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Caged•about 2 hours ago

Looks great! I did something similar to this back in 2014. It surprisingly still runs: https://labratrevenge.com/cfb-recruiting/

brockbedard•about 1 hour ago

Awesome! I really like the visualization.

phreeza•about 1 hour ago

It seems like college towns have a lot of players even if they are small, what's the reason for that?

brockbedard•about 1 hour ago

Sometimes the football culture is big in those specific places. Also generational players (kids of coaches/players) stick around the area. Walk-ons, as well.

brockbedard•about 5 hours ago

(vanilla JS + Vite + MapLibre, data source = CFBD, audited 15K records to find ~250 misplaced ones

sinoue•about 2 hours ago

Nice job!

brockbedard•about 2 hours ago

Thank you! Anything you particularly liked about it? Any additional feature you'd like to see? No pressure.

Homegrown – An interactive map of every 2025 FBS college football player

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