For the second time in three years, Texas had the most former high school football players selected in the NFL Draft. The Lone Star State had 32 players taken over seven rounds of the 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas followed by Georgia (30), California (22) and Florida (21).
Ohio (13), Alabama (12), Louisiana (10), Maryland (10) and North Carolina (10) were the only other states to have 10 or more selections.
Cedar Grove (Ellenwood, Ga.) was the only school to have three selections as Jelani Woods was the first to go in the third round by the Indianapolis Colts with the 73rd pick. DeAngelo Malone went nine picks later at No. 82 to the Atlanta Falcons and Justin Shaffer was selected in the sixth round by Atlanta.
Archbishop Murphy (Everett, Wash.), Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Carlsbad (Calif.), Cherokee (Canton, Ga.), IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.), Klein Collins (Spring, Texas), Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.), Marist (Atlanta), Neville (Monroe, La.), Plant (Tampa, Fla.), Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Md.), Saraland (Ala.) and Southern Lab (Baton Rouge, La.) all had two selections each.