Bragging rights are here. Each state likes to claim they have the most talent but when it comes down to it there's four states that make up half of ESPN's Top 300. Little pre list jargon, see the "BR" which means best ranking recruit of the state and where they signed. Plus "who owns the state?", meaning which schools signed the most players from that particular state. States are broken down into five tiers from least amount of player in the Top 300 to the most.
I regret to inform you that Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming all had 0 players in the top 300. If you live in one of these states, pick up a pig skin and go toss it around with your little sibling or cousin or something I don't know.
Tier 5 States:
Arkansas: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 52nd overall Hudson Henry TE. Who owns the state? Arkansas signed the only recruit. Way to do your job there guys.
Colorado: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 141st overall Luke McCaffrey QB. Who owns the state? Nebraska signed the only recruit.
Nebraska: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 253rd overall Nick Henrich OLB. Who owns the state? Nebraska signed the only recruit. Again, way to corner your state.
New York: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 80th overall Adisa Isaac DE. Who owns the state? Penn State signed the only recruit.
Nevada: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 253rd overall Cade McNamara QB. Who owns the state? Michigan signed the only recruit.
Rhode Island: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 166th overall Xavier Truss OT. Who owns the state? Georgia signed the only recruit.
Washington: 1 recruit in the Top 300. BR 116th overall Dylan Morris QB. Who owns the state? The University of Washington signed the only recruit. I'm not going to repeat myself.
Connecticut: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 168th Taisun Phommachanh QB, signed with Clemson. Who owns the state? Clemson and Michigan split.
Illinois: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 171st overall Trevor Keegan OT, signed with Michigan. Who owns the state? Michigan and Ole Miss split.
Iowa: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 250th overall Tyler Endres signed with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Who owns the state? The Hawkeyes signed both. Who would want to leave Iowa?
Minnesota: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 177th overall Quinn Carroll OT, signed with Notre Dame. Who owns the state? Notre Dame and Nebraska split.
Oklahoma: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 187th overall Grayson Boomer TE signed with Oklahoma State (missed opportunity there with the whole Boomer Sooner thing). Who owns the state? OK State and Oklahoma split. Don't take no shit Gundy.
Oregon: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 156th overall Ethan Long ATH, signed with Arizona State. Who owns the state? ASU and Penn State split.
Pennsylvania: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 228th overall Andrew Kristofic OT, signed with Notre Dame. Who owns the state? Notre Dame and Penn State split.
Utah: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 185th overall Siaki Ika DT, signed with LSU. Who owns the state? LSU and Washington split.
West Virginia: 2 recruits in the Top 300. BR 5th overall Darnell Wright OT, signed with Tennessee. Who owns the state? Tennessee and Virginia Tech split.
Tier 4 States:
Arizona: 3 recruits in the Top 300. BR 82nd overall Treylon Burks WR, signed by Arkansas. Who owns the state? Arkansas Razorbacks signed 2/3 recruits.
Kansas: 3 recruits in the Top 300. BR 21st overall Graham Mertz QB, signed with Wisconsin. Who owns the state? Wisconsin , Oklahoma, and Kansas State had a three way.
South Carolina: 3 recruits in the Top 300. BR 20th overall Zacch Pickens DE, signed with the University of South Carolina. Who owns the state? Gamecocks signed 2/3 recruits.
Hawaii: 4 recruits in the Top 300. BR 88th overall Faatui Tuitele DT signed with Washington. Who owns the state? Washington Huskies signed half of the recruits from the state.
Indiana: 4 recruits in the Top 300. BR 71st overall George Karlaftis DE, signed by Purdue. Who owns the state? Boilermakers signed half the recruits from Indiana.
Michigan: 5 recruits in the Top 300. BR 12th overall Devontae Dobbs OT, signed with Michigan State, Who owns the state? Michigan State signed two out of the five players.
Missouri: 5 recruits in the Top 300. BR 94th overall Isaiah Williams ATH, signed with Illinois. Who owns the state? Illinois signed two out of the five player. Mizzou signed one.
Tier 3 States:
Kentucky: 6 recruits in the Top 300. BR 115th overall Jacob Lacey DT, signed with Notre Dame. Who owns the state? Who doesn't? Kentucky was split six ways between Notre Dame, Stanford, Alabama, Nebrska, Virginia Tech, and Purdue.
New Jersry: 6 recruits in the Top 300. BR 28th overall Antonio Alfano DT, signed with Alabama. Who owns the state? Penn State signed two of the six recruits.
Maryland: 7 recruits in the Top 300. BR 73rd overall Shane Lee, signed with Alabama. Who owns the state? Alabama with three of the seven players. Way to build that wall around your state there Lock, should've stayed in Tuscaloosa.
