Recruiting Rankings
2017 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
- Ohio State
- Ranked Programs
- 236
- Avg Class Size
- 17.9
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 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 4.1★ | 20 | Chase Young (5★) |
| 2 | Alabama | SEC | 4.1★ | 25 | Najee Harris (5★) |
| 3 | Stanford | ACC | 4★ | 13 | Foster Sarell (5★) |
| 4 | Georgia | SEC | 3.9★ | 25 | Isaiah Wilson (5★) |
| 5 | Florida State | ACC | 3.9★ | 20 | Cam Akers (5★) |
| 6 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.8★ | 22 | Justin Broiles (4★) |
| 7 | LSU | SEC | 3.8★ | 21 | JaCoby Stevens (5★) |
| 8 | Clemson | ACC | 3.7★ | 15 | Tee Higgins (5★) |
| 9 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 29 | Donovan Peoples-Jones (5★) |
| 10 | USC | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 21 | Stephen Carr (5★) |
| 11 | Auburn | SEC | 3.6★ | 17 | Calvin Ashley (5★) |
| 12 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.6★ | 16 | Brock Wright (4★) |
| 13 | Texas | SEC | 3.6★ | 10 | Sam Ehlinger (4★) |
| 14 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 16 | Salvon Ahmed (4★) |
| 15 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 19 | Lamont Wade (4★) |
| 16 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.5★ | 19 | Anthony Hines (4★) |
| 17 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.5★ | 10 | Lynn Bowden Jr. (4★) |
| 18 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 17 | Jaelan Phillips (5★) |
| 19 | Florida | SEC | 3.4★ | 23 | Tedarrell Slaton (4★) |
| 20 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 18 | Anthony McFarland Jr. (4★) |
| 21 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 18 | Deommodore Lenoir (4★) |
| 22 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 16 | Tyjon Lindsey (4★) |
| 23 | Miami | ACC | 3.4★ | 20 | Jeff Thomas (4★) |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.3★ | 16 | Devon Hunter (4★) |
| 25 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.3★ | 20 | Trey Smith (5★) |
| 26 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.3★ | 17 | Jamyest Williams (4★) |
| 27 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.2★ | 17 | Jonah Melton (4★) |
| 28 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 3.2★ | 9 | Isaiah Hodgins (4★) |
| 29 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.2★ | 11 | D.D. Bowie (4★) |
| 30 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.2★ | 11 | Paris Ford (4★) |
| 31 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.2★ | 17 | Chevin Calloway (4★) |
| 32 | Missouri | SEC | 3.2★ | 13 | Akial Byers (4★) |
| 33 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 14 | Jalen Reagor (4★) |
| 34 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 17 | A.J. Epenesa (5★) |
| 35 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 3.1★ | 9 | Jermani Brown (4★) |
| 36 | California | ACC | 3.1★ | 9 | Chase Garbers (4★) |
| 37 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 9 | Jack Anderson (4★) |
| 38 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 11 | Tylan Wallace (4★) |
| 39 | Syracuse | ACC | 3.1★ | 12 | Tommy DeVito (4★) |
| 40 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 13 | Eno Benjamin (4★) |
| 41 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 15 | Micah Clark (4★) |
| 42 | Louisville | ACC | 3.1★ | 17 | CJ Avery (4★) |
| 43 | Colorado | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 19 | Jake Moretti (4★) |
| 44 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3★ | 19 | Kevin Jarvis (4★) |
| 45 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3★ | 17 | Willie Gay Jr. (4★) |
| 46 | Duke | ACC | 3★ | 11 | Drew Jordan (4★) |
| 47 | Utah | Big 12 | 3★ | 10 | Jaylon Johnson (4★) |
| 48 | Campbell | — | 3★ | 1 | Dorian Jones (3★) |
| 49 | Colgate | — | 3★ | 1 | Abdoul Kouyate (3★) |
| 50 | Delaware State | — | 3★ | 1 | Angelo Gonzalez (3★) |
| 51 | Incarnate Word | — | 3★ | 1 | Darren Thomas (3★) |
| 52 | Jackson State | — | 3★ | 1 | Kendrick Paul (3★) |
| 53 | Mississippi Valley State | — | 3★ | 1 | Dewayne Betts (3★) |
| 54 | South Carolina State | — | 3★ | 1 | Omar Cummings (3★) |
| 55 | Baylor | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 17 | Xavier Newman (3★) |
| 56 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 15 | Kayden Lyles (4★) |
| 57 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 14 | O'Rien Vance (3★) |
| 58 | Indiana | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 13 | Juwan Burgess (3★) |
