United Saints of America: An Interactive Map

by Dave Cariello on Jun 22, 2010 6:01 AM CDT

Ever wanted a handy, interactive map showing where all of the players on the Saints roster were born? You did!?! Well holy crap, that's exactly what I put together here today! Geez, what are the chances? Weird.

Make the jump to learn more...

As of last night, there were 86 total players listed on the roster of the official New Orleans Saints website, including restricted free agents still unsigned and players on IR (already?). The interactive map above breaks down which players were born in which states. The darker a state, the more players were born in that state. Move over a state with your mouse and you'll see how many and which players were born there.

Did you know that Jabari Greer is the only player from Tennessee? I didn't.

Interestingly, the Black & Gold represent 32 of our country's 50 states as well as the District of Columbia (Usama Young). Of those 31 states, Texas contributes the most with twelve overall players, including the one and only Drew Brees. California and Florida are tied for second most with seven players each. Had I done this yesterday, before the release of Bobby McCray, Florida would have been the second biggest contributor by itself. Surprisingly, Louisiana falls all the way to fourth on the list of total players with only six on the roster.

Only one player was not born in the U.S. and therefore not included in our map. Rookie Junior Galette is originally from Port Au Prince, Haiti. Did you know that?

So what stands out to you? How many players come from your state?

Much thanks to One.Cool.Customer at Blogging the Boys for coming up with this idea and helping me execute this post. Even though he's a Cowboys fan.

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Dave, Dave, Dave

What are you doing up so early in the morning. I guess I will have to check the map out from my room. It isn’t coming through on my company computer. I will Rec you for the principal of this post alone though.

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by SaintsFanInIraq on Jun 22, 2010 6:23 AM CDT reply actions

Yea thyis was a great idea and probably alot of hard work

But it’s not coming through on my computer either

World Champions at last

by mississippisaintsfan on Jun 22, 2010 6:43 AM CDT up reply actions

Same here

Not loading for me either

"I want to hand this trophy to the MVP of the Super Bowl -- and the MVP of the entire league.''
-- Saints coach Sean Payton, handing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Drew Brees after Super Bowl 44.

by VAsaintsfan on Jun 22, 2010 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions

Mine loads

Works and looks great

by Andrew Tessier on Jun 22, 2010 7:37 AM CDT up reply actions

not showing on mine

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by maybetoday on Jun 22, 2010 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions

If you can't see the map

it’s probably because the map is a flash animation and your browser either does not have a flash plugin (like the Shockwave Flash plugin for Firefox) or flash animations are blocked by programs like Flashblock or some ad filters.

For those of you that can see the map, if you click on a state you will zoom into the state. You can magnify any part of the map by clicking and holding the left mouse button and then dragging the pointer to mark the area you want enlarged. Why would you want to do this? Well, you might find it hard to find where Usama Young was born without magifying the general area where you suspect the District of Columbia to be :-)

Anyway, thanks for the hat tip, Dave.

by One.Cool.Customer on Jun 22, 2010 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Can’t see it either. And Junior Galette is certainly no Reuben Mayes, the pride of North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Take off, you hosers!

"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper

by coldpizza on Jun 22, 2010 7:48 AM CDT reply actions

A couple notes

First…

Texas, population 24,782,302, is represented on the Saints by one player for every 2,065,191 persons.

California, population 36,961,664, has a ratio of one player for every 5,280,237.

Florida, population 18,537,969, has a ratio of one player for every 2,648,281.

Louisiana, population 4,492,076, has a ration of one player for every 748,679. If our population were as big as Texas, there would be 33 Louisiana natives playing for the Saints.

And next…

If Junior Galette makes the team, and Stanley Arnoux gets significant playing time, there will be times when the Saints field a defense with three Haitian players in the front seven (Vilma and Arnoux, both first-generation Haitian-Americans, and Galette, born in Haiti). I doubt that’s ever happened before. And that would give Haiti one player for every 3,292,134.

It was worth the wait.

by MtnExile on Jun 22, 2010 8:40 AM CDT reply actions

Did we pick up Mark Colombo?

He’s in ur map representin ur Massachusetts.

"Why would I even consider taking the ball out of Drew Brees’ hands?’’

by DrZin on Jun 22, 2010 10:16 AM CDT reply actions

LOL

No. must have forgotten to take him out of the Cowboys map. Eeek!

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by Dave Cariello on Jun 22, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions

"Eeek!" is right...

for a ’Girl making on our map, not your minor mistake, boss.

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by Dan Kelly on Jun 22, 2010 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions

player states

i think u should do 1 for us fans and see where all us die hard saints are from.

me being from ohio im stuck hearing bout that semi pro team (the one pretending to be a nfl team)down by the ohio river so we dont a whole lot saints news here thank god for the internet i think that would be a great thing to see if i got any fellow saints fans around me

by rob leffingwell on Jun 22, 2010 10:39 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

even though im from la

i would be interested to see the map too

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by DrewBreesManCrush on Jun 22, 2010 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions

NY boys

Jo-Lonn, Hardgrove, & Big Will bring NY the win for toughest state (using the top 3)

by NYSaint on Jun 22, 2010 12:29 PM CDT reply actions

Good to know

That apparently people in the non-coastal north west apparently don’t play football. No wonder i don’t get good coverage in Montana. Still, i can always be proud that i live in the state that gave birth to Ryan Leaf thumbs up.

by jeff.l.b on Jun 22, 2010 2:37 PM CDT reply actions

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that no one from WV plays for the Saints

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by WVPiratesfan on Jun 22, 2010 2:49 PM CDT reply actions