Recruiting Rankings
2014 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
- Alabama
- Ranked Programs
- 231
- Avg Class Size
- 16.3
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 | Alabama | SEC | 4.1★ | 22 | Cam Robinson (5★) |
| 2 | LSU | SEC | 4★ | 20 | Leonard Fournette (5★) |
| 3 | Georgia | SEC | 4★ | 16 | Lorenzo Carter (5★) |
| 4 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.9★ | 16 | Myles Garrett (5★) |
| 5 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 19 | Raekwon McMillan (5★) |
| 6 | Florida State | ACC | 3.9★ | 20 | Dalvin Cook (5★) |
| 7 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.8★ | 19 | Nyles Morgan (4★) |
| 8 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 14 | Jabrill Peppers (5★) |
| 9 | Auburn | SEC | 3.6★ | 17 | Roc Thomas (5★) |
| 10 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 14 | Zach Whitley (4★) |
| 11 | Stanford | ACC | 3.6★ | 16 | Solomon Thomas (5★) |
| 12 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.6★ | 15 | Bryson Allen-Williams (4★) |
| 13 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.6★ | 23 | Josh Malone (4★) |
| 14 | Clemson | ACC | 3.6★ | 16 | Deshaun Watson (4★) |
| 15 | Florida | SEC | 3.5★ | 18 | Teez Tabor (5★) |
| 16 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.5★ | 17 | Joe Mixon (5★) |
| 17 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.5★ | 15 | DJ Calhoun (4★) |
| 18 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.5★ | 13 | Rod Taylor (4★) |
| 19 | Texas | SEC | 3.4★ | 18 | Derick Roberson (4★) |
| 20 | Miami | ACC | 3.4★ | 20 | Chad Thomas (5★) |
| 21 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 15 | Saeed Blacknall (4★) |
| 22 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.4★ | 13 | KD Cannon (5★) |
| 23 | USC | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 19 | Adoree' Jackson (5★) |
| 24 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.4★ | 17 | Drew Barker (4★) |
| 25 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 15 | Malik McDowell (5★) |
| 26 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 16 | Gyasi Akem (4★) |
| 27 | Virginia | ACC | 3.3★ | 11 | Quin Blanding (5★) |
| 28 | California | ACC | 3.2★ | 9 | Erik Brown (4★) |
| 29 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 15 | Tanner Farmer (4★) |
| 30 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 15 | Royce Freeman (4★) |
| 31 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3.2★ | 11 | Parrker Westphal (4★) |
| 32 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.2★ | 17 | Bijhon Jackson (4★) |
| 33 | Missouri | SEC | 3.2★ | 19 | Andy Bauer (4★) |
| 34 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.1★ | 15 | Elijah Hood (4★) |
| 35 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 15 | Budda Baker (4★) |
| 36 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 12 | Damian Prince (5★) |
| 37 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 18 | Cam Denson (4★) |
| 38 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.0★ | 22 | Shai McKenzie (4★) |
| 39 | NC State | ACC | 3★ | 21 | Kentavius Street (4★) |
| 40 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3★ | 17 | Jamoral Graham (4★) |
| 41 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3★ | 16 | Alex Bookser (4★) |
| 42 | South Florida | American Athletic | 3★ | 14 | Quinton Flowers (4★) |
| 43 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 3★ | 13 | Allen Lazard (4★) |
| 44 | TCU | Big 12 | 3★ | 12 | Shaun Nixon (4★) |
| 45 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3★ | 11 | Myles Autry (4★) |
| 46 | Utah | Big 12 | 3★ | 10 | Jackson Barton (4★) |
| 47 | Kansas | Big 12 | 3★ | 9 | Traevohn Wrench (4★) |
| 48 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3★ | 8 | Dravon Askew-Henry (4★) |
| 49 | Delaware State | — | 3★ | 1 | Lamont Bradford (3★) |
| 50 | Northwestern State | — | 3★ | 1 | Hunter Perrin (3★) |
| 51 | South Carolina State | — | 3★ | 1 | Cory Dixon (3★) |
| 52 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 3★ | 1 | Giovanni Negron (3★) |
| 53 | Iowa | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 13 | Jay Scheel (3★) |
| 54 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 13 | Payton Hendrix (3★) |
| 55 | Duke | ACC | 2.9★ | 11 | Trevon Lee (3★) |
