<p>There are about 450,000 NCAA athletes (across all divisions), and about 37,000 high schools in the US (public and private). If they were evenly distributed across high schools and 4 years of college, that comes out to about 3 athletes per high school per year (recruited and unrecruited).</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Latest+News/2012/September/NCAA+student-athlete+participation+hits+450000]NCAA.org[/url”>http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Latest+News/2012/September/NCAA+student-athlete+participation+hits+450000]NCAA.org[/url</a>]</p>