#1st Round = 0.48xUVI - 1.17
R2 = 0.60
From the 2000 draft to the 2009 draft there's a pretty good correlation between a state's Ultra Violet Index (UVI) and #1 Round NFL Picks Per Million (PPM) population in that state:
UVI PPM STATE
7.15 2.95 Louisiana
7.70 2.56 Florida
5.80 1.65 Georgia
4.47 1.73 NEW JERSEY
5.19 1.54 Virginia
5.49 1.37 Oklahoma
5.89 1.23 Texas
4.46 1.24 Maryland
4.07 1.13 Ohio
5.23 1.30 North Carolina
6.45 0.84 California
4.02 0.70 Michigan
3.95 0.53 Wisconsin
4.08 0.48 Pennsylvania
4.06 0.23 Illinois
A reason for the correlation may be that Vitamin D enhances athletic performance.
