Recruiting Rankings
2021 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
- 201
- Avg Class Size
- 13.3
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 | 4.2★ | 25 | JC Latham (5★) |
| 2 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 4.2★ | 24 | Quinn Ewers (5★) |
| 3 | Clemson | ACC | 4.0★ | 20 | Tristan Leigh (5★) |
| 4 | Georgia | SEC | 4★ | 20 | Amarius Mims (5★) |
| 5 | USC | Big Ten | 4★ | 18 | Korey Foreman (5★) |
| 6 | LSU | SEC | 4.0★ | 21 | Maason Smith (5★) |
| 7 | Miami | ACC | 3.9★ | 17 | Leonard Taylor III (5★) |
| 8 | Oregon | Big Ten | 3.9★ | 21 | Kingsley Suamataia (4★) |
| 9 | North Carolina | ACC | 3.9★ | 16 | Keeshawn Silver (5★) |
| 10 | Oklahoma | SEC | 3.9★ | 16 | Caleb Williams (5★) |
| 11 | Texas A&M | SEC | 3.8★ | 21 | Shemar Turner (5★) |
| 12 | Florida | SEC | 3.8★ | 19 | Jason Marshall Jr. (5★) |
| 13 | Michigan | Big Ten | 3.8★ | 17 | J.J. McCarthy (5★) |
| 14 | Texas | SEC | 3.8★ | 17 | Ja'Tavion Sanders (5★) |
| 15 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 15 | Nolan Rucci (5★) |
| 16 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 3.7★ | 6 | Thomas Fidone II (4★) |
| 17 | Auburn | SEC | 3.6★ | 11 | Dylan Brooks (4★) |
| 18 | Arizona State | Big 12 | 3.6★ | 8 | Isaiah Johnson (4★) |
| 19 | Washington | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 10 | Sam Huard (5★) |
| 20 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 3.6★ | 24 | Blake Fisher (4★) |
| 21 | Iowa | Big Ten | 3.6★ | 12 | David Davidkov (4★) |
| 22 | Kentucky | SEC | 3.6★ | 7 | Jager Burton (4★) |
| 23 | Maryland | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 11 | Terrence Lewis (5★) |
| 24 | Florida State | ACC | 3.5★ | 13 | Destyn Hill (4★) |
| 25 | Tennessee | SEC | 3.5★ | 10 | Aaron Willis (4★) |
| 26 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 3.5★ | 8 | Steven Ortiz (4★) |
| 27 | Missouri | SEC | 3.5★ | 8 | Travion Ford (4★) |
| 28 | Utah | Big 12 | 3.5★ | 8 | Ethan Calvert (4★) |
| 29 | TCU | Big 12 | 3.5★ | 6 | Monte Watkins (4★) |
| 30 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3.5★ | 15 | Tywone Malone (4★) |
| 31 | California | ACC | 3.5★ | 13 | J.Michael Sturdivant (4★) |
| 32 | Arkansas | SEC | 3.4★ | 9 | Ketron Jackson (4★) |
| 33 | Penn State | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 14 | Landon Tengwall (4★) |
| 34 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3.4★ | 7 | James BlackStrain (4★) |
| 35 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 7 | Jordan Mosley (4★) |
| 36 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 5 | Donaven McCulley (4★) |
| 37 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 3.4★ | 8 | Elliot Donald (4★) |
| 38 | UCLA | Big Ten | 3.4★ | 11 | Tiaoalii Savea (4★) |
| 39 | Mississippi State | SEC | 3.3★ | 12 | Sawyer Robertson (4★) |
| 40 | NC State | ACC | 3.3★ | 9 | Micah Crowell (4★) |
| 41 | Virginia | ACC | 3.3★ | 9 | Bryce Carter (4★) |
| 42 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 3 | Jake Rubley (4★) |
| 43 | Jackson State | — | 3.3★ | 10 | Quay Davis (4★) |
| 44 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 3.3★ | 11 | Wyatt Milum (4★) |
| 45 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 8 | Ma'a Gaoteote (4★) |
| 46 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 3.3★ | 8 | Gavin Wimsatt (4★) |
| 47 | Baylor | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 9 | Kyron Drones (4★) |
| 48 | Louisville | ACC | 3.2★ | 9 | Ben Perry (4★) |
