California QB's

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School or NFL team.

Serra HS...Tom Brady
Cal..Aaron Rodgers, Steve Bartkowski, Joe Kapp
Niners...Joe Montana, Steve Young,Y.A.Tittle, Colin Kaepernick
USC...Carson Palmer
San Jose State,,Jeff Garcia
Fresno State...Trent Dilfer
UCLA...Troy Aikman
Raiders...Darly Lamonica, Ken Stabler, Rich Gannon
Stanford...John Elway, Andrew Luck, Jim Plunkett, John Brodie
Chargers...Dan Fouts, Philip Rivers, Tobin Rote
San Diego State...Brian Sipe
LA Rams....Norm Van Brocklin, Bob Waterfield, Roman Gabriel

Nine HOFers up there. Obviously no state compares to that.

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Running backs who played for Cali schools.

Washington high school

Hugh "The King" McElhenny***

Cal

Marshawn Lynch
Chuck Muncie

San Diego high schools

Reggie Bush
Ricky Williams
Marcus Allen***
Terrell Davis
Arian Foster
Rashan Salaam

UOP

Dick Bass

Long Beach St

Terry Metcalf

Fresno State

Lorenzo Neal
Michael Pittman

U of SF

Ollie Matson***

USC

Frank Gifford***
"Jaguar" Jon Arnet
O.J.Simpson***
Ricky Bell
Sam "Bam" Cunningham
Charles White

San Diego St

Marshall Faulk***

Stanford

Ernie Nevers***
Darin Nelson

Compton JC

Joe "The Jet" Perry***

***Eight HOFers up there, no state compares to that.

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and Todd Marinovich!

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and Todd Marinovich!

It is it strange that with all it's long history USC hasn't had any truly great NFL QB's. Carson Palmer is ok but he's hardly among the elite. We all know Marinovichs story and it is an interesting one.

There has never been a sub10.00 sprinter out of USC either, while TCU has had seven.

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How about Cali receivers.

Stanford...James Lofton. Tony Hill, Gene Washington
Cal...Wesley Walker, Desuen Jackson
USC...Lynn Swann, Keyshawn Johnson
Fresno State...Henry Ellard, Stephoine Paige
San Jose State...Art Powell
San Diego State...Isacc Curtis, Haven Moses, Webster Slaughter, Darnay Scott, Gary Garrison
UCLA...Flipper Anderson, Jojo Townsell
LARams...Tom Fears, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsh, Harold Jackson, Jack Snow
Raiders..Fred Biletnikoff, Cliff Branch, Tim Brown
Niners...RC Owens, Dwight Clarke, Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens, Dave Parks, Michael Crabtree, Antwan Boldin, John Taylor
Chargers...Lance Alworth, John Jefferson, Charlie Joiner, Jerry Levias

Eight Hall of Famers up there.