN: 15,732 to 22,473 (+42.8)
TX: 141,298 to 174,126 (+23.2%)
VA: 19,355 to 22,970 (+18.7%)

Texas alone has 44,499 more players than IL, IN, MI & OH combined.]]> Football Recruiting swilsonsp4 https://vb.bearcatnews.com/forum/football-recruiting/436093-decline-in-the-number-of-ohio-hs-kids-playing-football