| 49 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 10 | Kendal Daniels (4★) |
| 50 | SMU | ACC | 3.2★ | 5 | Preston Stone (4★) |
| 51 | Stanford | ACC | 3.2★ | 12 | Wilfredo Aybar (4★) |
| 52 | UCF | Big 12 | 3.2★ | 6 | Titus Mokiao-Atimalala (4★) |
| 53 | Cincinnati | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 7 | Chamon Metayer (4★) |
| 54 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 7 | Behren Morton (4★) |
| 55 | Boston College | ACC | 3.1★ | 15 | Drew Kendall (4★) |
| 56 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3.1★ | 8 | Yanni Karlaftis (4★) |
| 57 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 3.1★ | 10 | Marcus Bradley (4★) |
| 58 | BYU | Big 12 | 3.1★ | 12 | Logan Fano (4★) |
| 59 | San Diego State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 20 | Josh Simmons (4★) |
| 60 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 3★ | 18 | Brandon Honorable (3★) |
| 61 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 3★ | 17 | Micah Young (3★) |
| 62 | Florida Atlantic | American Athletic | 3★ | 16 | Brandon Schabert (3★) |
| 63 | Kansas | Big 12 | 3★ | 14 | Devin Neal (3★) |
| 64 | UConn | FBS Independents | 3★ | 14 | Aaron Turner (3★) |
| 65 | Memphis | American Athletic | 3★ | 13 | Roc Taylor (3★) |
| 66 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 3★ | 12 | Cam Jeffery (3★) |
| 67 | Colorado | Big 12 | 3★ | 12 | Erik Olsen (3★) |
| 68 | Florida International | Conference USA | 3★ | 12 | Savion Collins (3★) |
| 69 | South Florida | American Athletic | 3★ | 12 | Nickolas Tshivuadi (3★) |
| 70 | Fresno State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 11 | Julius Lewis (3★) |
| 71 | Syracuse | ACC | 3★ | 11 | Duce Chestnut (3★) |
| 72 | UNLV | Mountain West | 3★ | 11 | Jaylen Lane (3★) |
| 73 | Arizona | Big 12 | 3★ | 10 | Matthew Weerts (3★) |
| 74 | Liberty | Conference USA | 3★ | 10 | Khristian Zachary (3★) |
| 75 | Temple | American Athletic | 3★ | 10 | Justin Lynch (3★) |
| 76 | UAB | American Athletic | 3★ | 10 | Boaz Saint-Vil (3★) |
| 77 | UTSA | American Athletic | 3★ | 10 | Eddie Lee Marburger (3★) |
| 78 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 3★ | 10 | DJ Harvey (4★) |
| 79 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 10 | Xavier Ward (3★) |
| 80 | Illinois | Big Ten | 3★ | 9 | Brody Wisecarver (3★) |
| 81 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 3★ | 9 | Eli Sanders (3★) |
| 82 | Tulane | American Athletic | 3★ | 9 | Corey Platt Jr. (3★) |
| 83 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 3★ | 9 | Caymen Mills (3★) |
| 84 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 3★ | 8 | Key'Savalyn Barnes (3★) |
| 85 | Austin Peay | — | 3★ | 7 | Joshua Rudolph (3★) |
| 86 | Boise State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 7 | Joseph Amos (3★) |
| 87 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 3★ | 6 | Kyjuan Phillips (3★) |
| 88 | Houston | Big 12 | 3★ | 6 | Alton McCaskill (3★) |
| 89 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 3★ | 6 | Jerrell Boykins Jr. (3★) |
| 90 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 3★ | 6 | Nicholas Vattiato (3★) |
| 91 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 3★ | 6 | Jason Brooks (3★) |
| 92 | James Madison | Sun Belt | 3★ | 5 | Skylar Martin (3★) |
| 93 | Incarnate Word | — | 3★ | 4 | Christian Jackson (3★) |
| 94 | Pennsylvania | — | 3★ | 4 | Clay Petry (3★) |
| 95 | Duke | ACC | 3★ | 3 | Andrew Jones (3★) |
