Big Ten Recruiting Class Rankings 4-18

Submitted by Tim on

With some action (finally) on the Michigan commitment front, it's an EXCITING update.

Action since last rankings:

4-13-10 Illinois gains commitment from Zeph Grimes.
4-15-10 Michigan gains commitment from Brennen Beyer. Wisconsin gains commitment from Sam Arneson. Notre Dame gains commitment from Kyle Brindza.
4-16-10 Indiana gains commitment from Zack Shaw.
4-17-10 Indiana gains commitments from Ralston Evans and Kyle Kennedy.
4-18-10 Indiana gains commitment from Max Pirman. Ohio State gains commitment from Jeremy Cash.

Big Ten Recruiting Class Rankings
Rank School # of Commits Rivals 250 Scout Average ESPN 150
1 Ohio State 9 2 3.44 3
2 Michigan 4 1 3.25 2
3 Michigan State 4 1 2.75 1
4 Notre Dame 3 0 3.67 1
5 Indiana 8 0 1.25 0
6 Minnesota 2 1 2.00 1
7 Wisconsin 2 1 2.00 0
8 Illinois 2 0 1.00 0
9 Northwestern 1 0 1.00 0
10 Iowa 0 0 0 0
11 Penn State 0 0 0 0
12 Purdue 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 - 9 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Steve Miller DE 250 5 150*
Kenny Hayes DE 250 4 46
Brian Bobek OL NR 4 150*
DerJuan Gambrell CB NR 4 45
Chase Farris DE NR 4 45
Jeremy Cash S NR 3 150*
Antonio Underwood OL NR 3 46
Chris Carter OL NR 3 45
Tommy Brown OL NR 1 45

Buckeyes pick up safety Jeremy Cash.

#2 Michigan - 4 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Delonte Hollowell CB 250 3 150*
Brennen Beyer DE NR 4 150*
Greg Brown CB NR 3 46
Shawn Conway WR NR 3 45

Michigan picks up bigtime instate DE Brennen Beyer.

#3 Michigan State - 4 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Lawrence Thomas LB 250 5 150*
Onaje Miller RB/Ath NR 4 45
Connor Cook QB NR 1 46
Taiwan Jones Ath/LB NR 1 45

Spartans gets passed by instate rival (who - shhh - has the same number of instate commits).

#4 Notre Dame - 3 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Jordan Prestwood OL NR 4 150*
Brad Carrico OL NR 3 46
Kyle Brindza OL NR 1 45

Notre Dame picks up a kicker. He might skip his entire senior year(!) and enroll this fall.

#5 Indiana - 8 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Jake Reed TE NR 3 46
Kyle Kennedy LB NR 1 46
Tre Roberson QB NR 1 46
Mike Replogle LB NR 1 45
Kirk Harris OL NR 1 45
Ralston Evans OL NR 1 45
Zack Shaw LB NR 1 45
Max Pirman LB NR 1 45

Hoosiers have a big weekend, picking up four new commits. It's hard to rank the Hoosiers among the other teams, because while they have the most commits, all the commits are by far the lowest rated.

#6 Minnesota - 2 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Tommy Olson OL 250 3 150*
James Farrow CB NR 1 46

No change for the Gophers.

#7 Wisconsin - 2 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Jake Keefer LB 250 3 46
Sam Arneson TE NR 1 45

Badgers pick up another in-state player in Sam Arneson.

#8 Illinois - 2 Commits
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Zeph Grimes S NR 1 46
Hunter Wells OL NR 1 45

Illinois picks up Zeph Grimes from South Carolina (and his 2012 teammate, Demetrius Williams).

#9 Northwestern - 1 Commit
Name Position Rivals Scout ESPN
Jarrell Williams CB NR 1 45

Northwestern holds steady with one prospect.

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Comments

Ziff72

April 18th, 2010 at 8:09 PM ^

Actually a pretty highly rated kid is going to join Memphis this year a year early.. Brindza has quite the leg and Mich was pursuing him. Does anyone know if he was getting the preferred walk on talk or were they going to actually offer him.

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jrt336

April 18th, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^

I hate State, but I have to say they might have a better class so far (obviously only because of Thomas). Those 1 stars will probably both be 3 stars in the next ranking. Hopefully Conway gets his 4th star.

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WolvinLA2

April 18th, 2010 at 10:18 PM ^

Our class will likely be smaller than MSU's, but it will be far stronger. They got the Lawrence Thomas commitment, but we are in on many more high profile recruits than they are. Most of the kids that are considering us and MSU will sign with us, or a third school. I wouldn't get too worked up about it. Their class will likely be a lot like last year's: one 5-star kid and a bunch of 3 stars who picked MSU over Northwestern, Purdue or Ball State.

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Tim

April 19th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^

One guy does not a class make, however. There's a reason two of their guys are unranked, while ours have three stars. I'm not saying their guys will end up a 2-stars (or lower), but our guys are certainly a bit higher on the pecking order than theirs. When re-ranks come out, there's a good chance MSU passes us up, unless Conway or Hollowell gets a solid 4-star rating.

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mgovictors23

April 19th, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^

Don't tell State fans we have the same number of in-state commits. They still think getting a whole bunch of three star kids from the state of Michigan will lead to domination.

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