Recruiting Rankings
2016 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
- Ole Miss
- Ranked Programs
- 236
- 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 | Ole Miss | SEC | 4.0★ | 20 | Greg Little (5★) |
| 2 | Alabama | SEC | 3.9★ | 21 | Ben Davis (5★) |
| 3 | Florida State | ACC | 3.9★ | 21 | Levonta Taylor (5★) |
| 4 | LSU | SEC | 3.9★ | 21 | Kristian Fulton (5★) |
| 5 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 22 | Nick Bosa (5★) |
| 6 | USC | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 20 | Oluwole Betiku Jr. (5★) |
| 7 | Texas | SEC | 3.7★ | 23 | Devin Duvernay (4★) |
| 8 | Clemson | ACC | 3.7★ | 18 | Dexter Lawrence (5★) |
| 9 | Auburn | SEC | 3.7★ | 21 | Derrick Brown (5★) |
| 10 | Miami | ACC | 3.7★ | 13 | Sam Bruce (4★) |
| 11 | Georgia | SEC | 3.7★ | 21 | Jacob Eason (5★) |
| 12 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.7★ | 15 | Caleb Kelly (5★) |
| 13 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 17 | Mique Juarez (5★) |
| 14 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.6★ | 11 | Sewo Olonilua (4★) |
| 15 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 11 | Byron Murphy Jr. (4★) |
| 16 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.6★ | 13 | Nigel Warrior (4★) |
| 17 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.6★ | 18 | Tommy Kraemer (5★) |
| 18 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 16 | Miles Sanders (5★) |
| 19 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 28 | Rashan Gary (5★) |
| 20 | Florida | SEC | 3.4★ | 18 | Antonneous Clayton (4★) |
| 21 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 18 | Josh King (4★) |
| 22 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 12 | Dillon Mitchell (4★) |
| 23 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.4★ | 10 | Jeffery Simmons (5★) |
| 24 | Stanford | ACC | 3.4★ | 18 | Kaden Smith (4★) |
| 25 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.4★ | 14 | McTelvin Agim (5★) |
| 26 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.3★ | 18 | Justin Madubuike (4★) |
| 27 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 9 | N'Keal Harry (4★) |
| 28 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 13 | Lamar Jackson (4★) |
| 29 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.2★ | 17 | Brandon McIlwain (4★) |
| 30 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.2★ | 15 | Landon Young (4★) |
| 31 | California | ACC | 3.2★ | 16 | Demetris Robertson (5★) |
| 32 | Duke | ACC | 3.2★ | 19 | Scott Bracey (4★) |
| 33 | Houston | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 13 | Ed Oliver (5★) |
| 34 | Missouri | SEC | 3.1★ | 7 | Darvis Holmes (4★) |
| 35 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.1★ | 17 | Damar Hamlin (4★) |
| 36 | Colorado | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 9 | Beau Bisharat (4★) |
| 37 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 9 | Tramonda Moore (4★) |
| 38 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 11 | T.J. Vasher (4★) |
| 39 | North Carolina | ACC | 3★ | 15 | Jay Jay McCargo (3★) |
| 40 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3★ | 14 | Terrance Davis (4★) |
| 41 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3★ | 14 | Brendan Ferns (4★) |
| 42 | Louisville | ACC | 3★ | 13 | Jawon Pass (4★) |
| 43 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3★ | 13 | Jeremy Larkin (3★) |
| 44 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3★ | 11 | Michael Eletise (4★) |
| 45 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 11 | Christian Wallace (4★) |
| 46 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3★ | 10 | Toks Akinribade (3★) |
| 47 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3★ | 10 | Divine Deablo (3★) |
| 48 | South Florida | American Athletic | 3★ | 9 | Darnell Salomon (4★) |
| 49 | Utah | Big 12 | 3★ | 9 | Maxs Tupai (4★) |
| 50 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3★ | 8 | Bravvion Roy (4★) |
| 51 | Brown | — | 3★ | 1 | Brendan Pyne (3★) |
| 52 | Cornell | — | 3★ | 1 | Harley Kirsch (3★) |
| 53 | Western Illinois | — | 3★ | 1 | Mike Viti (3★) |
| 54 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 15 | Tyquan Statham (3★) |
| 55 | NC State | ACC | 2.9★ | 15 | Shug Frazier (3★) |
| 56 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 15 | Frederick Mauigoa (3★) |
| 57 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 14 | Sean Foster (4★) |
| 58 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 12 | Dredrick Snelson (3★) |
