Recruiting Rankings
2012 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 State
- Ranked Programs
- 185
- Avg Class Size
- 16.7
Position recruiting pages
State recruiting pages
National class table
Deterministic ordering: average stars, then class size, then school name.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Avg Stars | Recruits | Top Prospect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida State | ACC | 4.2★ | 17 | Mario Edwards (5★) |
| 2 | Texas | SEC | 3.9★ | 25 | Johnathan Gray (5★) |
| 3 | Alabama | SEC | 3.9★ | 23 | Landon Collins (5★) |
| 4 | Georgia | SEC | 3.8★ | 17 | Keith Marshall (5★) |
| 5 | Florida | SEC | 3.8★ | 21 | D.J. Humphries (5★) |
| 6 | USC | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 15 | Nelson Agholor (5★) |
| 7 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 23 | Noah Spence (5★) |
| 8 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.8★ | 16 | Trey Williams (5★) |
| 9 | LSU | SEC | 3.7★ | 21 | Kwon Alexander (4★) |
| 10 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.7★ | 14 | Alex Ross (4★) |
| 11 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.6★ | 17 | Gunner Kiel (5★) |
| 12 | Stanford | ACC | 3.6★ | 22 | Kyle Murphy (5★) |
| 13 | Clemson | ACC | 3.6★ | 17 | Carlos Watkins (4★) |
| 14 | Auburn | SEC | 3.6★ | 19 | Avery Young (4★) |
| 15 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 26 | Kyle Kalis (4★) |
| 16 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 18 | Arik Armstead (5★) |
| 17 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 13 | Paul Thurston (4★) |
| 18 | Miami | ACC | 3.4★ | 28 | Duke Johnson (5★) |
| 19 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 18 | Darius Hamilton (5★) |
| 20 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.4★ | 18 | Omari Phillips (4★) |
| 21 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.4★ | 24 | Shaq Roland (4★) |
| 22 | California | ACC | 3.3★ | 16 | Zach Kline (4★) |
| 23 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 20 | Shaq Thompson (5★) |
| 24 | Missouri | SEC | 3.3★ | 17 | Dorial Green-Beckham (5★) |
| 25 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 14 | Michael Starts (4★) |
| 26 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 23 | Ellis McCarthy (5★) |
| 27 | Virginia | ACC | 3.2★ | 21 | Eli Harold (4★) |
| 28 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.2★ | 23 | Joel Caleb (4★) |
| 29 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.2★ | 22 | Jonathan Williams (4★) |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.2★ | 17 | Rushel Shell (5★) |
| 31 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.2★ | 23 | Quay Evans (4★) |
| 32 | South Florida | American Athletic | 3.2★ | 12 | Sean Price (4★) |
| 33 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 19 | Geno Lewis (4★) |
| 34 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 21 | Stefon Diggs (5★) |
| 35 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 20 | Michael Wilson (4★) |
| 36 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 23 | Greg Garmon (4★) |
| 37 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 23 | Deon-Tay McManus (4★) |
| 38 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 13 | Dan Voltz (4★) |
| 39 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.1★ | 14 | Channing Ward (5★) |
| 40 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3.1★ | 15 | Justin Thomas (4★) |
| 41 | NC State | ACC | 3.1★ | 15 | Kenderius Whitehead (4★) |
| 42 | Louisville | ACC | 3.1★ | 16 | Keith Brown (4★) |
| 43 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 18 | Aaron Burbridge (4★) |
| 44 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 3.1★ | 18 | Isaac Seumalo (5★) |
| 45 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.0★ | 20 | Devonte Fields (4★) |
| 46 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.0★ | 22 | Javonte Magee (4★) |
| 47 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3★ | 25 | Freddie Tagaloa (4★) |
| 48 | Colorado | Big 12 | 3★ | 25 | Yuri Wright (4★) |
| 49 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3★ | 22 | Brian Kimbrow (4★) |
| 50 | North Carolina | ACC | 3★ | 21 | Quinshad Davis (4★) |
| 51 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3★ | 17 | D.J. Foster (4★) |
| 52 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 3★ | 2 | Matt Dobson (3★) |
| 53 | Liberty | Conference USA | 3★ | 2 | Darrin Peterson (3★) |
| 54 | Pennsylvania | — | 3★ | 2 | Cameron Countryman (3★) |
| 55 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 3★ | 1 | Ray Martin (3★) |
| 56 | Chattanooga | — | 3★ | 1 | Al Thompson (3★) |
| 57 | Delaware State | — | 3★ | 1 | Nate Ortiz (3★) |
| 58 | Lamar | — | 3★ | 1 | Darryl Waters (3★) |
| 59 | Lehigh | — | 3★ | 1 | Hayden Jones (3★) |
