Most fertile regions in Florida, Miami's dominance, USF's start: Recruiting mailbag

It’s time to talk about recruiting in the state of Florida. You had questions. I have (some) answers. Let’s get to it.Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for clarity and length.Rank the Florida regions from best to worst recruiting areas: Panhandle, Jacksonville (Northeastern Florida), Tampa Bay area, Central Florida, Treasure Coast, Southwest Florida, Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade. — Joseph J.If we ranked the regions based on NFL Draft results since 2015, it would go in this order: Broward County (69) Miami-Dade (50) Tampa/St. Petersburg (50) Orlando/Central Florida (49) Jacksonville (31) Panhandle (23) Palm Beach County (21) Naples/Southwest Florida (14) Gainesville/Ocala (13) Treasure Coast (4) Bradenton (4) Big Bend (3) Melbourne/Space Coast (3) Obviously, IMG Academy in Bradenton isn’t accounted for on this list because it imports players from across the country. But IMG is responsible for 29 draft picks, including nine first-rounders since 2018. If we just counted first-round picks since ’15, the order would be: Broward (13) Miami-Dade (11) Tampa (6) Orlando/Central Florida (5) Panhandle (4) Gainesville/Ocala (3) Jacksonville (2) Palm Beach (2) Big Bend (1) Miami star wide receiver Malachi Toney is a product of Broward County. (Alex Slitz / Getty Images)