Jasper wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:47 am
a quick look shows Elon with 36 players from NC and Furman with 17 from SC - for what it's worth.
That's not always an indicator. While sometimes difficult to find reported numbers, I think a lot of times the athletic programs mirror the student body as a whole.
Just as an example, take Mercer. The last time I looked, Mercer's student body was close to 90% Georgians. Their football team (based on a rough count) has over 60 players from Georgia. Their roster largely mirrors the student body geographically.
I don't know this for a fact, but I expect that Wofford has a higher (probably significantly higher) percentage of students from South Carolina than Furman. Their football team, as you might expect, has more South Carolinians than Furman's does.
None of this is scientific, but I expect the athletic programs tend to fall in line with what the admissions at the university stresses. Furman has historically been more geographically diverse than some of these other schools.