Big Ten Recruiting Rankings 3-8-12
With three of the recruiting services releasing their initial rankings and over half the Big Ten now possessing at least one commit, it's time to debut to Big Ten Recruiting Rankings for the class of 2013. I give you zero guesses about who is number one. Congratulations. You somehow won anyway.
ESPN is not included for now since they haven't released anything beyond their Watch List and an unsorted top 100 that they don't link or acknowledge anywhere else on the site, including individual player pages.
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Big Ten+ Recruiting Class Rankings | ||||||
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Rank | School | # Commits | Rivals Avg | Scout Avg | 24/7 Avg | Avg Avg^ |
1 | Michigan | 14 | 3.57 | 3.86 | 3.86 | 3.76 |
2 | Ohio State | 5 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.20 |
3 | Penn State | 3 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 3.67 | 3.67 |
4 | Michigan State | 4 | 1.75 | 3.25 | 3.35 | 2.75 |
5 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2.50 | 3.50 | 4.00 | 3.33 |
6 | Nebraska | 2 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.17 |
7 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.33 |
8 | Minnesota | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.67 |
9 | Illinois | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.33 |
10 | Indiana | 0 | - | - | - | - |
11 | Iowa | 0 | - | - | - | - |
12 | Northwestern | 0 | - | - | - | - |
13 | Purdue | 0 | - | - | - | - |
^The average of the average rankings of the three recruiting services (aka the previous four columns). The figure is calculated based on the raw numbers and then rounded, so the numbers above may not average out exactly.
NOTE: Unranked recruits are counted as one-star players. This may be a bit unfair this early in the process, considering there are many unevaluated recruits out there at this stage, but that's life.
On to the full data, after the jump.
#1 Michigan - 14 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Patrick Kugler | OL | PA | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Shane Morris | QB | MI | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Dymonte Thomas | S | OH | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Kyle Bosch | OL | IL | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Jake Butt | TE | OH | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Chris Fox | OL | CO | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Mike McCray | LB | OH | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wyatt Shallman | ATH | MI | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Logan Tuley-Tillman | OL | IL | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Taco Charlton | DE | OH | 4 | 3 | 4 |
David Dawson | OL | MI | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Jourdan Lewis | CB | MI | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Jaron Dukes | WR | OH | NR | 3 | 3 |
Khalid Hill | TE | MI | NR | 3 | 3 |
All but two of Michigan's 14 commits earn four stars on at least two recruiting sites, with three recently earning five-star ratings from Scout. Every player save Colorado's Chris Fox is from the Midwest (or at least a Big Ten state, depending on how you view Pennsylvania). I don't need to tell you this, but things are going rather well in Ann Arbor.
#2 Ohio State - 5 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Cameron Burrows | CB | OH | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Jalin Marshall | ATH | OH | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Evan Lisle | OL | OH | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Billy Price | DT | OH | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Eli Woodard | CB | NJ | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Urban Meyer's class doesn't have the same quantity as Brady Hoke's, but the quality is certainly there; all five commits are at least universal four-stars, and Jalin Marshall is the only player committed to a Big Ten school with five-star ratings from multiple sites.
#3 Penn State - 3 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Christian Hackenberg | QB | VA | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Garrett Sickels | DE | NJ | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Ross Douglas | CB | OH | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Bill O'Brien's first full class at Penn State is off to a strong start, and it could get a major boost if top-ranked TE Adam Breneman chooses the Nittany Lions tomorrow, as expected. At this stage, they're the only school even remotely posing a threat to the "Big 2, Little 10" recruiting situation in the conference.
#4 Michigan State - 4 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Jon Reschke | LB | MI | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Gerald Holmes | RB | MI | NR | 3 | 3 |
Jalyn Powell | S | OH | NR | 3 | 3 |
R.J. Shelton | RB | WI | NR | 3 | 3 |
State has an argument for the three-spot just based on having an extra commit compared to PSU, but I like the overall quality of PSU's class more.
#5 Notre Dame - 2 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Steven Elmer | OL | MI | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Jacob Matuska | DE | OH | NR | 3 | 4 |
Notre Dame picked up Matuska—who's listed as a tight end, but says he'll come to South Bend as a DE—this week. Michigan was recruiting Matuska as a TE.
#6 Nebraska - 2 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Marcus McWilson | S | OH | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Tre'vell Dixon | ATH | LA | 4 | NR | 3 |
The Huskers are just a hair behind the Irish at this stage.
#7 Wisconsin - 1 Commit | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Garret Dooley | LB | IL | NR | 3 | 3 |
The Badgers are on the board with Illinois LB Garret Dooley.
#8 Minnesota - 1 Commit | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Keelon Brookins | CB | MN | NR | NR | 3 |
The Gophers aren't in last. Rejoice, Minnesotans!
#9 Illinois - 1 Commit | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Dillan Cazley | CB | IL | NR | NR | 2 |
Illinois, at least, can say they're better off than the four schools—Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, and Purdue—that have yet to pick up a commit. Slackers.
How about including Michigan's chart from the same time last year as an additional team? I'd like to see how this year compares.
Michigan didn't get their first commit until March 24th last year. So, I guess technically I did include last year's chart. It's in the blank space below this year's.
I knew this was a good year, but I didn't realize how good until now.
That helps put some of these starts in perspective and makes PSU's start even more impressive. It's difficult to have a coaching staff start in January and make a big early impact in recruiting. There's not enough time to figure out who's who and who to offer.
There's no reason for Dantonio to get worked, but it does help explain the relatively slower start of a place like Illinois, or even some of the slow in state offers coming from OSU.
will get there players,but Michigan class will be better this year.TY GO BLUE!!!
Looks like were going to be back to the little 10 big 2 very soon once this class and last years see the feild
The addition of Isaac will only help our rankings. Sure hope projectM is a success.
dear god i hope our recruits aren't going to a house party in farmington hills that's basically going to be national news 12 hours before it begins. there'll be cops at every entrance to the subdivision asking people what they are doing there.
Pardon me but what is projectM
I'm sorry, this just makes no sense. You admit it yourself ("this may seem unfair..."). "That's life" is not an answer when you are the one doing it. The point is, your system is just not as accurate as it could be, and I don't know why you would prefer a less accurate estimate.
Every one of the people committed to these schools will be at least a 2 star, and 97 percent will be 3 stars. Why don't you default to that?
The other option would be to take them out of the calculation, because they haven't been evaluated. Giving someone a very bad score because they haven't been given a score is the worst possible solution.
Think about it this way: why not default everyone to -10? Because that would make no sense and it would skew the results against people with unevaulated recruits. Well, using 1 as a default does the same thing, to a lesser degree. Why not make that error as small as possible?
Yes, I know I care about this way too much, but if you're going to do it...
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