Big Ten Recruiting Rankings 3-19-12
Michigan gets two more commits over the past week, so the Big Ten recruiting rankings are front-paged. Also making a big move is Penn State, which grabbed a pair of commits of their own. Changes since last rankings:
3-9-12: Penn State picks up Adam Breneman.
3-10-12: Michigan picks up Gareon Conley.
3-13-12: Michigan State picks up Caleb Benenoch.
3-14-12: Notre Dame picks up James Onwualu.
3-15-12: Illinois picks up Jesse Chadwell.
3-17-12: Michigan picks up DeVeon Smith. Penn State picks up Brendan Mahon.
Chart? Chart:
Big Ten+ Recruiting Class Rankings | ||||||
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Rank | School | # Commits | Rivals Avg | Scout Avg | 24/7 Avg | Avg Avg^ |
1 | Michigan | 16 | 3.25 | 3.88 | 3.75 | 3.63 |
2 | Ohio State | 5 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.20 |
3 | Penn State | 5 | 4.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.73 |
4 | Michigan State | 5 | 1.60 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 2.67 |
5 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2.00 | 3.33 | 3.67 | 3.00 |
6 | Nebraska | 2 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.17 |
7 | Illinois | 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 1.50 |
8 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.33 |
9 | Minnesota | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 1.67 |
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 - 16 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 |
Gareon Conley | CB | OH | NR | 4 | 3 |
DeVeon Smith | RB | OH | NR | 4 | 3 |
Jaron Dukes | WR | OH | NR | 3 | 3 |
Khalid Hill | TE | MI | NR | 3 | 3 |
The Wolverines add Gareon Conley and DeVeon Smith, who both are unranked on Rivals but have four stars on Scout and three on 247Sports.
#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 |
No change for the Buckeyes.
#3 Penn State - 5 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Adam Breneman | TE | PA | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Christian Hackenberg | QB | VA | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Garrett Sickels | DE | NJ | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Ross Douglas | CB | OH | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Brendan Mahon | OL | NJ | 4 | 3 | 3 |
The Nittany Lions close the gap with Ohio State after picking up top-ranked TE Adam Breneman and OL Brendan Mahon.
#4 Michigan State - 5 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Jon Reschke | LB | MI | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Caleb Benenoch | OL | TX | NR | 3 | 3 |
Gerald Holmes | RB | MI | NR | 3 | 3 |
Jalyn Powell | S | OH | NR | 3 | 3 |
R.J. Shelton | RB | WI | NR | 3 | 3 |
The Spartans grab Caleb Benenoch, an offensive lineman from Texas.
#5 Notre Dame - 3 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 |
James Onwualu | WR | MN | NR | 3 | 3 |
The Irish pick up James Onwualu, who held a Michigan offer.
#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 |
No change for the Huskers.
#9 Illinois - 2 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Jesse Chadwell | OL | MI | NR | NR | 3 |
Dillan Cazley | CB | IL | NR | NR | 2 |
Illinois jumps past Wisconsin and Minnesota after adding MI OL Jesse Chadwell.
#7 Wisconsin - 1 Commit | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Garret Dooley | LB | IL | NR | 3 | 3 |
No change for the Badgers.
#8 Minnesota - 1 Commit | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Keelon Brookins | CB | MN | NR | NR | 3 |
No change for the Gophers.
Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, and Purdue still do not have a commit for the 2013 class.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:11 AM ^
Can't wait for Ty Isaac and Levenberry to increase our average rating scores. Keep 'em coming Hoke.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:14 AM ^
Seeing a visual of this info is amazing. I knew we had 16, but seeing it graphically makes it hit home. Wow.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:17 AM ^
you are MGoBlog's target demographic
March 19th, 2012 at 11:28 AM ^
I do love the wealth of stats and charts, knowledge is power.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:31 AM ^
This kind of knowledge does not equate to power. It just equates to a bunch of chest thumping over a bunch of kids that are barely old enough to drive.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:38 AM ^
Seriously, congrats on having 16 recruits already. It really doesn't mean anything. And, sadly, it's really the only thing you clowns have to thump your chest about these days. Especially after OHIO embarrassed you in front of the nation Friday night. LOL
Keep churning out your useless recruiting charts. It's cute.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:44 AM ^
Get butthurt about recruiting much?