| 56 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 10 | Kyle Gibson (4★) |
| 57 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2.9★ | 17 | Nifae Lealao (4★) |
| 58 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 17 | Chandler Leniu (3★) |
| 59 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 22 | Jaden Gault (4★) |
| 60 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.9★ | 14 | K.J. Williams (4★) |
| 61 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 16 | Shay Fields (3★) |
| 62 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 14 | Dylan Sumner-Gardner (4★) |
| 63 | Louisville | ACC | 2.8★ | 9 | Reggie Bonnafon (3★) |
| 64 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 13 | Timothy Cason II (3★) |
| 65 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.8★ | 16 | Kameron Uter (3★) |
| 66 | Albany | — | 2.8★ | 4 | Sam Madaras (3★) |
| 67 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 15 | Dominique Booth (4★) |
| 68 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 22 | Jeff Jones (4★) |
| 69 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 13 | Kalani Vakameilalo (3★) |
| 70 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 22 | Zach Vaughan (3★) |
| 71 | Boston College | ACC | 2.7★ | 18 | Connor Strachan (3★) |
| 72 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 12 | Jarvis Cooper (3★) |
| 73 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 11 | Elijah Lee (3★) |
| 74 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 13 | Fred Warner (4★) |
| 75 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 15 | Donavin Buck (3★) |
| 76 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 19 | Kendall Gant (4★) |
| 77 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2.6★ | 7 | Matt Domer (3★) |
| 78 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 2.5★ | 15 | Justin Nelson (3★) |
| 79 | — | 2.5★ | 1,318 | — | |
| 80 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 20 | Anthony Davis (3★) |
| 81 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.5★ | 18 | Kevin Mouhon (3★) |
| 82 | Fordham | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Chase Edmonds (3★) |
| 83 | Incarnate Word | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Xavier Turner (3★) |
| 84 | New Hampshire | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Rory Donovan (3★) |
| 85 | The Citadel | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Kailik Williams (3★) |
| 86 | Villanova | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Rasaan Stewart (3★) |
| 87 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 20 | Lonnie Johnson (3★) |
| 88 | SMU | ACC | 2.4★ | 20 | Courtland Sutton (3★) |
| 89 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 20 | Tez Parks (3★) |
| 90 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 5 | Jae Bowen (3★) |
| 91 | Towson | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Marquise Watts (3★) |
| 92 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 18 | Raul Diaz (3★) |
| 93 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 24 | Yiannis Bowden (3★) |
| 94 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 22 | Petera Wilson (3★) |
| 95 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 14 | Delane Hart-Johnson (3★) |
| 96 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 17 | Kevin Willis (3★) |
| 97 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 21 | Jon'Vea Johnson (3★) |
| 98 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 15 | Trayvon Williams (3★) |
| 99 | Illinois State | — | 2.3★ | 9 | Dequone Shaw (3★) |
| 100 | Austin Peay | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jamel Jackson (3★) |
| 101 | Monmouth | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Marcus Leslie (3★) |
| 102 | Princeton | — | 2.3★ | 3 | John Lovett (3★) |
| 103 | William & Mary | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Spencer Kleinrichert (3★) |
| 104 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 19 | Chuks Ota (3★) |
| 105 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 16 | Cedric Johnson (3★) |
| 106 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 13 | J'vonte Herrod (3★) |
| 107 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 22 | Shuler Bentley (3★) |
| 108 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 23 | Patrick Choudja (3★) |
