David Shaw Insulted the Collective Intelligence of Home Region for Over 20% of Stanford Roster

David Shaw decided to offer his opinion on the satellite camp issue. He probably would have been better off not opining.

Set aside the regionalism and general insulting tone for those comments. They aren’t even factually true when you look at where Stanford gets its players.

A look at the 2015 football roster shows that–of the just over 100 players listed–California leads the way with 26 players. Of course, with Stanford being a private school, that’s a relatively low number of in-state athletes, especially considering both the number of top recruits out of California and the proximity. The guess is that public universities like California, USC, and UCLA draw a much higher percentage from within the state, and their coaches could afford to be more dismissive.

The next highest state is– Georgia? 7 players on Stanford’s roster came from there, just ahead of Washington (6), Texas (5), and Arizona (5).

Add in 4 from Louisiana, and a couple from various other states, and 22 players listed on last year’s roster were from states that have a SEC school within its borders. Add in 5 more from Virginia and North Carolina and over 25% of the Stanford roster is from what might be considered Paul Finebaum territory.

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