Recruiting

USC is starting to keep the home boys home and they are even landing some kids outside the state. That was a young team that just added a lot of young talent.

 

Jeez... a dead cat could recruit talent to USC. There is so much in So.Cal and they really don't want to leave and the USC network is pretty damn strong. All they need is somebody to coach them competently. I think after a rough start where USC fans were ready to fire him after 4 games and there were reports of fights at practice etc...Helton losing control etc. But after that he got stronger and stronger as the season rolled on. I predict he's going to be like John Robinson, the first time not the 2nd time.

 

I like the 247 composite rankings, Rivals, Scout, ESPN, etc combined.



1 1
Alabama
Alabama
Total: 29 5: 6 4: 18 3: 4 Avg: 93.61
322.53
▼

2 2
Ohio State
Ohio State
Total: 21 5: 5 4: 14 3: 2 Avg: 94.47
310.97
▼

3 5
Georgia
Georgia
Total: 26 5: 2 4: 18 3: 6 Avg: 92.71
300.98
▼

4 4
USC
USC
Total: 25 5: 2 4: 12 3: 10 Avg: 91.63
296.12
▼

5 3
Michigan
Michigan
Total: 30 5: 2 4: 19 3: 8 Avg: 90.93
293.77
▼

6 6
Florida State
Florida State
Total: 24 5: 4 4: 8 3: 12 Avg: 90.98
291.56
▼

7 7
LSU
LSU
Total: 24 5: 1 4: 15 3: 8 Avg: 91.44
288.21
▼

8 9
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Total: 27 5: 0 4: 18 3: 9 Avg: 89.88
267.73
▼

9 8
Auburn
Auburn
Total: 23 5: 1 4: 10 3: 12 Avg: 89.23
255.97
▼

10 14
Florida
Florida
Total: 24 5: 0 4: 11 3: 12 Avg: 88.82
249.58
▼

11 13
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Total: 21 5: 0 4: 10 3: 10 Avg: 89.17
249.17
▼

12 12
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Total: 27 5: 0 4: 9 3: 18 Avg: 88.17
248.19
▼

13 15
Miami
Miami
Total: 24 5: 0 4: 10 3: 14 Avg: 88.64
247.52
▼

14 10
Stanford
Stanford
Total: 14 5: 3 4: 6 3: 5 Avg: 92.44
245.39
▼

15 21
Penn State
Penn State
Total: 21 5: 0 4: 11 3: 10 Avg: 88.80
238.47
▼

16 18
Clemson
Clemson
Total: 14 5: 2 4: 9 3: 3 Avg: 92.09
238.31
▼

17 11
Tennessee
Tennessee
Total: 28 5: 1 4: 4 3: 23 Avg: 87.14
236.15
▼

18 22
Maryland
Maryland
Total: 29 5: 0 4: 9 3: 20 Avg: 87.00
234.17
▼

19 26
UCLA
UCLA
Total: 19 5: 2 4: 5 3: 11 Avg: 88.00
230.00
▼

20 20
Oregon
Oregon
Total: 24 5: 0 4: 5 3: 19 Avg: 87.14
228.16
▼

21 17
South Carolina
South Carolina
Total: 25 5: 0 4: 6 3: 19 Avg: 87.02
226.26
▼

22 23
Washington
Washington
Total: 18 5: 0 4: 9 3: 9 Avg: 88.36
223.22
▼

23 24
Nebraska
Nebraska
Total: 20 5: 0 4: 5 3: 15 Avg: 87.58
222.44
▼

24 19
Mississippi State
Mississippi State
Total: 24 5: 0 4: 4 3: 18 Avg: 86.04
220.23
▼

25 16
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Total: 26 5: 0 4: 5 3: 21 Avg: 86.19
217.38
▼

26 29
Texas
Texas
Total: 18 5: 0 4: 7 3: 11 Avg: 87.51
216.52
▼

 

Florida has three annual opponents ( 4 if you count either Bama, LSU or Auburn in the SEC Title game :wink: ) in that composite top ten ahead of the #10 Gators and next year in Gainesville we have Texas A&M (at #12).

Damn that schedule just doesn't get any easier.

 

Rich get richer! Good article on the Alabama recruiting class.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18637460/alabama-crimson-tide-nick-saban-sign-historic-class-where-freshmen-play

 

Yeah I think it was the new qb that said Saban never promised him anything other than he would get a chance to compete for the starting job. I'm hoping the competition will get us a better offense.

 

I didn't realize that you had 2 QB's coming in this class. Good thing those other guys left or you'd be overstocked at QB for sure.

BTW what are the rumors on who will be your next OCoord?

 

Terry,
One Qb transferred early in the season. The kid from Hawaii has been a
Pretty solid commit for a while. The other 2 qb's announced their transfers in November. I have not heard any serious names for OC, but this one probably won't be an ex-PAC 12 HC.

 

16 of Alabama's 26 2017 recruits are already enrolled in classes and will participate in spring practice. This seems unusually high. Is everyone getting this?

 

That is a lot of early enrolled kids. I think Scott said the Ag's had 11.

I'm not surprised if there is a trend for these kids to do this, the highly rated players all want to play as freshmen and become stars early so they can build their worth for leaving early for the NFL

 

Ohio State has 10 early enrolled commits out of 21 total recruits.

 

Don that was always one thing that Urban has always excelled at with the early enrollment. I also believe it's been one of his secrets to success...