I couldn’t help but notice that the eighth ranked player in Georgia (Harry Miller) is ranked 36th nationally (ratio of one Georgian for every 3.5 players), while the eighth best Ohioan (Ryan Jacoby) is ranked 281st nationally (ratio of one Ohioan for every 35 players).

For grind and giggles, I thought it might be interesting to see where the eighth best Ohioan was ranked nationally in the composite in past classes:

2002: Mike Kudla—110th
2003: Dareus Hiley—94th
2004: Gerald Cadogan—335th
2005: Kendall Davis—242nd
2006: Ray Small—129th
2007: Mark Jackson—268th
2008: Dan McCarthy—176th
2009: John Simon—188th
2010: Christian Bryant—134th
2011: Aundrey Walker—172nd
2012: Josh Perry—133rd
2013: Gareon Conley—153rd
2014: Derek Kief—216th
2015: Tyree Kinnel—189th
2016: Justin Layne—179th
2017: Danny Davis—230th
2018: Joseph Scates—266th
2019: Ryan Jacoby—281st
2020: Daved Jones—not currently in the composite but ranked 362nd nationally by 247Sports.

Aside from maybe a few outliers (e.g., Cadogan in 2004), it’s evident that in the eyes of the #starhanderouters, Ohio’s high school players have steadily lost their luster.