Ohio: 8 recruits in the Top 300. BR 10th overall Zach Harrison DE, signed with The Ohio State University. Who owns the state? Buckeyes do with three recruits but Harbaugh was right on their tails in their home turf, signing two of the eight players.
North Carolina: 9 recruits in the Top 300. BR 42nd overall Quavaris Crouch ATH signed with Tennessee. Who owns the state? Threesome between Tennessee, UNC, and NC State with two a piece.
Tennessee: 9 recruits in the Top 300. BR 85th overall Lance Wilhoite WR, signed with Oregon. Who owns the state? Tennessee Vols still do but not by much. They signed two recruits and had two other SEC teams, LSU and Georgia, sign a player each.
Virginia/DC: 11 recruits in the Top 300. BR 22nd overall Brandon Smith OLB, signed with Penn State. Who owns the state? Penn state signed the most penning two guys. Virginia Tech had one and UVA had none.
Tier 2 States:
Alabama: 14 recruits in the Top 300. BR Pierce Quick OT, signed with the University of Alabama. Who owns the state? Who do you think? Nick Saban signed five of the players in the state and Auburn signed one.
Louisiana: 14 recruits in the Top 300. BR 11th overall John Emery RB, signed with LSU. Who owns the state? Coach O does. LSU signed eight of the eleven guys.
Mississippi: 14 recruits in the Top 300. BR 19th overall Jerrion Ealy RB, signed with Ole Miss. Who owns the state? Rebels and State split with four recruits each. Auburn on their trail signing three. Got to hand it to State, they keep getting people to go to Starkville somehow.
Tier 1 States:
These next four states make up 147 of the 300 top recruits. It's like the electoral college but instead of New York you have Georgia. Because there is so much talent in these states I'll put up a scoreboard of who signed people in each state.
California: 33 recruits in the Top 300. California had the number one recruit in the country in Kayvon Thibodeaux. Kayvon's a DE who signed with Oregon. California is responsible for 14 recruits in the top 100 players. Who owns the state? Oregon Ducks, signing on six players. This used to be all USC. Given their recent struggles Oregon and Washington were able to swoop in and steal some big guys from their PAC 12 rivals. The breakdown:
Oregon- 6 recruits
USC- 5 recruits
Washington- 4 recruits
Stanford- 3 recruits
Texas- 3 recruits
Arizona State University and Boise State- 2 recruits each
Clemson, Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Tenn, UCLA, and SC- 1 recruit each
Must hurt USC to see Texas so close in the standings for their own state. Especially given that Texas flipped their best recruit, Bru McCoy who's from Santa Ana.
Georgia: 35 recruits in the Top 300. BR 6th overall Jadon Haselwood WR, signed with Oklahoma. The state of Georgia holds three spots in the Top 10 recruits and has 13 of the Top 100. Who owns the state? Kirby and the Dawgs but not by much. They signed five guys from Georgia in this class. The breakdown:
Georgia- 6 recruits
Auburn- 4 recruits
Tennessee- 4 recruits
Alabama- 3 recruits
Michigan- 3 recruits
Clemson, Florida, FSU, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Texas- 2 recruits each
Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, and Oklahoma- 1 recruit each
Texas: 38 recruits in the Top 300. BR 3rd overall Kenyon Green OT, signed with Texas A&M. Texas has 17 of the Top 100 recruits. Who owns the state? Texas A&M and it's not even close. They signed 11 guys in the class, 6 of whom are in the top 100. The breakdown:
A&M- 11 recruits
Texas- 4 recruits
Oklahoma- 4 recruits
Alabama, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Stanford- 2 recruits each
Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas St, LSU, Northwestern, OK State, Ohio State, and SC- 1 recruit each
Holy Jimbo Fisher, Mr. Steal Yo Recruit. 11 guys is a massacre. And is Texas back? That has to sting tying your biggest rival in in-state recruits,
Florida: The most top recruits in the country belongs to the Florida, even if they should be considered their own country. Florida has 40 guys in the Top 300. BR 2nd overal Nolan Smith who signed with Georgia. They have 2 Top 10 recruits and 13 out of the Top 100. Who owns the state? Chomp chomp baby. University of Florida penned seven of the forty recruits. The breakdown:
UF: 7 recruits
FSU: 6 recruits
Alabama, Clemson, and Georgia: 4 recruits each
Miami: 3 recruits
Auburn, Michigan, Oregon, and Penn State: 2 recruits each
A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, and USC- 1 recruit each
FSU is keeping it close given their recent struggles and the whole Francois thing they got goin on now. Dan Mullen in his second year has shown serious strides in bringing UF back to a powerhouse program.
So there you have it. Go argue with your friends about how where you come from is better than where they're from. Florida may be the place to recruit but remember Alabama is still the place to be. 24 of Saban's 28 commits are in the Top 300.
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