Recruiting Rankings
2019 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
- 227
- Avg Class Size
- 17.6
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 | 4.2★ | 12 | Zach Harrison (5★) |
| 2 | Georgia | SEC | 4.2★ | 20 | Nolan Smith (5★) |
| 3 | Oklahoma | SEC | 4.1★ | 16 | Jadon Haselwood (5★) |
| 4 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 17 | Brandon Smith (5★) |
| 5 | Auburn | SEC | 3.9★ | 16 | Owen Pappoe (5★) |
| 6 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.9★ | 16 | Kenyon Green (5★) |
| 7 | Alabama | SEC | 3.9★ | 29 | Antonio Alfano (5★) |
| 8 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 19 | Daxton Hill (5★) |
| 9 | Florida | SEC | 3.9★ | 16 | Chris Steele (4★) |
| 10 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.9★ | 8 | Charles Cross (5★) |
| 11 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.8★ | 16 | Kyle Hamilton (4★) |
| 12 | Florida State | ACC | 3.8★ | 10 | Akeem Dent (4★) |
| 13 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 17 | Kayvon Thibodeaux (5★) |
| 14 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.8★ | 8 | Jerrion Ealy (5★) |
| 15 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.7★ | 15 | Darnell Wright (5★) |
| 16 | USC | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 10 | Kyle Ford (4★) |
| 17 | Texas | SEC | 3.7★ | 21 | Bru McCoy (5★) |
| 18 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.7★ | 3 | Jared Casey (4★) |
| 19 | LSU | SEC | 3.6★ | 20 | Derek Stingley Jr. (5★) |
| 20 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 16 | Faatui Tuitele (4★) |
| 21 | South Carolina | SEC | 3.6★ | 8 | Zacch Pickens (5★) |
| 22 | Clemson | ACC | 3.5★ | 22 | Andrew Booth (5★) |
| 23 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 12 | Wan'Dale Robinson (4★) |
| 24 | Stanford | ACC | 3.5★ | 12 | Elijah Higgins (4★) |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3.5★ | 10 | Doug Nester (4★) |
| 26 | Miami | ACC | 3.4★ | 9 | Jeremiah Payton (4★) |
| 27 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 9 | Devontae Dobbs (4★) |
| 28 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 9 | Logan Brown (5★) |
| 29 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.4★ | 14 | Treylon Burks (4★) |
| 30 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 9 | Marquez Beason (4★) |
| 31 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 9 | Jaquaze Sorrells (4★) |
| 32 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 10 | Nick Cross (4★) |
| 33 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.3★ | 10 | Sam Howell (4★) |
| 34 | NC State | ACC | 3.3★ | 7 | Savion Jackson (4★) |
| 35 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 11 | George Karlaftis (4★) |
| 36 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 8 | Jestin Jacobs (4★) |
| 37 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 3.2★ | 5 | Hank Bachmeier (4★) |
| 38 | Missouri | SEC | 3.2★ | 5 | Jalani Williams (4★) |
| 39 | Duke | ACC | 3.2★ | 6 | Tony Davis (4★) |
| 40 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 7 | Peyton Powell (4★) |
| 41 | Louisville | ACC | 3.1★ | 7 | Ja'Darien Boykin (4★) |
| 42 | Wake Forest | ACC | 3.1★ | 7 | Donavon Greene (4★) |
| 43 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 8 | Jalen Curry (4★) |
| 44 | Virginia | ACC | 3.1★ | 9 | Jowon Briggs (4★) |
| 45 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 11 | Grayson Boomer (4★) |
| 46 | Utah | Big 12 | 3★ | 13 | Darren Jones (4★) |
| 47 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3★ | 11 | Jayden Daniels (4★) |
| 48 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3★ | 10 | Sampson James (4★) |
| 49 | Kansas | Big 12 | 3★ | 10 | Steven Parker (4★) |
| 50 | South Florida | American Athletic | 3★ | 10 | Logan Berryhill (3★) |
| 51 | Syracuse | ACC | 3★ | 9 | Mikel Jones (3★) |
| 52 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 3★ | 8 | Jirehl Brock (4★) |
| 53 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 3★ | 8 | Tyrone Lewis (3★) |
| 54 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3★ | 8 | Donald Williams (3★) |
| 55 | Boston College | ACC | 3★ | 7 | Bryce Sebastian (3★) |
| 56 | Texas Southern | — | 3★ | 4 | Brysen McKinney (3★) |
| 57 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3★ | 3 | Zach Owens (3★) |
| 58 | Northern Iowa | — | 3★ | 3 | Cameron Baker (3★) |