March 19th, 2012 at 11:49 AM ^
If anybody should be butthurt about recruiting, it's Michigan fans. I'm not sure there's another school in the country that historically under performs more than Michigan. That's the cold hard truth of the matter. Michigan should change its mascot to the Paper Tiger.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:21 PM ^
Thanks and welcome to our board, you are right, we are classic underachievers and thanks for reminding us of all of that. No board on bucknuts to go to or just bored and decided to come by.
Don't feed the troll guys. That's what the moderator action sticky is for. I've already reported him.
Edit: And magically, its like forealz never existed.
Shhhhhh. If you don't say anything the trolls still think they're posting, except they get de-cached and auto-logged out, and accidentally load 90 gigs worth of crap onto their RAM and stuff.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:46 AM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 11:51 AM ^
The bowl selection and the Nutrasweet Bowl opponents were both fraudulent. Everybody in the country understands this except Michigan dolts.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:09 PM ^
March 19th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
Nutrasweet, just like OSU last year. Thanks again, words of wisdom to live by.
OSU *last year*. What about the previous 10 years? Clown.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:16 AM ^
A class this big and this good this early is just phenomenal.
How does the current average average compare with the final 2012 average average? I suspect it's higher already.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:22 AM ^
I wouldn't get too caught up in the rankings right now. These guys still have their senior years to finish out; a lot of them will probably drop in the rankings, some will rise. Wait about 10 months, then we can compare the rankings to last year's class.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:26 AM ^
2012 Rankings
Scout - 3.64
Rivals 3.56
247 - 3.56
Rivals is low right now because of the unranked players. Those guys should be at least 3 stars when all is said and done, which would bring that average up to 3.75. In summary, we're doing well.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:31 AM ^
Michigan finished the previous class with a 3.53 (25 commits), while Ohio State had the top avg avg with a 3.65 (25 commits) [LINK]. As Moleskyn said, it's pretty early to compare classes, but it's difficult not to expect that this class will be better than last year's.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:01 PM ^
Thanks, Ace. And thanks for keeping up the uninterrupted flow of football recruiting info despite all the basketball and hockey stuff going on!
March 19th, 2012 at 11:30 AM ^
Wow! 16 verbals from high school juniors. At least there's that. lol
March 19th, 2012 at 11:30 AM ^
I love this class. I can't wait to see how the staff fills the few remaining spots. Ohio is starting the smear campaign about our class on their boards already. A coworker and Bucknut informed me their experts say that some of our recruits can't pass their entrance exams. They didn't have any names of course. Sad.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:31 AM ^
Ohio's only chance to beat us in the mythical recruiting rankings this year is to finish #1 in the country. Just how it should be. Love it.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:33 AM ^
Couldn't agree more. Glad you said it. It's all nonsense.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:52 PM ^
In theory do the rating services award stars or numeric scores based on a comparison to an ideal player, or relative to other players in that class?
Would it be useful to also rank the schools based on the average and or median overall and/or position ranking of their recruits? I thought this might help to shead light on the top 3 or 4 star vs low 3 or 4 star discussion.
I was thinking that it would be iinteresting for each school to answer questions like:
What average ranking would be required for the rest of (some other school's) class need to be to stay ahead of or pass Michigan?
Whatever our metrics this is clearly already a great class!
Go Blue
March 19th, 2012 at 11:00 PM ^
Lots and lots of gold... It just gets everywhere... it's on the walls! It's on the ceiling! He smears gold all of his office. It's kind of unbecoming actually.
Don't get me started on the smell.
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