The state of Florida is a football talent hotspot. Every year, hundreds of football players from Florida's high schools enroll in Power 5 college football programs and go on to become National Football League stars. In fact, over the past three decades, more than 100 Florida players have been selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Florida has produced many successful coaches, too. Three current NFL head coaches came up through the coaching ranks in Florida: Nick Saban (Bama), Dirk Koetter (Tebow) and Dan Mullen (Mississippi State). Two other former Gators coaches are currently ranked in the top 10 of the most recent NFL rankings: Jim McElwain (UFA) and Willie Taggart (UF). And two more former Gators coaches will be joining them this season: Todd Bowles (NYJ) and Joe Philbin (MIA). Not only that, but Florida is also a major player on the recruiting trail. Programs such as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Miami, South Carolina and Texas A&M all recruit heavily in Florida. These schools know they can find players here who are better prepared than those coming out of California or New Jersey because they're competing against the best teams in the country for those players' services.