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Florida might have best college football 'all-state' team

It should surprise no one who follows college football that California, Florida and Texas produce the most NFL players.

To that end, we decided -- with a tip of the cap to sbnation.com -- to pick all-star college teams from those three states. But in an effort to be truer to the "the best players come from ..." maxim, we took it a step further: Our teams are made up only of players who played high school ball in those three states. In other words, because Florida State Heisman-winning quarterback Jameis Winston played high school ball in Alabama, he is "ineligible" for our Florida team.

A quick perusal of the teams shows that numerous players left their home states to play college football. For instance, just look at the Florida receiving trio, which should make any fan salivate: Tampa native Nelson Agholor, Miami native Amari Cooper and Fort Lauderdale native Rashad Greene. But only Greene stayed "home" for college, signing with Florida State. Agholor went to USC (as did Daytona Beach native Leonard Williams) and Cooper trekked to Alabama.

Some other takeaways:

Here are the teams.

CALIFORNIA

Offense

High school: Pleasanton Foothill

High school: San Jose Valley Christian

High school: Fontana Summit

High school: Riverside J.W. North

High school: Fresno Washington Union

High school: Stockton St. Mary's

High school: Cypress

High school: Watsonville St. Francis Catholic

High school: Hemet

High school: Rancho Santa Margarita Santa Margarita

High school: Encino Crespi Carmelite

Defense

High school: Vacaville

High school: Pleasant Hill College Park

High school: Rancho Cucamonga Los Osos

High school: Palo Cero Foothill

High school: Fresno Hoover

High school: Colton

High school: Los Angeles Crenshaw

High school: Chino Hills

High school: Oakland McClymonds

High school: Murrieta Vista Murrieta

High school: Wilmington Banning

Take a look ahead to the 2014 college football season with the best running backs to follow this fall.

FLORIDA

Offense

High school: Miami Central

High school: Miami Norland

High school: Davenport Ridge Community

High school: Tampa Berkeley Prep

High school: Miami Northwestern

High school: Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas

High school: Lake City Columbia

High school: Palm Beach Gardens

High school: Jacksonville White

High school: Miami Central

High school: Seffner Armwood

Defense

High school: Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas

High school: Delray Beach Atlantic

High school: Daytona Beach Mainland

High school: St. Petersburg Lakewood

High school: Coral Gables

High school: Seffner Armwood

High school: Tampa Jefferson

High school: Tampa Wharton

High school: Ocala Vanguard

High school: Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest

High school: Orlando Edgewater

Take a look ahead to the 2014 college football season with the best wide receivers to follow this fall.

TEXAS

Offense

High school: Midlothian

High school: Frisco Liberty

High school: Killeen Ellison

High school: Missouri City Hightower

High school: Midland

High school: Dallas St. Mark's

High school: Allen

High school: Corinth Lake Dallas

High school: Houston Westside

High school: Marble Falls

High school: Missouri City Elkins

Defense

High school: Denton Ryan

High school: Amarillo

High school: Keller Fossil Ridge

High school: Cleveland

High school: Dallas Skyline

High school: Daingerfield

High school: Dallas Skyline

High school: Angleton

High school: DeSoto

High school: Alief Hastings

High school: Tyler John Tyler

Mike Huguenin can be reached at mike.huguenin@nfl.com. You also can follow him on Twitter @MikeHuguenin.

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