| 59 | Illinois | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 12 | Ricky Smalling (3★) |
| 60 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 10 | Anthony Payne (3★) |
| 61 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 2.9★ | 18 | Bruce Jordan-Swilling (4★) |
| 62 | Arizona | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 16 | Nathan Tilford (4★) |
| 63 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2.9★ | 16 | Earnest Brown (4★) |
| 64 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 15 | R.J. Potts (3★) |
| 65 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 20 | Cordarrian Richardson (4★) |
| 66 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 6 | Tevin Bush (3★) |
| 67 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2.8★ | 11 | Jacob Free (3★) |
| 68 | Virginia | ACC | 2.8★ | 16 | Ryan Nelson (3★) |
| 69 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 15 | Jamire Calvin (4★) |
| 70 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.8★ | 16 | Blaise Andries (3★) |
| 71 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.8★ | 16 | Michael Allen (3★) |
| 72 | Boston College | ACC | 2.7★ | 15 | AJ Dillon (3★) |
| 73 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 15 | Tyler Smith (3★) |
| 74 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 15 | Reed Blankenship (3★) |
| 75 | NC State | ACC | 2.7★ | 15 | Emeka Emezie (3★) |
| 76 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 10 | Ahman Ross (3★) |
| 77 | South Florida | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 13 | Kevaughn Dingle (3★) |
| 78 | Howard | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Caylin Newton (3★) |
| 79 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 3 | London Lewis (3★) |
| 80 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 20 | Obinna Eze (4★) |
| 81 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.6★ | 20 | Kaegun Williams (3★) |
| 82 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.6★ | 14 | Javaris Steward (3★) |
| 83 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.6★ | 15 | Dorian Hall (3★) |
| 84 | Purdue | Big Ten | 2.6★ | 15 | Nick Sipe (3★) |
| 85 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 2.6★ | 5 | Tevyn Stevenson (3★) |
| 86 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.6★ | 17 | Emanuel Dabney (3★) |
| 87 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 12 | Bryan Jones (3★) |
| 88 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.6★ | 21 | Chaz Ah You (4★) |
| 89 | — | 2.5★ | 1,443 | — | |
| 90 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 21 | Joshua Croslen (3★) |
| 91 | Houston Christian | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Samir Martula (3★) |
| 92 | Florida A&M | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Donovan Hovey-Franklin (3★) |
| 93 | Holy Cross | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jordan Jackson (3★) |
| 94 | Morgan State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Branden Bailey (3★) |
| 95 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 19 | Dylan Deatherage (3★) |
| 96 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 15 | Darius Hodge (3★) |
| 97 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 15 | Kelvin Ateman Jr. (3★) |
| 98 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.5★ | 13 | T.J. Mauga (3★) |
| 99 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 13 | Tariq Hollandsworth (3★) |
| 100 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 9 | Marcus Hawkins (3★) |
| 101 | Kansas | Big 12 | 2.4★ | 16 | Dominic Williams (3★) |
| 102 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 21 | Isaac Hawn (3★) |
| 103 | SMU | ACC | 2.4★ | 14 | Alan Ali (3★) |
| 104 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 17 | Tyson Williams (3★) |
| 105 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 17 | Antwaun Ayers (3★) |
| 106 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.4★ | 22 | Kieston Roach (3★) |
| 107 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 20 | Brevin Harris (3★) |
| 108 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 15 | Tank Robinson (3★) |
| 109 | Monmouth | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Justin Terry (3★) |
| 110 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 5 | Dylan Weaver (3★) |
| 111 | Stony Brook | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Delante Hellams (3★) |
| 112 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.4★ | 20 | Tre Allen (3★) |