| 109 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 24 | Jaylan Barbour (3★) |
| 110 | Yale | — | 2.3★ | 12 | Jason Alessi (3★) |
| 111 | Murray State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Hayden Sphire (3★) |
| 112 | Nicholls | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Christian Boutte (3★) |
| 113 | Samford | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Devlin Hodges (3★) |
| 114 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 21 | Michael Lazarus (3★) |
| 115 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 17 | Fonzale Davis (3★) |
| 116 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 17 | Samuel Stewart (3★) |
| 117 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 13 | J.T. Blyden (3★) |
| 118 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 13 | Justin Holmes (3★) |
| 119 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.2★ | 14 | Arkeel Newsome (3★) |
| 120 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 15 | CJ Johnson (3★) |
| 121 | Portland State | — | 2.2★ | 10 | Malik Cyphers (3★) |
| 122 | East Tennessee State | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Matthew Pyke (3★) |
| 123 | Furman | — | 2.2★ | 5 | A'lencio Graham (3★) |
| 124 | Northern Iowa | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Daurice Fountain (3★) |
| 125 | Wofford | — | 2.2★ | 5 | John Patterson (3★) |
| 126 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 21 | Reggie Howard (3★) |
| 127 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 16 | Chandler Kincade (3★) |
| 128 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 16 | Ed Curney (3★) |
| 129 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 22 | Kent Myers (3★) |
| 130 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 11 | Dominique Fenstermacher (3★) |
| 131 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 18 | Otis Kearney (3★) |
| 132 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 18 | Justin Brown (3★) |
| 133 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 19 | Corey Henderson (3★) |
| 134 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.2★ | 19 | Silvester Hayes (3★) |
| 135 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 20 | TL Ford (3★) |
| 136 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 20 | Joe Lowery (3★) |
| 137 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 20 | Treyvon Hughes (3★) |
| 138 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 21 | Gregory Howell (3★) |
| 139 | Idaho | — | 2.1★ | 7 | Michael Garner (3★) |
| 140 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 16 | Lemar Harris (3★) |
| 141 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 16 | David Anzaldua (3★) |
| 142 | Charleston Southern | — | 2.1★ | 8 | JaJuan Perkins (3★) |
| 143 | Chattanooga | — | 2.1★ | 8 | Will Young (3★) |
| 144 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 8 | Greg Menard (3★) |
| 145 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 25 | Sam Martin (3★) |
| 146 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 17 | Daniel Lewis (3★) |
| 147 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 17 | James Sherman (3★) |
| 148 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 19 | Trenton Noller (3★) |
| 149 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 22 | Chandler Hawkins (3★) |
| 150 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 26 | Mayomi Olootu (3★) |
| 151 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 15 | T.J. Posey (3★) |
| 152 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 15 | Dennis Edwards (3★) |
| 153 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.0★ | 20 | Nick Smith (3★) |
| 154 | Army | American Athletic | 2.0★ | 21 | Malik Crossdale (3★) |
| 155 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.0★ | 21 | Anthony Monken (3★) |
| 156 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.0★ | 25 | Alex McGough (3★) |
| 157 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.0★ | 25 | Nick Jeanty (3★) |
| 158 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2★ | 14 | Jack Walz (2★) |
| 159 | Northern Arizona | — | 2★ | 8 | Bryant O'Georgia (2★) |
| 160 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 7 | Donte Raymond (2★) |