| 59 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 9 | Jonah Morris (3★) |
| 60 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2.9★ | 9 | Joejuan Williams (4★) |
| 61 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 24 | Cole Van Lanen (4★) |
| 62 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 15 | Kole Bailey (3★) |
| 63 | Virginia | ACC | 2.9★ | 15 | Tre Harbison (3★) |
| 64 | Syracuse | ACC | 2.8★ | 12 | James Pierre (3★) |
| 65 | SMU | ACC | 2.8★ | 20 | Aphonso Thomas (3★) |
| 66 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 15 | Carter Coughlin (4★) |
| 67 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.8★ | 15 | Sulaiman Kamara (3★) |
| 68 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 19 | Dele Harding (3★) |
| 69 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 13 | Terrance Landers Jr. (3★) |
| 70 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 21 | Karamo Dioubate (4★) |
| 71 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 2.7★ | 11 | Parker Braun (3★) |
| 72 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.7★ | 18 | Troy Warner (4★) |
| 73 | Boston College | ACC | 2.7★ | 14 | Anthony Brown (3★) |
| 74 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 3 | Tyus Flakes (3★) |
| 75 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 14 | Christian Colon (3★) |
| 76 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 14 | Skylar Thompson (3★) |
| 77 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 22 | Matthew Falcon (3★) |
| 78 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 2.6★ | 13 | Ahmir Mitchell (4★) |
| 79 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 15 | David Moore (3★) |
| 80 | McNeese | — | 2.6★ | 5 | Parker Orgeron (3★) |
| 81 | — | 2.6★ | 1,284 | — | |
| 82 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 14 | Hussein Howe (3★) |
| 83 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.6★ | 14 | Jaquan Blackwell (3★) |
| 84 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 26 | Jaquan Yulee (4★) |
| 85 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2.5★ | 15 | Mike Lee (3★) |
| 86 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 16 | Willie Baker (3★) |
| 87 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.5★ | 16 | Troy Cassidy (3★) |
| 88 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 14 | Tyshawn Brown (3★) |
| 89 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.5★ | 12 | Donte Coleman (3★) |
| 90 | Northern Colorado | — | 2.5★ | 6 | Keaton Torre (3★) |
| 91 | Delaware State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Ulises De Los Santos (3★) |
| 92 | Fordham | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Alex Hall (3★) |
| 93 | Holy Cross | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Chris Riley (3★) |
| 94 | Jackson State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Juwan Adams (3★) |
| 95 | Norfolk State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Michael Carney (3★) |
| 96 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Justin Swift (3★) |
| 97 | Southern Illinois | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jhakari Harrison (3★) |
| 98 | Villanova | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Aaron Seigle (3★) |
| 99 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 19 | James Jackson (3★) |
| 100 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 17 | Waahid Muhammad (3★) |
| 101 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 15 | Armani Rogers (3★) |
| 102 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.5★ | 15 | Bryce Mortenson (3★) |
| 103 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.5★ | 13 | Cam DeGeorge (3★) |
| 104 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 24 | Darion Anderson (3★) |
| 105 | Columbia | — | 2.5★ | 11 | Lynnard Rose (3★) |
| 106 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 11 | Jeremiah Pritchard (3★) |
| 107 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 16 | Jeremy Darvin (3★) |
| 108 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 14 | Kentrail Moran (3★) |
| 109 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 7 | Tyler Marshall (3★) |
| 110 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 12 | Theo Anderson (3★) |
| 111 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 22 | Elijah J Robinson (3★) |
| 112 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 20 | Tre Jackson (3★) |