| 59 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 3★ | 3 | Rance McInnis (3★) |
| 60 | Alcorn State | — | 3★ | 2 | Niko Duffey (3★) |
| 61 | North Carolina Central | — | 3★ | 2 | Michael Cartwright (3★) |
| 62 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3★ | 2 | Genson Hooper-Price (3★) |
| 63 | Southern | — | 3★ | 2 | Kiaeem Green (3★) |
| 64 | Stony Brook | — | 3★ | 2 | Keith Winfrey (3★) |
| 65 | Youngstown State | — | 3★ | 2 | Demetries Ford (3★) |
| 66 | Bethune-Cookman | — | 3★ | 1 | Gelique Williams (3★) |
| 67 | Florida A&M | — | 3★ | 1 | Omari Fiffer (3★) |
| 68 | Grambling | — | 3★ | 1 | William Savala (3★) |
| 69 | Monmouth | — | 3★ | 1 | Malik Brooks (3★) |
| 70 | Saint Francis (PA) | — | 3★ | 1 | Donnell Brown (3★) |
| 71 | BYU | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 14 | Jacob Conover (4★) |
| 72 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 14 | Damon Ward (3★) |
| 73 | Temple | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 13 | Thomas Joe-Kamara (3★) |
| 74 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2.9★ | 12 | Sione Finau (3★) |
| 75 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 12 | Osita Smith (4★) |
| 76 | UCF | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 10 | Raymond Cutts (3★) |
| 77 | Colorado | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 9 | Jaren Mangham (3★) |
| 78 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.9★ | 16 | David Baldwin-Griffin (3★) |
| 79 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 2.9★ | 8 | Khiry Morrison (3★) |
| 80 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2.9★ | 8 | Justin Harris (3★) |
| 81 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 2.9★ | 7 | Zach Hummel (3★) |
| 82 | Memphis | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 7 | Tahj Washington (3★) |
| 83 | SMU | ACC | 2.8★ | 13 | Terrance Gipson (3★) |
| 84 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 18 | Tye Edwards (3★) |
| 85 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 12 | Ty McCullouch (3★) |
| 86 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 2.8★ | 17 | Darius Williams (3★) |
| 87 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.8★ | 17 | Micah Kelly (3★) |
| 88 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 11 | Alex Hogan (3★) |
| 89 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.8★ | 16 | Louis Smith (3★) |
| 90 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2.8★ | 21 | Tyler Guidry (3★) |
| 91 | Houston | Big 12 | 2.8★ | 5 | Chayse Todd (3★) |
| 92 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 2.8★ | 5 | Vincent Davis (3★) |
| 93 | California | ACC | 2.8★ | 9 | Brett Johnson (4★) |
| 94 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.8★ | 25 | Amir Richardson (3★) |
| 95 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 16 | Reggie Strong Jr. (3★) |
| 96 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.8★ | 12 | DeVon Reaves (3★) |
| 97 | Eastern Illinois | — | 2.8★ | 4 | Dominic Moore (3★) |
| 98 | Murray State | — | 2.8★ | 4 | Elijah Downing (3★) |
| 99 | Tulane | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 15 | Tyler Judson (3★) |
| 100 | — | 2.7★ | 1,742 | — | |
| 101 | UCLA | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 21 | Sean Rhyan (4★) |
| 102 | UTSA | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 14 | Ronnie Jackson (3★) |
| 103 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 2.7★ | 7 | Jacob Clark (3★) |
| 104 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.7★ | 17 | Jack Randolph (3★) |
| 105 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2.7★ | 13 | Jeremy Lewis (3★) |
| 106 | UConn | FBS Independents | 2.7★ | 13 | Dal'mont Gourdine (3★) |
| 107 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.7★ | 16 | Lincoln Victor (3★) |
| 108 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.7★ | 16 | Cannon Blauser (3★) |
| 109 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.7★ | 16 | Dominick Mazotti (3★) |
| 110 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 22 | Josh Calvin (3★) |
| 111 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 15 | Michael Shawcroft (3★) |
| 112 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 2.7★ | 12 | Carl Williams (3★) |
| 113 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.7★ | 9 | Jojo Forest (3★) |
