2001 team is possibly the greatest college football team ever assembled.
Interesting thing is that on the 98 man roster there were 44 who were not from FL, including 13 of the 24 starters.
44/98 were not from FL.
13/24 starters not from FL
4/6 AA were not from FL
8/13 All Big-East not from FL
7/9 Award finalists not from FL
Joaquin was the OL starter from FL.
o. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/JC
1 Daryl Jones WR Sr. 5-10 184 Dallas, TX/Carter
11 Ken Dorsey QB Jr. 6-5 210 Orinda, CA/Miramonte
88 Jeremy Shockey TE Jr. 6-6 236 Ada, OK/Ada/NE Oklahoma JC
78 Bryant McKinnie OT Sr. 6-9 335 Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury/Lackawanna JC
74 Sherko Haji-Rasouli OL Jr. 6-6 326 Toronto, Ontario, Canada/MacDonald
65 Martin Bibla OG Sr. 6-4 300 Mountaintop, PA/Crestwood
66 Brett Romberg C Jr. 6-3 293 Windsor, Ontario, Canada/Belle River District
17 D.J. Williams LB So. 6-2 244 Concord, CA/De La Salle
20 Edward Reed FS Sr. 6-0 198 St. Rose, LA/Destrehan
48 Chris Campbell LB Sr. 6-2 225 Mt. Pleasant, TX/Mt. Pleasant
23 James Lewis SS Sr. 5-11 196 Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway
13 Freddie Capshaw P Jr. 5-11 190 Rock Springs, WY/Rock Springs
16 Todd Sievers K Jr. 6-3 215 Ankeny, IA/Ankeny
We need to recruit top talent regardless where they live.
Just look at the 13 out of state starters we had:
1 IA
1 WY
2 NJ
1 OK
2 TX
1 LA
1 PA
2 CA
2 Canada