| 161 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2★ | 7 | Dalton Etheridge (2★) |
| 162 | Hudson Valley | — | 2★ | 6 | Andre Flakes (2★) |
| 163 | Richmond | — | 2★ | 6 | Jared Coker (2★) |
| 164 | Western Carolina | — | 2★ | 6 | Corey Holloway (2★) |
| 165 | Alabama State | — | 2★ | 4 | Kahilge Fleglar (2★) |
| 166 | Eastern Illinois | — | 2★ | 4 | Anthony Love (2★) |
| 167 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2★ | 4 | Torrodd Carter (2★) |
| 168 | Indiana State | — | 2★ | 4 | Jacquet McClendon (2★) |
| 169 | Lehigh | — | 2★ | 4 | Kadeem Smith (2★) |
| 170 | Mercer | — | 2★ | 4 | Caleb Yates (2★) |
| 171 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 2★ | 4 | Tre Betts (2★) |
| 172 | North Dakota | — | 2★ | 4 | Connor Bolduc (2★) |
| 173 | Southern Illinois | — | 2★ | 4 | Jefferson Vea (2★) |
| 174 | Tennessee State | — | 2★ | 4 | Javon Brandon (2★) |
| 175 | UC Davis | — | 2★ | 4 | C.J. Spencer (2★) |
| 176 | Youngstown State | — | 2★ | 4 | Shane Dixon (2★) |
| 177 | Central Arkansas | — | 2★ | 3 | Eric Jackson (2★) |
| 178 | Colgate | — | 2★ | 3 | Anthony Khalife (2★) |
| 179 | Eastern Washington | — | 2★ | 3 | Conner Baumann (2★) |
| 180 | Harvard | — | 2★ | 3 | Tobe Ezeokoli (2★) |
| 181 | Holy Cross | — | 2★ | 3 | Chase Stratton (2★) |
| 182 | Jackson State | — | 2★ | 3 | Frank Carter (2★) |
| 183 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2★ | 3 | Cornell Urquhart (2★) |
| 184 | Northern Colorado | — | 2★ | 3 | Joshua Peterson (2★) |
| 185 | Presbyterian | — | 2★ | 3 | Steve Osondu (2★) |
| 186 | Stony Brook | — | 2★ | 3 | Darin Peart (2★) |
| 187 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2★ | 3 | Ty Jobe (2★) |
| 188 | UT Martin | — | 2★ | 3 | Andrew Horton (2★) |
| 189 | VMI | — | 2★ | 3 | Adam Doll-Hennis (2★) |
| 190 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2★ | 2 | Cameron Rigby (2★) |
| 191 | Campbell | — | 2★ | 2 | Andy Eddins (2★) |
| 192 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2★ | 2 | Christian Gill (2★) |
| 193 | Columbia | — | 2★ | 2 | Charlie Flores (2★) |
| 194 | Elon | — | 2★ | 2 | Anthony Mullis (2★) |
| 195 | Houston Christian | — | 2★ | 2 | Taaron Timmons (2★) |
| 196 | Idaho State | — | 2★ | 2 | Nick Jones (2★) |
| 197 | Jacksonville | — | 2★ | 2 | Henderson Gray (2★) |
| 198 | Lafayette | — | 2★ | 2 | Quinn Smith (2★) |
| 199 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2★ | 2 | J.T. Bradwell (2★) |
| 200 | Maine | — | 2★ | 2 | Drew Belcher (2★) |
| 201 | McNeese | — | 2★ | 2 | Andre Fuller (2★) |
| 202 | Montana State | — | 2★ | 2 | Mitch Herbert (2★) |
| 203 | North Carolina A&T | — | 2★ | 2 | Hasaan Klugh (2★) |
| 204 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 2★ | 2 | Alfonzo McMillian (2★) |
| 205 | Savannah St | — | 2★ | 2 | Keynard Campbell (2★) |
| 206 | South Dakota | — | 2★ | 2 | Tacari Carpenter (2★) |
| 207 | South Dakota State | — | 2★ | 2 | Trey Carr (2★) |
| 208 | Southern | — | 2★ | 2 | Danny Johnson (2★) |
| 209 | Western Illinois | — | 2★ | 2 | Sean McGuire (2★) |
| 210 | Bucknell | — | 2★ | 1 | Andrew Podbielski (2★) |
| 211 | Butler | — | 2★ | 1 | Brendyn McKinnon (2★) |
| 212 | Cal Poly | — | 2★ | 1 | Malcolm Davis (2★) |
| 213 | Cornell | — | 2★ | 1 | Daniel Crochet (2★) |
| 214 | Duquesne | — | 2★ | 1 | Nate Stone (2★) |
| 215 | Florida A&M | — | 2★ | 1 | Joshua Addison (2★) |
| 216 | Georgetown | — | 2★ | 1 | Blaise Brown (2★) |
| 217 | Grambling | — | 2★ | 1 | Devohn Lindsey (2★) |
| 218 | Hampton | — | 2★ | 1 | Jerrell Antoine (2★) |
| 219 | Howard | — | 2★ | 1 | Odis Grimes (2★) |
| 220 | Marist | — | 2★ | 1 | Hassan Bailey (2★) |
| 221 | Norfolk State | — | 2★ | 1 | Thomas Coleman (2★) |
| 222 | North Carolina Central | — | 2★ | 1 | Jvon Simmons (2★) |
| 223 | Pennsylvania | — | 2★ | 1 | Austin Stapleton (2★) |
| 224 | Prairie View A&M | — | 2★ | 1 | Avonta Shaw (2★) |
| 225 | Robert Morris | — | 2★ | 1 | Collin Giesey (2★) |
| 226 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 2★ | 1 | Manoah Pearson (2★) |
| 227 | Saint Francis (PA) | — | 2★ | 1 | Evan Ferguson (2★) |
| 228 | Siena | — | 2★ | 1 | Tony Jackson (2★) |
| 229 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2★ | 1 | Marlon Walls (2★) |
| 230 | Texas Southern | — | 2★ | 1 | Willie Hobdy (2★) |
| 231 | Wagner | — | 2★ | 1 | Kemani Howard (2★) |