60 Minutes did a story some weeks ago on the football factory known as American Samoa, a tiny island that has produced more NFL players than any other American territory. The Pacific Islands indeed are a football hot bed, and are becoming the crown jewel of college football recruiting, sure to increase with the new found exposure on 60 Minutes.
So on the recommendation of loyal HBCU Sports Blog supporter JG Rattler, I tried to find out just how deep the talent pool goes in Hawaii and American Samoa for the crown jewel of mid-major athletics, historically black colleges and universities. Surely, if the Pacific Islands are good enough for the west coast Division I universities to find talent, surely it can be good enough for HBCUs to mine for players.
Now I won’t be naive and assume every black college coach can make it out to Hawaii to recruit; these days, its shocking if coaches have budgets to facilitate overnight trips across their own state. Still, it’s worth a shot, right?