Recruiting Rankings

2009 College Football Recruiting Rankings

Rank the full class board by average star power, class volume, and the blue-chip names pushing each program up the national order.

Top Class
Florida
Ranked Programs
118
Avg Class Size
18.8

National class table

Deterministic ordering: average stars, then class size, then school name.

RankTeamConferenceAvg StarsRecruitsTop Prospect
1FloridaSEC4.3★10Jelani Jenkins (5★)
2LSUSEC4.2★15Russell Shepard (5★)
3GeorgiaSEC4.1★15Branden Smith (5★)
4USCBig Ten4.1★15Matt Barkley (5★)
5TennesseeSEC4.1★8Bryce Brown (5★)
6TexasSEC4.1★14Garrett Gilbert (5★)
7AlabamaSEC4★20Trent Richardson (5★)
8OklahomaSEC4★9Jamarkus McFarland (5★)
9ClemsonACC3.9★7Tajh Boyd (5★)
10Ohio StateBig Ten3.8★18Dorian Bell (5★)
11MichiganBig Ten3.8★16Craig Roh (4★)
12Notre DameFBS Independents3.7★14Manti Te'o (5★)
13Florida StateACC3.7★16Jacobbi McDaniel (5★)
14North CarolinaACC3.6★20Donte Moss (5★)
15MiamiACC3.5★11Brandon McGee (4★)
16South CarolinaSEC3.5★15Stephon Gilmore (4★)
17Mississippi StateSEC3.5★13Chad Bumphis (4★)
18UCLABig Ten3.4★18Morrell Presley (4★)
19NebraskaBig Ten3.4★9Cody Green (4★)
20ArkansasSEC3.4★10Darius Winston (5★)
21StanfordACC3.4★13Shayne Skov (4★)
22AuburnSEC3.4★11Tyrik Rollison (4★)
23West VirginiaBig 123.4★14Geno Smith (4★)
24Penn StateBig Ten3.3★16Eric Shrive (4★)
25CaliforniaACC3.3★10Steve Williams (4★)
26Michigan StateBig Ten3.3★18David Barrent (4★)
27Texas A&MSEC3.2★17Christine Michael (5★)
28IllinoisBig Ten3.2★15Terry Hawthorne (4★)
29PittsburghACC3.2★15Todd Thomas (4★)
30MinnesotaBig Ten3.2★11Michael Carter (4★)
31TCUBig 123.2★11Waymon James (4★)
32Arizona StateBig 123.2★12Vontaze Burfict (5★)
33South FloridaAmerican Athletic3.2★13Ryne Giddins (4★)
34Texas TechBig 123.1★14Eric Ward (4★)
353.1★423
36MissouriSEC3.1★16Sheldon Richardson (5★)
37MarylandBig Ten3.1★17D.J. Adams (4★)
38Georgia TechACC3.1★9Roderick Sweeting (4★)
39ArizonaBig 123.1★10Adam Hall (4★)
40Ole MissSEC3.1★22Patrick Patterson (4★)
41KansasBig 123.1★11Prinz Kande (4★)
42Virginia TechACC3.1★11Logan Thomas (4★)
43Oklahoma StateBig 123.1★13Dexter Pratt (4★)
44NC StateACC3.1★18Denzelle Good (4★)
45BaylorBig 123★17Darius Jones (4★)
46RutgersBig Ten3★15Tom Savage (4★)
47VirginiaACC3★14Morgan Moses (4★)
48WisconsinBig Ten3★12Kraig Appleton (4★)
49VanderbiltSEC3★10Eric Samuels (3★)
50TulsaAmerican Athletic2.9★19Shavodrick Beaver (4★)
51Kansas StateBig 122.9★17Timothy Flanders (3★)
52CincinnatiBig 122.9★15Reuben Johnson (4★)
53BYUBig 122.9★13Richard Wilson (4★)
54KentuckySEC2.9★13Morgan Newton (4★)
55OregonBig Ten2.9★13Cliff Harris (4★)
56Southern MissSun Belt2.9★13Gerald West (3★)
57UCFBig 122.9★19Jonathan Davis (4★)
58Boston CollegeACC2.9★16Dillon Quinn (4★)
59ColoradoBig 122.8★13Nick Kasa (4★)
