Updated ESPN 300 Recruiting Rankings
George Campbell was previously ranked the #3 overall recruit for 2015, so he could only move down, right? Wrong! He moves up to #2 overall, despite a junior season that did not feature him much at his assumed future college position of WR, due to his team not passing much (although he appears to have still been a standout when they did throw, and also excellent on the defensive side of the ball).
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10002949&ex_cid=espnapi_public
Total Updated ESPN300 here:
The future still looks really bright!
November 20th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
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November 20th, 2013 at 1:45 PM ^
I suppose I didn't realize that the proportion was this low, but in the 2015 class listing on ESPN, 54 are already verbally committed to various schools with only 5 of those being committed to Big Ten schools. The overwhleming majority would be, of course, committed to SEC schools.
November 20th, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
This isn't surprising.
I just went through the list, and by my rough quick count 244—over 80%—of the 300 kids live in states outside the Big Ten footprint. The deep south, esp. Florida, Texas, and California have a huge percentage of those 244. I counted Maryland and NJ as being within the footprint.
As you would expect, Ohio and PA have the largest share of the kids within the Big Ten footprint.
The upper midwest will continue to be the heart of the Big Ten even after Maryland and Rutgers are added, and this region of the country is at a decided demographic disadvantage when it comes to recruiting rankings.
November 20th, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
November 21st, 2013 at 6:14 AM ^
Global warming is good for Big Ten football!
November 20th, 2013 at 5:07 PM ^
We should just stop recruiting and have the AA Pioneer guys all come to Michigan, they're not very good so we'll make them awesome. Screw these guys like Peppers, I want Datbull4lyfe!
Save all the travel costs... briliiant.
November 20th, 2013 at 6:23 PM ^