It would be interesting to see NFL signees vs star ratings, then broken down by program. It may show which programs actually "coach them up" vs running them through.
Pssst. Hey. Do you know what today is?
Why it’s the first day of the final 12 weeks of recruitin’ season, of course. Yep, 12 Wednesdays from today the SEC’s schools will haul in a fresh batch of blue chippers, sure things, and must haves.
With that in mind, we wanted to catch everyone up on the current state of recruiting across the conference. With up to four head coaching jobs about to come open, things could change greatly from here on out. Still, it’s worth a look to see how things stand this afternoon.
As usual, we use the star rankings provided by Rivals.com. For each star they hand out, we award one point. But for the prospects they’ve yet to grade — the dreaded 0-star recruits — we also assign a point. Hey, we’re nice guys.
We then look at the numbers in a couple of different ways. First, we look at the total talent being brought into a program. That’s the top chart. Just straight total points. Quantity.
Then, in the second chart, we rank the teams in terms of their average points-per-commitment. This gives you an idea of what type of athletes — generally — are giving handshake agreements to the SEC’s 14 schools. Quality.
First, quantity…
| School | Commits | 5-stars | 4-stars | 3-stars | 2-stars | 1- & 0-stars | Total Points |
| Texas A&M | 29 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 95 |
| Georgia | 27 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| LSU | 24 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Alabama | 19 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Florida | 19 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| S. Carolina | 21 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Auburn | 18 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Vanderbilt | 21 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Ole Miss | 20 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Miss. State | 20 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 55 |
| Missouri | 17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Arkansas | 16 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 42 |
| Kentucky | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
And now, quality…
| School | Avg. Pts/Commit |
| Alabama | 3.73 |
| Florida | 3.68 |
| LSU | 3.62 |
| Auburn | 3.55 |
| Georgia | 3.40 |
| S. Carolina | 3.33 |
| Texas A&M | 3.27 |
| Tennessee | 3.15 |
| Ole Miss | 3.10 |
| Missouri | 3.05 |
| Vanderbilt | 3.04 |
| Miss. State | 2.75 |
| Kentucky | 2.71 |
| Arkansas | 2.62 |
As a bonus, we’ll also give you a little something extra today. Now, no signee is guaranteed to hit or miss. Anything from attitude to misevaluation to work ethic to injury to homesickness can impact whether or not a player lives up to his potential. We realize that. But having said that, the more high-end players a school signs (meaning 4- and 5-star players), the better its chances of uncovering some real stars of tomorrow.
With that in mind, here are the SEC’s schools ranked from best to worst in terms of their combined numbers of 4- and 5-star commitments:
| School | 4- & 5-star Commits |
| LSU | 15 |
| Alabama | 13 |
| Florida | 12 |
| Georgia | 11 |
| Auburn | 9 |
| Texas A&M | 9 |
| S. Carolina | 7 |
| Tennessee | 6 |
| Miss. State | 3 |
| Missouri | 3 |
| Ole Miss | 3 |
| Vanderbilt | 3 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Kentucky | 0 |