| 113 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 20 | Joshua Maize (3★) |
| 114 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.4★ | 20 | Robert Holmes (3★) |
| 115 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 18 | Corey Straughter (3★) |
| 116 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 12 | Kendric Haynes (3★) |
| 117 | Yale | — | 2.3★ | 9 | Tyler Jost (3★) |
| 118 | Albany | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Ryan Solt (3★) |
| 119 | Alcorn State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Cleveland Ford (3★) |
| 120 | Richmond | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jack Bowler (3★) |
| 121 | Samford | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Zach Kadum (3★) |
| 122 | Youngstown State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Antoine Cook (3★) |
| 123 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 19 | Keylon Stokes (3★) |
| 124 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 16 | Ryan Huff (3★) |
| 125 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 16 | Jalen Jackson (3★) |
| 126 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 16 | Tre Siggers (3★) |
| 127 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 26 | Justin Gibbs (3★) |
| 128 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 13 | Chase Rogers (3★) |
| 129 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 23 | B.J. Sharpe (3★) |
| 130 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 17 | Chinedu Ogbonna (3★) |
| 131 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 17 | Todd Centeio (3★) |
| 132 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 11 | Jaiden Cole (3★) |
| 133 | Northern Arizona | — | 2.3★ | 11 | Terrell Brown (3★) |
| 134 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 19 | Rodney Scott (3★) |
| 135 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 16 | Casey Perkins (3★) |
| 136 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 12 | Dwayne Fisher (3★) |
| 137 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 8 | Josh Adkins (3★) |
| 138 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2.3★ | 8 | Josh Thompson (3★) |
| 139 | UC Davis | — | 2.3★ | 8 | Kristian Gilbert (3★) |
| 140 | Villanova | — | 2.3★ | 8 | Trajan Anderson (3★) |
| 141 | Indiana State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Mekhi Ware (3★) |
| 142 | McNeese | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Hanif Muhammad (3★) |
| 143 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 2.3★ | 4 | Kenny Nelson (3★) |
| 144 | North Carolina Central | — | 2.3★ | 4 | EJ Hicks (3★) |
| 145 | Prairie View A&M | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Kaleb O'Bryant (3★) |
| 146 | Princeton | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Connor Mills (3★) |
| 147 | Tennessee State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Ray Coggins (3★) |
| 148 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Slater Howard (3★) |
| 149 | The Citadel | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Aaron Brawley (3★) |
| 150 | Harvard | — | 2.2★ | 13 | Eric Wilson (3★) |
| 151 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 54 | Diego Fagot (3★) |
| 152 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2.2★ | 9 | Alonzo Booth (3★) |
| 153 | Southern Illinois | — | 2.2★ | 9 | Brandon George (3★) |
| 154 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 14 | Kameron Duncan (3★) |
| 155 | Eastern Washington | — | 2.2★ | 14 | Andrew Boston (3★) |
| 156 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 14 | Drake Stallworth (3★) |
| 157 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.2★ | 19 | Kevin Nixon (3★) |
| 158 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 15 | Thomas Johnston (3★) |
| 159 | Brown | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Mitchell Jonke (3★) |
| 160 | Dartmouth | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Dewayne Terry (3★) |
| 161 | Fordham | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Andrew Mevis (3★) |
| 162 | Western Illinois | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Eli Watson (3★) |
| 163 | William & Mary | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Shon Mitchell (3★) |
| 164 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.2★ | 22 | Erik Ditzhazy (3★) |
| 165 | Pennsylvania | — | 2.2★ | 11 | Sire Woods (3★) |
| 166 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 17 | Miklo Smalls (3★) |
| 167 | Montana | — | 2.2★ | 6 | Isiahia Banks (3★) |
