Quoted from ifpapinball:It's actually 100%
1 Sebastian Bobbio
2 Jeff Palmer
3 Atticus Palmer
4 Joe Geneau
5 Dan Coyle
6 Ron Donohue
7 Kurt van Zyl
8 Brian Dominy
9 Carlos Porta
10 Kirby Rients
11 Carl Reedy
12 Joel Cohen
13 Jim Beam
14 Shannon Stafford
15 Cody Miller
16 Michael Lipof
Every one of those 16 players competing for the right to be crowned the Florida State Champion is from Florida. There's literally a 0% chance the winner comes from out of state.
Maybe he meant the "original" top 16 prior to declarations.