| 114 | North Carolina A&T | — | 2.7★ | 6 | Janaz Sumpter (3★) |
| 115 | Pennsylvania | — | 2.7★ | 6 | Ethan Zemla (3★) |
| 116 | Richmond | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Ben Castellano (3★) |
| 117 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 2.7★ | 3 | Daniel Fortune (3★) |
| 118 | Southeastern Louisiana | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Jaylon Ned (3★) |
| 119 | Utah Tech | — | 2.7★ | 3 | Syrr Barnes (3★) |
| 120 | Harvard | — | 2.6★ | 14 | Nate Leskovec (3★) |
| 121 | Liberty | Conference USA | 2.6★ | 8 | C.J. Yarbrough (3★) |
| 122 | Georgetown | — | 2.6★ | 5 | Giovonni White (3★) |
| 123 | Southern Utah | — | 2.6★ | 5 | Canaan Yarro (3★) |
| 124 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 17 | Sean Tyler (3★) |
| 125 | Princeton | — | 2.6★ | 12 | Joseph Hutchinson (3★) |
| 126 | Western Carolina | — | 2.6★ | 7 | Neil Ilenrey (3★) |
| 127 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 16 | Jalen McGaughy (3★) |
| 128 | Nevada | Mountain West | 2.6★ | 16 | Maurice Wilmer (3★) |
| 129 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 2.6★ | 16 | Fabian McCray (3★) |
| 130 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 11 | Samy Johnson (3★) |
| 131 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 2.5★ | 13 | Gunner Cruz (3★) |
| 132 | Yale | — | 2.5★ | 13 | Nathan Puletasi (3★) |
| 133 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 15 | Shamar Johnson (3★) |
| 134 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 22 | Bryce Childress (3★) |
| 135 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2.5★ | 12 | Seth Robinson (3★) |
| 136 | UC Davis | — | 2.5★ | 8 | Jehiel Budgett (3★) |
| 137 | Holy Cross | — | 2.5★ | 6 | Benjamin Blessing (3★) |
| 138 | Jacksonville State | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 6 | Arjei Henderson (4★) |
| 139 | Villanova | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Jaaron Hayek (3★) |
| 140 | Weber State | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Dontae McMillan (3★) |
| 141 | Alabama A&M | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Davion Wheeler (3★) |
| 142 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jared Laughlin (3★) |
| 143 | Elon | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Omar Rogers (3★) |
| 144 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Adonis Henderson (3★) |
| 145 | Lafayette | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jyaire Stevens (3★) |
| 146 | Missouri State | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 2 | Lucas Eatman (3★) |
| 147 | Morgan State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Quinton Williams (3★) |
| 148 | Northwestern State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jared Pedraza (3★) |
| 149 | Rhode Island | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Murrell Quashie (3★) |
| 150 | Samford | — | 2.5★ | 2 | AJ Toney (3★) |
| 151 | Tennessee State | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Jaalon Gupton (3★) |
| 152 | Army | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 19 | Fabrice Voyne (3★) |
| 153 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.5★ | 19 | Antavious Lane (3★) |
| 154 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 17 | Dorian Hopkins (3★) |
| 155 | UAB | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 15 | Rashard Revels (3★) |
| 156 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 22 | Deland McCullough II (3★) |
| 157 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.5★ | 11 | Jermaine Johnson (3★) |
| 158 | Idaho State | — | 2.4★ | 9 | Keithan Gooden (3★) |
| 159 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 7 | Antwann Fann (3★) |
| 160 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 24 | Shae Suiaunoa (3★) |
| 161 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.4★ | 12 | Weston Eget (3★) |
| 162 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 22 | Trevor Wilson (3★) |
| 163 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 20 | Kyron McKinnie-Harper (3★) |
| 164 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 2.4★ | 15 | Dylan Jantz (3★) |
| 165 | North Dakota State | Mountain West | 2.4★ | 10 | Hunter Poncius (3★) |
| 166 | Howard | — | 2.4★ | 5 | Elijah Coleman (3★) |
| 167 | Mercer | — | 2.4★ | 13 | Richard Benton (3★) |