| 60 | Montana | — | 3★ | 1 | Tyrone Holmes (3★) |
| 61 | Princeton | — | 3★ | 1 | Kedric Bostic (3★) |
| 62 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 3★ | 1 | Terry Grigsby (3★) |
| 63 | Texas Southern | — | 3★ | 1 | Elston Lane (3★) |
| 64 | Towson | — | 3★ | 1 | Bryton Barr (3★) |
| 65 | Wagner | — | 3★ | 1 | Eddie Garcia (3★) |
| 66 | Western Illinois | — | 3★ | 1 | Hayden Northern (3★) |
| 67 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.0★ | 24 | Patrick Towles (4★) |
| 68 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3.0★ | 21 | Ifeadi Odenigbo (4★) |
| 69 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3.0★ | 21 | Ryan Watson (4★) |
| 70 | Utah | Big 12 | 3.0★ | 20 | Jeremiah Poutasi (4★) |
| 71 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.9★ | 18 | Tyler Cameron (3★) |
| 72 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 27 | Bennie Coney (3★) |
| 73 | Duke | ACC | 2.9★ | 20 | Shaquille Powell (3★) |
| 74 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 19 | Gabe Marks (4★) |
| 75 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.9★ | 20 | Wayne Morgan (4★) |
| 76 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 18 | Grant Rohach (3★) |
| 77 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 16 | Nate Sudfeld (3★) |
| 78 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 13 | Tanner Mangum (4★) |
| 79 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 16 | Joe Spencer (3★) |
| 80 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 23 | Andre McDonald (3★) |
| 81 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.7★ | 19 | Casey Cochran (3★) |
| 82 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 17 | Travis Averill (3★) |
| 83 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 13 | Tay Bender (3★) |
| 84 | Boston College | ACC | 2.7★ | 16 | Win Homer (3★) |
| 85 | SMU | ACC | 2.7★ | 21 | Seaver Myers (3★) |
| 86 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 20 | Anthony Alford (4★) |
| 87 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 22 | Deontay Greenberry (4★) |
| 88 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 8 | Schyler Miles (3★) |
| 89 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 5 | Trevor Stevens (3★) |
| 90 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.6★ | 12 | Lloyd Grogan (3★) |
| 91 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 19 | Austin Maass (3★) |
| 92 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 14 | Chester Brown (3★) |
| 93 | South Carolina State | — | 2.6★ | 7 | Javarius Leamon (4★) |
| 94 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 15 | Chris Solomon (3★) |
| 95 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 17 | Michael Thomas (3★) |
| 96 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 21 | Chris Humes (3★) |
| 97 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 28 | Nate L Smith (3★) |
| 98 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 16 | Darion Monroe (3★) |
| 99 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 14 | A.J. Leggett (4★) |
| 100 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 10 | Tyrone Pearson (3★) |
| 101 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 4 | Chris Jones (3★) |
| 102 | Dartmouth | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Dalyn Williams (3★) |
| 103 | Eastern Washington | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Dalis Bruce (3★) |
| 104 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 2 | Tajae Sharpe (3★) |
| 105 | McNeese | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Alex Johnson (3★) |
| 106 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 23 | Luke Turner (3★) |
| 107 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 25 | Corey Jones (4★) |
| 108 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 15 | James Sanford (3★) |
| 109 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.4★ | 10 | Adrian Bellard (3★) |
| 110 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 5 | John Law (3★) |
| 111 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 28 | Patrick Jean (3★) |
| 112 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 18 | Sebastian Smith (3★) |
| 113 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 13 | Steven Foster (3★) |
| 114 | — | 2.4★ | 656 | — | |
| 115 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 11 | Lucas Thompson (3★) |
| 116 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 24 | Brandyn Cook (3★) |
| 117 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 15 | Jeremy Castro (4★) |
| 118 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 15 | Ben Tamburello (3★) |
| 119 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 9 | Tyler Matthews (4★) |