| 113 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 15 | JaCorey Morris (3★) |
| 114 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 13 | Riley Cole (3★) |
| 115 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 16 | Tony Poljan (3★) |
| 116 | Harvard | — | 2.4★ | 8 | Lavance Northington (3★) |
| 117 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 8 | Jarrod McLin (3★) |
| 118 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 19 | Stori Emerson (3★) |
| 119 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 17 | Alec Simpson (3★) |
| 120 | Tennessee State | — | 2.3★ | 9 | Tyric Reid (3★) |
| 121 | Yale | — | 2.3★ | 9 | Josh Keeler (3★) |
| 122 | Central Arkansas | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Kierre Crossley (3★) |
| 123 | Weber State | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Noah Kramer (3★) |
| 124 | Western Carolina | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Bailey Byrum (3★) |
| 125 | Alabama State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jimmy Ferrell (3★) |
| 126 | Albany | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Rocco Marucci (3★) |
| 127 | Alcorn State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Kwanzi Jackson (3★) |
| 128 | Eastern Illinois | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Scotty Gilkey (3★) |
| 129 | Nicholls | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Christian Booker (3★) |
| 130 | Princeton | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Kevin Davidson (3★) |
| 131 | Savannah St | — | 2.3★ | 3 | DeShawn Smith (3★) |
| 132 | South Carolina State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jarrod Jones (3★) |
| 133 | Towson | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Deshaun Wethington (3★) |
| 134 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.3★ | 19 | Tyler Tutt (3★) |
| 135 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 16 | Steven Frank (3★) |
| 136 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 16 | T.J. Fiailoa (3★) |
| 137 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 20 | Lamar Anderson (3★) |
| 138 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 17 | Trey Ragas (3★) |
| 139 | Northern Iowa | — | 2.3★ | 11 | Christian Ellsworth (3★) |
| 140 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 15 | Armani Posey (3★) |
| 141 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 19 | Isaac Stiebeling (3★) |
| 142 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.3★ | 19 | Zo Bridges (3★) |
| 143 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 44 | Joe Goff (3★) |
| 144 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 24 | Freddie Pinder (3★) |
| 145 | UC Davis | — | 2.3★ | 8 | Khris Vaughn (3★) |
| 146 | Murray State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Mareio McGraw (3★) |
| 147 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 9 | Cody Brewer (3★) |
| 148 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 23 | Marcus Williams Jr (3★) |
| 149 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 23 | John Okwoli (3★) |
| 150 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 15 | Darius Anderson (3★) |
| 151 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 10 | Nic Smith (3★) |
| 152 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Keldrick Cesar (3★) |
| 153 | Cal Poly | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Ryan Boehm (3★) |
| 154 | Chattanooga | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Joseph Richard (3★) |
| 155 | Illinois State | — | 2.2★ | 5 | James Robinson (3★) |
| 156 | Lehigh | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Matt Prendergast (3★) |
| 157 | Rhode Island | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Gene Coleman (3★) |
| 158 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Jacq'co Price (3★) |
| 159 | Southern Utah | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Bishop Jones (3★) |
| 160 | Montana | — | 2.2★ | 11 | Thayne Jackson (3★) |
| 161 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 23 | Cameron Odom (3★) |
| 162 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 12 | Robert Washington (3★) |
| 163 | Florida A&M | — | 2.2★ | 6 | Obinna Nwankwo (3★) |
| 164 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2.2★ | 6 | Stephen Calvert (3★) |
| 165 | Montana State | — | 2.2★ | 6 | Anthony Pegues (3★) |
| 166 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.2★ | 19 | Kendrec Grady (3★) |
