The 2027 map was Florida, then Georgia. The 2028 map is California, then Arizona, then Florida. Same database. Different class. I counted home state on every ranked 2028 row in cbr_recruits_public on August 23, 2026.
The count
| State | Ranked | Best on the board |
|---|---|---|
| California | 9 | Yann Kamagate, No. 3 |
| Arizona | 8 | Jakyi Miles, No. 18 |
| Florida | 7 | Bamba Touray, No. 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | Colton Hiller, No. 1 |
| Texas | 5 | Josiah Rose, No. 7 |
| North Carolina | 5 | Kaharri Coleman, No. 47 |
| Virginia | 4 | Antoine Caughman Jr., No. 20 |
| New Jersey | 4 | Will Brunson, No. 24 |
| Utah | 3 | Evan Willis, No. 9 |
| Georgia | 3 | Myles Hayes, No. 11 |
| Tennessee | 3 | DJ Okoth, No. 16 |
| Maryland | 3 | Xavier Skipworth, No. 22 |
| Kentucky | 3 | Joshua Lindsay, No. 37 |
| Ohio | 3 | Marceles Duncan, No. 56 |
Fourteen states hold three or more ranked 2028 players. The other 17 states on the board hold one or two.
California
Nine names. Kamagate at No. 3 is the head of the list, then Shalen Sheppard at 13 and Michai White at 15. Three Sierra Canyon players sit further down: Jordan Mize at 23, Josh Lowery at 25, JJ Sati-Grier at 48. Volume and a top-three center. That is why the state leads.
Arizona
Eight names, one fewer than California, and no one inside the top 15. Miles at 18 is the best of them. The rest of the Arizona list lives in the academy cluster: Compass, Bella Vista, Dream City. The state is deep. It is not top-heavy.
Florida
Seven names, and two of them are the ones everyone argues about. Touray is No. 2. Isaiah Hamilton is No. 4. Bentley Lusakueno is No. 8. Florida does not lead the count. It leads the top of the board after Hiller.
Pennsylvania
Five names, and one of them is No. 1. Hiller is the reason this state belongs in the first sentence of any 2028 map. Logan Chwastyk at 19 is the second name. The other three sit in the 29 to 72 range.
The 2027 board had Florida at 12 and Georgia at 10. This class swapped the order and spread the talent west. I would recruit California for volume and Florida for the top of the board. I would not skip Pennsylvania because the count looks small.
