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Big Ten Recruiting Class Rankings 3-7
There have been a lot of requests for this to become a recurring feature (as it was on Varsity Blue), so I'll post the rankings weekly in the diaries, and frontpage it occasionally. The team rankings are very rough estimates until the services have released more full individual grades.
Action since last rankings:
3-5-10 Illinois gains commitment from Hunter Wells. Michigan State gains commitment from Lawrence Thomas.
| Big Ten Recruiting Class Rankings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School | # of Commits | Rivals 250 | Scout Average | ESPN 150 |
| 1 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 4.00 | 2 |
| 2 | Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 3.50 | 2 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | 1 |
| 4 | Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.67 | 2 |
| 5 | Illinois | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 6 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 7 | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'll only make charts for the teams that currently have commits. Rivals 250 means that a given prospect is on the Rivals 250 to Watch, and ESPN 150 means that a prospect is on the Watch List for the ESPNU 150. Scout ratings are on the 5-star scale.
| #1 Ohio State - 2 Commits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Rivals | Scout | ESPN |
| Steve Miller | DE | 250 | 4 | 150* |
| Kenny Hayes | DE | 250 | 4 | 150* |
The Buckeyes start their recruiting class with a couple bigtime defensive ends.
| #2 Minnesota - 2 Commits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Rivals | Scout | ESPN |
| Tommy Olson | OL | 250 | 3 | 150* |
| Calvin Phillips | RB | NR | 4 | 150* |
Minnesota has a solid beginning - for now.
| #3 Michigan State - 2 Commits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Rivals | Scout | ESPN |
| Lawrence Thomas | LB | 250 | 5 | 150* |
| Onaje Miller | RB/Ath | NR | 1 | 45 |
The state's top prospect picks the Spartans.
| #4 Michigan - 3 Commits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Rivals | Scout | ESPN |
| Delonte Hollowell | CB | 250 | 3 | 150* |
| Greg Brown | CB | NR | 1 | 150* |
| Shawn Conway | WR |
NR | 1 | 45 |
Michigan's first three prospects are not super-heralded at this point.
| #5 Illinois - 1 Commit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Rivals | Scout | ESPN |
| Hunter Wells | OL | NR | 1 | 45 |
Illinois gets a big in-stater to start off the class.
| #6 Northwestern - 1 Commit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Rivals | Scout | ESPN |
| Jarrell Williams | CB | NR | 1 | 40 |
Northwestern holds steady with one prospect.
March 7th, 2010 at 8:25 PM | 
Shawn Conway is still listed
Shawn Conway is still listed
March 7th, 2010 at 9:19 PM |
Oops. That's what I get for
Oops. That's what I get for
Oops. That's what I get for copy/pasting from last week. Fixed.
March 8th, 2010 at 12:41 PM |
Minnesota
Minnesota
I don't think that Minnesota is going to stay up there for long. And i think Delonte Howell should be rated a Four start too. Does anyone have any highlight videos of these guys?
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March 8th, 2010 at 4:24 PM |
Delonte Hollowell
Delonte Hollowell
As of right now I think Delonte would be a four star. Brown and Conway would probably be three stars.
March 8th, 2010 at 7:04 PM |
I hate to make my first post negative, but...
I hate to make my first post negative, but...
This is a stupid discussion. This early in the year only the top handful of players get star rankings, so until later on all this one star vs. five star stuff is irrelevant. The rankings will change soooooo much by next fall, and a 250 watch list player could end up being a 5-star or a 2-star. Plus, there aren't really all that many commits to compare and contrast. It's ok to talk about this I guess, but please don't put any weight into this list because its way too early to be ranking classes.
A side note though, I think Conway has a shot to be higher than a 3 star if he goes to camps and combines (which is what makes up about 90% of star rankings anyway. online recruiting rankings are very much a political process)
Shawn Conway is still listed as a cornerback on this chart.
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