Big Ten Recruiting Rankings 3-25-12
It was a relatively quiet week in recruiting—in fact, there were no commitments for any team until the weekend—but Rivals did update their rankings with a large group of three-star prospects, so the numbers are a little less wonky this time around. Changes since last rankings:
3-24-12: Notre Dame picks up Colin McGovern and Hunter Bivin.
3-25-12: Wisconsin picks up Austin Ramesh.
UPDATE: Notre Dame picks up Mike McGlinchey and Malik Zaire.
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 | 3.75 | 3.88 | 3.75 | 3.79 |
2 | Ohio State | 5 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.20 |
3 | Notre Dame | 7 | 3.43 | 3.71 | 3.86 | 3.67 |
4 | Penn State | 5 | 4.00 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.73 |
5 | Michigan State | 5 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 |
6 | Nebraska | 2 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 3.00 | 3.17 |
7 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.50 | 2.83 |
8 | Illinois | 2 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 1.83 |
9 | Minnesota | 1 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.33 |
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:
#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 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
DeVeon Smith | RB | OH | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Jaron Dukes | WR | OH | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Khalid Hill | TE | MI | 3 | 3 | 3 |
The Wolverines don't add any commits, but four players—Gareon Conley, DeVeon Smith, Jaron Dukes, and Khalid Hill—all pick up three stars on Rivals. Every Michigan commit is now rated by all three services that have released full rankings.
#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 Notre Dame - 7 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Hunter Bivin | OL | KY | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Steven Elmer | OL | MI | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Malik Zaire | QB | OH | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Mike McGlinchey | OL | PA | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Colin McGovern | OL | IL | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Jacob Matuska | DE | OH | 3 | 3 | 4 |
James Onwualu | WR | MN | 3 | 3 | 3 |
The Irish add a pair of offensive linemen, Hunter Bivin and Colin McGovern, on Saturday and pass Michigan State in the rankings. Jacob Matuska and James Onwualu both go from unranked to three-star recruits on Rivals.
UPDATE: Big weekend for Notre Dame, as they also grab Mike McGlinchey and Malik Zaire within minutes of this first being posted. I've jumped the Irish over Penn State for now, but I think I'm leaving OSU in the #2 spot—the high-end quality of the Buckeye class gives them a slight edge over ND's larger group.
#4 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 |
No change for the Nittany Lions.
#5 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Gerald Holmes | RB | MI | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Jalyn Powell | S | OH | 3 | 3 | 3 |
R.J. Shelton | RB | WI | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Four Spartan commits—Benenoch, Holmes, Powell, and Shelton—get three stars on Rivals.
#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.
#7 Wisconsin - 2 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Garret Dooley | LB | IL | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Austin Ramesh | ATH | WI | 3 | NR | 4 |
The Badgers land in-state RB/LB Austin Ramesh, passing the Illini in the rankings. Garret Dooley gets three stars from Rivals.
#8 Illinois - 2 Commits | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Dillan Cazley | CB | IL | 3 | NR | 2 |
Jesse Chadwell | OL | MI | NR | NR | 3 |
Dillan Cazley earns a three-star rating from Rivals.
#9 Minnesota - 1 Commit | |||||
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Name | Position | State | Rivals | Scout | 24/7 |
Keelon Brookins | CB | MN | 3 | NR | 3 |
Keelon Brookins gets a three-star rating on Rivals.
Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern, and Purdue still do not have a commit for the 2013 class.
Notre Dame also got a commitment from Mike McGlinchey about an hour ago I believe.
That chart never gets old.
Ace, will you be adding an Espn column when they release thier rankings? I heard this would happen on April 17, I believe.
Yes, they'll be included once they're released.
March 26th, 2012 at 12:45 AM ^
about semantics, but shouldn't "^The average of the average rankings of the three recruiting services (aka the previous four columns)" read at the end "(aka the previous three columns)" until ESPN is added?
Thanks for the hard work you put into this stuff. As I do statistics and data charting on a daily basis for my job, I know sometimes the smallest things can get overlooked.
David Dawson picked up a USC offer last week -- just the latest evidence that this OL class is beyond awesome.
It's interesting that our recruits received the exact same star ratings from Rivals and 247, but Scout gave a different rating to half of them (8 of 16). I don't know what to make of that... just seems interesting.
ND grabbed Mike McGlinchey, OT from PA, as well. I think that happened today.
ND also just got a commitment from QB Malik Zaire from OH, offers include Alabama, Ohio State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
Remember, that OSU offer for Zaire is conditional. They don't really want him so it's no big loss for Meyer. And they will get Pocic and Tunsil anyway so who cares about McGovern and Bivin.
/Buckeye logic
But really, nice haul for ND today. Between ND, Texas, and Michigan the pickings on the OL are going to be slim for the rest of the BCS conference teams.
This looks like it could be the best haul for Michigan/OSU/ND/PSU in a while, assuming PSU can keep it up.
Still confused at why recruits like ND despite:
- Crazy coach
- many assistant coaches leaving
- ND killing a kid
- not winning anything of importance in almost 2 decades
... but whatever
True some Catholics may choose ND because of religion but its silly to question why someone would want to play for ND (meant as general reply not just for you).
ND positives:
One of the biggest fan bases- means many recruits grew up fans (also national fanbase as opposed to regional like many schools).
Popular in media- no matter how good they are they get top-5 exposure year in year out
Popular in culture- movies (Rudy), hats, merchandise- so it has appeal in that sense
Success- Yeah they are not the ND of old- but they are consistently a BCS threat- and with BCS rules if they qualify they get into a BCS bowl- thats appealing
Tradition- Hard to compete with ND tradtion (in no way can it be a negative- maybe not heads up against UM but even that will be debated by many)
ND negatives:
Lack of recent success- many top programs have not won recently- and most either don't have NC's or not for long time- so its unfair to use that as a major point
Coaching- Don't buy it- but many are saying it- he has results in his stops- and coach's atitdue and personality can be a plus to some and a negative to others- seems to work as far as getting good players for him though
Anything else?- All the rest I've read or hear people talking about is nonsense...
Yeah its fun to hate on ND- but it gets silly when there is so much talk about ND being an odd choice for a rectuit- makes UM fans seem obnoxious IMO- lots more positives for ND than negatives
March 25th, 2012 at 10:38 PM ^
I'll give it a swing:
- Crazy coach
Lots of crazy coaches get it done... Saban, Pelini, Harbaugh, etc.
- many assistant coaches leaving
Assistants leave...not really a big deal
- ND killing a kid
Doubt any recruits think ND intentionally killed anyone
- not winning anything of importance in almost 2 decades
They had a glorious Sun Bowl win in there somewhere
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