| 120 | Hampton | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Denzel Heath (3★) |
| 121 | Yale | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Eric Williams (3★) |
| 122 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 23 | James Brooks (3★) |
| 123 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 20 | Will Gross (3★) |
| 124 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 18 | Cre'von LeBlanc (3★) |
| 125 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 22 | Da'Carlos Renfro (3★) |
| 126 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 15 | Jeremiah Valoaga (3★) |
| 127 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.3★ | 19 | Andre Allen (3★) |
| 128 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 23 | Kelby Latta (3★) |
| 129 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 23 | Jaime Wilson (3★) |
| 130 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 20 | Gerron Borne (3★) |
| 131 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.3★ | 12 | Shannon Edwards (3★) |
| 132 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 8 | Ian Fisher (3★) |
| 133 | Portland State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Daniel Halverson (3★) |
| 134 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 37 | Steven Cornellier (3★) |
| 135 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 21 | Boone Feldt (3★) |
| 136 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 17 | Shaq Huff (3★) |
| 137 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 18 | Robert Riche (3★) |
| 138 | Idaho | — | 2.2★ | 15 | Ma'ne Manaea (3★) |
| 139 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 31 | Mike Cotton (3★) |
| 140 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 22 | Josh Smith (3★) |
| 141 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 22 | Kelton Brackett (3★) |
| 142 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 20 | Brooks Haack (3★) |
| 143 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 7 | Andrew Everett (3★) |
| 144 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 8 | Nick Vigil (3★) |
| 145 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 18 | Christian Tago (3★) |
| 146 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 20 | Jordon Vaden (3★) |
| 147 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 20 | Trent Sewell (3★) |
| 148 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 21 | Juwan Lewis (3★) |
| 149 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.0★ | 20 | Jeff Savage (3★) |
| 150 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.0★ | 21 | Steven Franco (3★) |
| 151 | Army | American Athletic | 2★ | 14 | Nate Guidry (2★) |
| 152 | Youngstown State | — | 2★ | 4 | Byron Pringle (2★) |
| 153 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2★ | 3 | Justin Bolus (2★) |
| 154 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2★ | 3 | Demetrius Fairley (2★) |
| 155 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2★ | 2 | Dalton Demos (2★) |
| 156 | Northern Iowa | — | 2★ | 2 | Nathan Shaw (2★) |
| 157 | Southern Illinois | — | 2★ | 2 | Kaleb Humphrey (2★) |
| 158 | Tennessee State | — | 2★ | 2 | Antonio Justice (2★) |
| 159 | VMI | — | 2★ | 2 | Jordan Veal (2★) |
| 160 | William & Mary | — | 2★ | 2 | Trey Reed (2★) |
| 161 | Cal Poly | — | 2★ | 1 | Kevin Porche (2★) |
| 162 | Central Arkansas | — | 2★ | 1 | Aum'Arie Wallace (2★) |
| 163 | Columbia | — | 2★ | 1 | Austin Stock (2★) |
| 164 | Cornell | — | 2★ | 1 | Luke Hagy (2★) |
| 165 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 1 | Eric Enderson (2★) |
| 166 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2★ | 1 | Benjamin Lawler (2★) |
| 167 | Elon | — | 2★ | 1 | Tyler Alt (2★) |
| 168 | Furman | — | 2★ | 1 | Reese Hannon (2★) |
| 169 | Grambling | — | 2★ | 1 | Quadre Heath (2★) |
| 170 | Harvard | — | 2★ | 1 | Tanner Wrisley (2★) |
| 171 | Idaho State | — | 2★ | 1 | Colin Prestesater (2★) |
| 172 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2★ | 1 | Troymaine Pope (2★) |
| 173 | Monmouth | — | 2★ | 1 | Benjamin ONett (2★) |
| 174 | Montana State | — | 2★ | 1 | Zach Hutchins (2★) |
| 175 | Norfolk State | — | 2★ | 1 | Mike Phillips (2★) |
| 176 | North Carolina Central | — | 2★ | 1 | Malcolm Bell (2★) |
| 177 | North Dakota | — | 2★ | 1 | Joe Mollberg (2★) |
| 178 | Northern Colorado | — | 2★ | 1 | Marcus Forward (2★) |
| 179 | Presbyterian | — | 2★ | 1 | Ryan Raley (2★) |
| 180 | Richmond | — | 2★ | 1 | Kire' Worley (2★) |
| 181 | South Dakota State | — | 2★ | 1 | Mike Shoff (2★) |
| 182 | Southern Utah | — | 2★ | 1 | Kolton Donovan (2★) |
| 183 | The Citadel | — | 2★ | 1 | DaSean Daniels (2★) |
| 184 | Weber State | — | 2★ | 1 | Martavius Redmond (2★) |
| 185 | Western Carolina | — | 2★ | 1 | Spearman Robinson (2★) |