| 168 | Illinois State | — | 2.4★ | 8 | Jabari Khepera (3★) |
| 169 | Montana | — | 2.4★ | 8 | Kale Edwards (3★) |
| 170 | Montana State | — | 2.4★ | 8 | Jamahd Monroe (3★) |
| 171 | Portland State | — | 2.4★ | 19 | Justice Pagan (3★) |
| 172 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 25 | Wyatt Terlaak (3★) |
| 173 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.4★ | 20 | Darius Boone (3★) |
| 174 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 23 | Jaden Jenkins (3★) |
| 175 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.3★ | 26 | Tre'Shon Devones (3★) |
| 176 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 18 | Anthony Johnson (3★) |
| 177 | Central Arkansas | — | 2.3★ | 15 | Julian Hawkins (3★) |
| 178 | Northern Arizona | — | 2.3★ | 9 | Jaden Tauanuu (3★) |
| 179 | Houston Christian | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Philip Ossai (3★) |
| 180 | Cal Poly | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Shakobe Harper (3★) |
| 181 | Colgate | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Drew Berggren (3★) |
| 182 | Dartmouth | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jamal Cooney (3★) |
| 183 | East Tennessee State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Deven Brantley (3★) |
| 184 | McNeese | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jack Zelezinski (3★) |
| 185 | North Dakota | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Chandon Pierre (3★) |
| 186 | South Dakota State | — | 2.3★ | 3 | Jarod DePriest (3★) |
| 187 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.3★ | 20 | Quevan Lawson (3★) |
| 188 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 27 | Coleman Reich (3★) |
| 189 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 19 | Billy Lucas (3★) |
| 190 | Eastern Washington | — | 2.3★ | 16 | Paul Edwards (3★) |
| 191 | Idaho | — | 2.3★ | 12 | Kevin McGuire (3★) |
| 192 | Chattanooga | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Gio Richardson (3★) |
| 193 | Fordham | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Prince-Elijah Degroat (3★) |
| 194 | Indiana State | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Ethan Hoover (3★) |
| 195 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 2.3★ | 4 | C.J. Jackson (3★) |
| 196 | Lamar | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Jalen Wells (3★) |
| 197 | Nicholls | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Brooks Rayburn (3★) |
| 198 | UT Martin | — | 2.3★ | 4 | Jaden Gibbs (3★) |
| 199 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 9 | Cade Briggs (3★) |
| 200 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 20 | TJ Goodwin (3★) |
| 201 | New Hampshire | — | 2.2★ | 5 | Griffin Helm (3★) |
| 202 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.2★ | 48 | Kyle Patterson (3★) |
| 203 | Eastern Kentucky | — | 2.2★ | 16 | Josiah Ezirim (3★) |
| 204 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.2★ | 11 | Jaxon Hughes (3★) |
| 205 | Grand Valley State University | — | 2.2★ | 6 | Kortez Toles (3★) |
| 206 | Southern Illinois | — | 2.2★ | 6 | PJ Jules (3★) |
| 207 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 2.1★ | 19 | Dajon Richard (3★) |
| 208 | Incarnate Word | — | 2.1★ | 14 | Kaleb Ducros (3★) |
| 209 | Austin Peay | — | 2★ | 6 | Bryce Robinson (2★) |
| 210 | Wofford | — | 2★ | 5 | John Harrington (2★) |
| 211 | Delaware | Conference USA | 2★ | 4 | Noelly Miller (2★) |
| 212 | Furman | — | 2★ | 4 | Evan Jumper (2★) |
| 213 | Northern Colorado | — | 2★ | 4 | Michael Thompson (2★) |
| 214 | San Diego | — | 2★ | 4 | Shane Jamison (2★) |
| 215 | Bucknell | — | 2★ | 3 | Justin Murray (2★) |
| 216 | Prairie View A&M | — | 2★ | 3 | Shayne Lawrence (2★) |
| 217 | South Dakota | — | 2★ | 3 | Jontrell Oliver (2★) |
| 218 | The Citadel | — | 2★ | 2 | Dewey Greene (2★) |
| 219 | William & Mary | — | 2★ | 2 | Kane Everson (2★) |
| 220 | Alabama State | — | 2★ | 1 | Ryan Nettles (2★) |
| 221 | Albany | — | 2★ | 1 | Jordan Irizarry (2★) |
| 222 | Charleston Southern | — | 2★ | 1 | Kevon Hilliard (2★) |
| 223 | Duquesne | — | 2★ | 1 | Todd Hill Jr. (2★) |
| 224 | Maine | — | 2★ | 1 | Michael Monios (2★) |
| 225 | Mississippi Valley State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jalen Bell (2★) |
| 226 | Southeast Missouri State | — | 2★ | 1 | Jalyn Williams (2★) |
| 227 | Tennessee Tech | — | 2★ | 1 | Heath Price (2★) |