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Zack Poff

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Editor at MaxPreps

I don't do fake. National Football Editor for https://t.co/6iThEdGbZi. #GetYoPopcornReady

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  • Dia Bell, Faizon Brandon and Keisean Henderson headline quarterbacks selected for Elite 11 Finals

    1 week ago | maxpreps.com | Zack Poff

    Dia Bell, Faizon Brandon and Keisean Henderson were among the 20 high school quarterbacks selected to compete at the Elite 11 Finals in Los Angeles from June 17-19. Other notable selections include Travis Burgess, Helaman Casuga, Dereon Coleman, Landon Duckworth, Matt Ponatoski and Jonas Williams. The event features three five-star prospects and six quarterbacks are in the top 100 overall according to 247Sports. Fourteen are four-star recruits while the remaining three are three-stars.

  • State-by-state look at where every pick in the 2025 NFL Draft played high school football

    1 month ago | maxpreps.com | Zack Poff

    For the third time since 2020, Texas finished with the most players selected in the NFL draft with 36. Kelvin Banks Jr., Jahdae Barron, Billy Bowman, Quinn Ewers, Matthew Golden, Ashton Jeanty, Jalen Milroe, Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward were some of the notable selections from the Lone Star State. Ward became the first No. 1 overall pick that was unrated coming out of high school. He was also the 15th player from Texas to be taken first overall.

  • State-by-state look at high schools of 2025 NFL Draft first-round selections

    1 month ago | maxpreps.com | Zack Poff

    Ward, who graduated from Columbia (West Columbia) in 2020, was one of six Texas high school football products taken in the first round. Ashton Jeanty, Kelvin Banks Jr., Jahdae Barron, Matthew Golden and Donovan Jackson were the other five selections from the Lone Star State. Travis Hunter was selected at No. 2 and headlines the three players from Georgia. The former Collins Hill (Suwanee) standout was named the MaxPreps Georgia Player of the Year as a junior and senior.

  • State-by-state look at high schools with No. 1 overall NFL Draft selections

    1 month ago | maxpreps.com | Zack Poff

    Texas high schools lead the way when it comes to producing No. 1 overall picks in the NFL Draft with 14. After a dry spell from 1982 until 2008, the Lone Star State had five in an 11-year span with Matthew Stafford (2009), Andrew Luck (2012), Myles Garrett (2017), Baker Mayfield (2018) and Kyler Murray (2019). If Cam Ward hears his name called with the first overall pick later tonight he will be the 15th player from Texas.

  • State-by-state look at high schools of NFL Draft first-round picks over last 10 years

    1 month ago | maxpreps.com | Zack Poff

    There have been 318 first round picks in the NFL Draft since 2015 and over 45 percent of them have come from the four big states — California, Florida, Georgia and Texas. The Sunshine State leads the way with 48 selections and have had six in each of the last two drafts. Texas checks in with the second-most selections with 35 followed by Georgia with 32 and California with 30.

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