| 167 | Furman | — | 2.1★ | 14 | Timothy Coleman (3★) |
| 168 | Idaho | — | 2.1★ | 22 | Jassiem Wills (3★) |
| 169 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 23 | Quardraiz Wadley (3★) |
| 170 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2.1★ | 8 | De'jour Simpson (3★) |
| 171 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 8 | Anthony Womack (3★) |
| 172 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 18 | Avery McCall (3★) |
| 173 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 18 | Andrew Parchment (3★) |
| 174 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 18 | Sam Glaesmann (3★) |
| 175 | Samford | — | 2.1★ | 18 | TaDarryl Marshall (3★) |
| 176 | Lamar | — | 2.1★ | 9 | Caleb Abrom (3★) |
| 177 | Army | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 53 | Kjetil Cline (3★) |
| 178 | Northern Arizona | — | 2.1★ | 11 | Aaron Manning (3★) |
| 179 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2.1★ | 11 | Norman Hand (3★) |
| 180 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 24 | Noah Ellison (3★) |
| 181 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 12 | BJ Edmonds (3★) |
| 182 | Mercer | — | 2.1★ | 12 | Chris Ellington (3★) |
| 183 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 39 | Stephen Omorogbe (3★) |
| 184 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 16 | Brandon Simmons (3★) |
| 185 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 16 | Akeam Peters (3★) |
| 186 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2★ | 18 | Thomas Nolley (2★) |
| 187 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2★ | 14 | Sean Engel (2★) |
| 188 | Austin Peay | — | 2★ | 12 | Delvin Salter (2★) |
| 189 | Grand Valley State University | — | 2★ | 11 | Brandon Wadley (2★) |
| 190 | South Dakota | — | 2★ | 9 | Marchalo Judge (2★) |
| 191 | Idaho State | — | 2★ | 7 | Alec Stevenson (2★) |
| 192 | North Dakota | — | 2★ | 7 | Devan Hunt (2★) |
| 193 | Wofford | — | 2★ | 7 | Datavious Wilson (2★) |
| 194 | Akron | Mid-American | 2★ | 6 | Alvin Davis (2★) |
| 195 | Eastern Washington | — | 2★ | 6 | Jake Blackburn (2★) |
| 196 | Pennsylvania | — | 2★ | 6 | Greg Begnoche (2★) |
| 197 | Portland State | — | 2★ | 5 | AJ Ruffin (2★) |
| 198 | Richmond | — | 2★ | 5 | Adam Samee (2★) |
| 199 | Charleston Southern | — | 2★ | 4 | Matthew Martin (2★) |
| 200 | Dartmouth | — | 2★ | 4 | Tyler Addison (2★) |
| 201 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 4 | Colby Reeder (2★) |
| 202 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 2★ | 4 | Aaron Denson (2★) |
| 203 | North Carolina A&T | — | 2★ | 4 | Tre Smalls (2★) |
| 204 | North Carolina Central | — | 2★ | 4 | Dontae Edwards (2★) |
| 205 | Northwestern State | — | 2★ | 4 | Chris Fuller (2★) |
| 206 | Prairie View A&M | — | 2★ | 4 | Neiko Hollins (2★) |
| 207 | South Dakota State | — | 2★ | 4 | Blair Mulholland (2★) |
| 208 | William & Mary | — | 2★ | 4 | Nathan Lewis (2★) |
| 209 | Bucknell | — | 2★ | 3 | Jacob Wilson (2★) |
| 210 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2★ | 3 | Jake Hampton (2★) |
| 211 | Indiana State | — | 2★ | 3 | Kelvin Broome (2★) |
| 212 | Maine | — | 2★ | 3 | Chris Ferguson (2★) |
| 213 | San Diego | — | 2★ | 3 | Alex Farina (2★) |
| 214 | The Citadel | — | 2★ | 3 | Drew McEntyre (2★) |
| 215 | VMI | — | 2★ | 3 | Bradley Lythgoe (2★) |
| 216 | Colgate | — | 2★ | 2 | Carmine Scarfone (2★) |
| 217 | Elon | — | 2★ | 2 | Cameron Wright (2★) |
| 218 | Hampton | — | 2★ | 2 | Elijah Nelson (2★) |
| 219 | Lafayette | — | 2★ | 2 | Demetrius Breedlove (2★) |
| 220 | Morehead State | — | 2★ | 2 | Kalen Carson (2★) |
| 221 | Presbyterian | — | 2★ | 2 | Glass Wilson (2★) |
| 222 | Southern | — | 2★ | 2 | Tyler Brown (2★) |
| 223 | Stony Brook | — | 2★ | 2 | Terrell Morrison (2★) |
| 224 | UT Martin | — | 2★ | 2 | Collin Tatko (2★) |
| 225 | Alabama A&M | — | 2★ | 1 | Torron Murray (2★) |
| 226 | Campbell | — | 2★ | 1 | Jonathan Jeffries (2★) |
| 227 | Central Connecticut | — | 2★ | 1 | Trevon Lincoln (2★) |
| 228 | Drake | — | 2★ | 1 | Jacob Bacon (2★) |
| 229 | Georgetown | — | 2★ | 1 | Mason Edwards (2★) |
| 230 | Howard | — | 2★ | 1 | Merrick Sims II (2★) |
| 231 | Incarnate Word | — | 2★ | 1 | Robert Hayes Jr. (2★) |
| 232 | Monmouth | — | 2★ | 1 | Lonnie Moore (2★) |
| 233 | Morgan State | — | 2★ | 1 | Ostell Martin (2★) |
| 234 | New Hampshire | — | 2★ | 1 | Sam Kowal (2★) |
| 235 | Robert Morris | — | 2★ | 1 | Thomas Neal (2★) |
| 236 | Texas Southern | — | 2★ | 1 | Malik Webb (2★) |