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Our national recruiting analysts picked the top 16 metro areas for high school football talent and seeded them 1-16 , with No. 1 being their collective pick as the best.

Fans already voted on our first -round matchups below and now it's on to the quarterfinal matchups.

Since 2021 , Tampa Bay has produced at least one first round NFL selection.

Former Rivals No. 1 overall player Travis Hunter is expected to come off the board early in the NFL Draft .

Former five -star DL Dominick McKinley closed his freshman season out with a bang -- and is part of what should be a formidable front in the Bayou.

The Motor City has been a steady producer of talent over the years .

Miami /South Florida has produced a five -star in six straight classes.

Los Angeles has its pick of elite quarterbacks, maybe better than any region by far.

South Florida continues to hold onto its reputation as one of America 's truly fertile football hotbeds.

In NFL Drafts since 2020 , there have been two dozen Alabama natives picked from the region.

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