| 168 | Portland State | — | 2.2★ | 6 | Jalani Eason (3★) |
| 169 | Savannah St | — | 2.2★ | 6 | Xavier Jenkins (3★) |
| 170 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 19 | Victor Jones (3★) |
| 171 | Mercer | — | 2.2★ | 13 | Edmond Graham (3★) |
| 172 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.1★ | 21 | Michael Scott (3★) |
| 173 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2.1★ | 7 | Antavius Grier (3★) |
| 174 | Northern Colorado | — | 2.1★ | 7 | Billy Reagins (3★) |
| 175 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.1★ | 22 | Eddie Brecht (3★) |
| 176 | Idaho | — | 2.1★ | 18 | Ben Holmes (3★) |
| 177 | North Dakota | — | 2.1★ | 9 | Ezekiel Ott (3★) |
| 178 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 19 | Cantorian Weems (3★) |
| 179 | Montana State | — | 2.1★ | 10 | Travis Yates (3★) |
| 180 | South Dakota | — | 2.1★ | 12 | Reggie Crawford Jr. (3★) |
| 181 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.1★ | 12 | Josh Bowcut (3★) |
| 182 | Weber State | — | 2.1★ | 12 | Zeke Birch (3★) |
| 183 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.1★ | 57 | Brandon Gooding (3★) |
| 184 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.0★ | 21 | Jeffrey Hubbard (3★) |
| 185 | Grand Valley State University | — | 2.0★ | 21 | Jayk Slager (3★) |
| 186 | Austin Peay | — | 2.0★ | 22 | Jeremiah Oatsvall (3★) |
| 187 | Army | American Athletic | 2.0★ | 74 | Ryan O'Malley (3★) |
| 188 | Akron | Mid-American | 2★ | 19 | Jeffrey Lubin (2★) |
| 189 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2★ | 18 | Holden Hotchkiss (2★) |
| 190 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2★ | 12 | Alex Fernandes (2★) |
| 191 | South Dakota State | — | 2★ | 11 | Deyon Campbell (2★) |
| 192 | Illinois State | — | 2★ | 10 | John Ridgeway (2★) |
| 193 | Southern Utah | — | 2★ | 10 | Bundy Sewell (2★) |
| 194 | Chattanooga | — | 2★ | 9 | Jabril Malone (2★) |
| 195 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2★ | 9 | Bradley Flott (2★) |
| 196 | Columbia | — | 2★ | 8 | Andrew Nichols (2★) |
| 197 | Lamar | — | 2★ | 7 | Kirkland Banks (2★) |
| 198 | Texas Southern | — | 2★ | 7 | Patrick Howell (2★) |
| 199 | Cornell | — | 2★ | 6 | Richie Kenney (2★) |
| 200 | Lafayette | — | 2★ | 6 | Sean O'Malley (2★) |
| 201 | UT Martin | — | 2★ | 6 | Dresser Winn (2★) |
| 202 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 5 | Dominick Covatto (2★) |
| 203 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 2★ | 5 | Joey Noble (2★) |
| 204 | Western Carolina | — | 2★ | 5 | Bruce Squires (2★) |
| 205 | Lehigh | — | 2★ | 4 | Evan Chadbourn (2★) |
| 206 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 2★ | 4 | Rodney Hawkins (2★) |
| 207 | Cal Poly | — | 2★ | 3 | Mason Hurst (2★) |
| 208 | Furman | — | 2★ | 3 | Adrian Hope (2★) |
| 209 | North Carolina A&T | — | 2★ | 3 | Artavious Richardson (2★) |
| 210 | Northwestern State | — | 2★ | 3 | Kaleb Fletcher (2★) |
| 211 | Southern | — | 2★ | 3 | Kendall Catalon (2★) |
| 212 | Stetson | — | 2★ | 3 | Andrew Nadolski (2★) |
| 213 | Towson | — | 2★ | 3 | Christian Greaves (2★) |
| 214 | Wofford | — | 2★ | 3 | Slayton Wild (2★) |
| 215 | Alabama A&M | — | 2★ | 2 | Aqeel Glass (2★) |
| 216 | Charleston Southern | — | 2★ | 2 | Terrell Powell (2★) |
| 217 | Dayton | — | 2★ | 2 | Jake Brunson (2★) |
| 218 | East Tennessee State | — | 2★ | 2 | Chris Ross (2★) |
| 219 | Eastern Illinois | — | 2★ | 2 | Austin Johnson (2★) |
| 220 | Elon | — | 2★ | 2 | Destin Flloyd (2★) |
| 221 | Maine | — | 2★ | 2 | Archie Callahan (2★) |
| 222 | New Hampshire | — | 2★ | 2 | Riley Burns (2★) |
| 223 | Northern Iowa | — | 2★ | 2 | Mason Neisen (2★) |
| 224 | Sacred Heart | — | 2★ | 2 | Drew Harris (2★) |
| 225 | Saint Francis (PA) | — | 2★ | 2 | EJ Jenkins (2★) |
| 226 | San Diego | — | 2★ | 2 | Myles Wilson (2★) |
| 227 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 2★ | 1 | Mahkai Lee (2★) |
| 228 | Central Arkansas | — | 2★ | 1 | Justin Morris (2★) |
| 229 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2★ | 1 | Deonte' Grier (2★) |
| 230 | Idaho State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jack-Eli Tufono (2★) |
| 231 | Marist | — | 2★ | 1 | Jerquan Newton (2★) |
| 232 | Morehead State | — | 2★ | 1 | Tyler Bowes (2★) |
| 233 | Murray State | — | 2★ | 1 | Cortez Roberts (2★) |
| 234 | Nicholls | — | 2★ | 1 | David Mosley (2★) |
| 235 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 2★ | 1 | CJ Turner (2★) |
| 236 | VMI | — | 2★ | 1 | George Brown (2★) |