Data study · every season we hold

Where Texas High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 1,720 players from Texas high schools on a college roster in our data, 43% played their college basketball in Texas.

Computed from 1,720 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 1, 2026

1,720
players in the dataset
43%
stayed in Texas
46%
reached D1
Oklahoma
#1 destination outside Texas

43% stay in-state.

Texas is close to the 43% all-state baseline.

Texas skews toward D1.

46% of Texas players in the dataset reached D1, against 36% nationally.

Oklahoma and Louisiana are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Texas, 8% went to Oklahoma and 7% to Louisiana.

Texas's college players skew toward D1

Texas vs all states · share of players at each level

Texas

D146%
D223%
D332%

n = 1,720

All states

D136%
D223%
D341%

n = 29,117

TXAll statesDifference
D146%36%+10 pts
D223%23%−0 pts
D332%41%−9 pts

Where Texas players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Texas74043%
Oklahoma774%
Louisiana664%
Arkansas634%
California593%
Colorado573%
New York543%
Illinois463%

Which programs take Texas players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
Texas LutheranD3Texas36
SouthwesternD3Texas35
St. Thomas (TX)D3Texas35
LeTourneauD3Texas32
Hardin-SimmonsD3Texas31
Trinity (TX)D3Texas25
DallasD3Texas23
Texas A&M-KingsvilleD2Texas22
Concordia TexasD3Texas21
McMurryD3Texas21

What this means for a Texas recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

43% of Texas players in the dataset stayed in-state — the programs most likely to see you play repeatedly are the ones nearby.

Your realistic level matters more than geography alone.

Texas's historical landings skew toward D1 (46% vs 36% nationally).

Past recruiting is a signal, not a guarantee.

A program that repeatedly rosters players from your state has demonstrated a pathway; it does not mean it will recruit you.

Those are the historical patterns for Texas. Where does your profile fit?Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.
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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

1,720 players · 1,060 programs · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Definitions and scope
Source
Official rosters published by the athletics sites of 1,060 NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men's programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Home state
The state of the high school on the player's record — the same definition the state tool uses, so the two read the same data the same way.
Level
Each player counts once, at the highest level they reached across the seasons we hold (D1 over D2 over D3).
Sample
1,720 players from Texas high schools, across every season we hold; roster coverage runs 2020–21 to 2026–27. A state with fewer than 200 players in our data is not published, because it would describe a coincidence rather than a pattern.
Computed
September 1, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1
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