Southern California football coach Pete Carroll doesn't need to travel far to find recruits. He has his choice of high school football talent within driving distance. It's just 35 miles to Mater Dei High in Santa Ana, 21 to Long Beach Poly High and 22 to Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks. Dominguez High is just 10 miles down the road in Compton. A comprehensive database of the past 20 NFL drafts, assembled by USA TODAY, illuminates trends in geography (school and conference), position and player size. "We can't get them all," Florida State's Bobby Bowden says. Other database findings include:
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