60Iowa StateBig 122.8★19Darius Reynolds (3★)
61IowaBig Ten2.8★18Keenan Davis (4★)
62NorthwesternBig Ten2.8★12Davon Custis (3★)
63UtahBig 122.8★11Chris Washington (4★)
64DukeACC2.8★21Desmond Scott (4★)
65Oregon StatePac-122.8★21Michael Philipp (4★)
66Washington StatePac-122.8★15Jamal Atofau (3★)
67UConnFBS Independents2.8★19Dwayne Difton (4★)
68WashingtonBig Ten2.8★8Talia Crichton (3★)
69HoustonBig 122.7★17Radermon Scypion (3★)
70Boise StatePac-122.7★16Joe Southwick (3★)
71LouisvilleACC2.7★16Jacob Geffard (3★)
72PurdueBig Ten2.7★16Antwon Higgs (3★)
73IndianaBig Ten2.6★13Jamonne Chester (3★)
74Wake ForestACC2.6★13John Gallagher (3★)
75Hawai'iMountain West2.6★20Corey Nielsen (3★)
76SyracuseACC2.6★12Rishard Anderson (3★)
77Louisiana TechConference USA2.6★21Jordan Mills (3★)
78Florida InternationalConference USA2.6★23Wayne Times (3★)
79Middle TennesseeConference USA2.6★23Arthur Williams (3★)
80TulaneAmerican Athletic2.5★23Stephen Barnett (3★)
81Central MichiganMid-American2.5★29Jeff Fantuzzi (3★)
82Colorado StatePac-122.5★16Te'Jay Brown (3★)
83East CarolinaAmerican Athletic2.5★16Justin Jones (3★)
84MemphisAmerican Athletic2.5★10Randy Powell (3★)
85Western MichiganMid-American2.5★21Josh Hadel (3★)
86Fresno StatePac-122.5★15Derek Carr (4★)
87UNLVMountain West2.5★13Jordan Barrett (3★)
88Bowling GreenMid-American2.5★22Matt Schilz (3★)
89SMUACC2.5★22Chris Atchison (3★)
90WyomingMountain West2.5★22Austyn Carta-Samuels (3★)
91Miami (OH)Mid-American2.4★23Justin Semmes (3★)
92RiceAmerican Athletic2.4★23Chris Boswell (3★)
93NevadaMountain West2.4★15Chris Metcalf (3★)
94San Diego StatePac-122.4★18Nat Berhe (3★)
95New Mexico StateConference USA2.4★8Tanner Rust (3★)
96ToledoMid-American2.4★19James Green (4★)
97MarshallSun Belt2.4★20A.J. Graham (3★)
98Kent StateMid-American2.3★15Spencer Keith (3★)
99NavyAmerican Athletic2.3★3Eric Graham (3★)
100OhioMid-American2.3★16Jon Lechner (3★)
101Eastern MichiganMid-American2.3★13Kinsman Thomas (3★)
102North TexasAmerican Athletic2.3★13Daniel Mayberry (3★)
103Northern IllinoisMountain West2.3★19Jordan Lynch (3★)
104UL MonroeSun Belt2.3★24Aaron Munoz (3★)
105Hudson Valley2.2★25Anthony Williams (3★)
106Air ForceMountain West2.2★20Jake Morin (3★)
107New MexicoMountain West2.2★16Emmanuel Yeager (3★)
108Idaho2.2★17Jordan Johnson (3★)
109LouisianaSun Belt2.2★12Justin Anderson (3★)
110AkronMid-American2.2★19Jake Brandt (3★)
111TempleAmerican Athletic2.2★13Byron Parker (3★)
112BuffaloMid-American2.1★20Jeremy Johnson (3★)
113UABAmerican Athletic2.1★15Chris Hubbard (3★)
114ArmyAmerican Athletic2.1★20Loren Baker (3★)
115Utah StatePac-122.1★14Kane Wilson (3★)
116Arkansas StateSun Belt2.1★17Nick O'Quinn (3★)
117Alabama State2★1Terren Jones (2★)
118San José StateMountain West2★1Travis Johnson (2★)