| 96 | Princeton | — | 3★ | 3 | Nick Patterson (3★) |
| 97 | Towson | — | 3★ | 3 | Kenjuan Manuel (3★) |
| 98 | Grambling | — | 3★ | 2 | Donald Lee (3★) |
| 99 | Lamar | — | 3★ | 2 | Jaymond Jackson (3★) |
| 100 | North Carolina A&T | — | 3★ | 2 | Shawn Chappell Jr. (3★) |
| 101 | South Carolina | SEC | 3★ | 2 | Juju McDowell (3★) |
| 102 | South Dakota | — | 3★ | 2 | Antonio Outler (3★) |
| 103 | Stephen F. Austin | — | 3★ | 2 | Wilburn Smallwood (3★) |
| 104 | Tennessee Tech | — | 3★ | 2 | Logan Weedman (3★) |
| 105 | Central Arkansas | — | 3★ | 1 | Darius Hale (3★) |
| 106 | Chattanooga | — | 3★ | 1 | Demetrius Coleman (3★) |
| 107 | Duquesne | — | 3★ | 1 | Malichi Lowery (3★) |
| 108 | East Tennessee State | — | 3★ | 1 | Jacoby Leatherwood (3★) |
| 109 | Florida A&M | — | 3★ | 1 | Michael Marshall (3★) |
| 110 | Holy Cross | — | 3★ | 1 | Cam McNair (3★) |
| 111 | Houston Christian | — | 3★ | 1 | Dion Daniels (3★) |
| 112 | Lafayette | — | 3★ | 1 | Ah-Shaun Davis (3★) |
| 113 | LIU Post | — | 3★ | 1 | Eric O'Neill (3★) |
| 114 | Maine | — | 3★ | 1 | Tyrese Baptiste (3★) |
| 115 | McNeese | — | 3★ | 1 | Dillon Simon (3★) |
| 116 | Morgan State | — | 3★ | 1 | Duce Taylor (3★) |
| 117 | North Dakota | — | 3★ | 1 | Malachi McNeal (3★) |
| 118 | Northwestern State | — | 3★ | 1 | Zequarrius Rhone (3★) |
| 119 | Richmond | — | 3★ | 1 | Angelo Rankin Jr. (3★) |
| 120 | Sam Houston | Conference USA | 3★ | 1 | Michael Murray (3★) |
| 121 | Samford | — | 3★ | 1 | Michael Maginnis (3★) |
| 122 | Southern Illinois | — | 3★ | 1 | Levi McAffee (3★) |
| 123 | Tennessee State | — | 3★ | 1 | Roscoe Gibson (3★) |
| 124 | Texas Southern | — | 3★ | 1 | Mikeviun Titus (3★) |
| 125 | Texas State | Pac-12 | 3★ | 1 | Nace Washington (3★) |
| 126 | UT Martin | — | 3★ | 1 | Zion Rucker (3★) |
| 127 | Villanova | — | 3★ | 1 | Antonio Johnson (3★) |
| 128 | Western Carolina | — | 3★ | 1 | Toler Keigley (3★) |
| 129 | William & Mary | — | 3★ | 1 | Martin Lucas (3★) |
| 130 | — | 3.0★ | 859 | — | |
| 131 | Northern Illinois | Mountain West | 3.0★ | 25 | Tajheem Lawson (3★) |
| 132 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 3.0★ | 21 | Aaron Dumas (3★) |
| 133 | Colorado State | Pac-12 | 3.0★ | 20 | Tyler Quinn (3★) |
| 134 | Nevada | Mountain West | 3.0★ | 20 | Clay Millen (3★) |
| 135 | App State | Sun Belt | 2.9★ | 15 | Jaquan Lowman (3★) |
| 136 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2.9★ | 14 | Floyd Dozier (3★) |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 2.9★ | 14 | Rakim Cooper (3★) |
| 138 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2.9★ | 14 | Jamarion Ellis (3★) |
| 139 | North Texas | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 14 | Caleb Johnson (3★) |
| 140 | New Mexico State | Conference USA | 2.9★ | 13 | PJ Johnson III (3★) |
| 141 | Wake Forest | ACC | 2.9★ | 12 | Brandon Williams (3★) |
| 142 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 2.9★ | 22 | Irone Jackson (3★) |
| 143 | San José State | Mountain West | 2.9★ | 10 | Walker Eget (3★) |
| 144 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 2.9★ | 9 | Ty Marsh (3★) |
| 145 | Old Dominion | Sun Belt | 2.9★ | 17 | Chris Adams (3★) |
| 146 | Rice | American Athletic | 2.9★ | 17 | Ethan Onianwa (3★) |
| 147 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2.9★ | 8 | Damir Collins (3★) |
| 148 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2.9★ | 21 | Jace Williams (3★) |
| 149 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2.9★ | 14 | Ian Kipp (3★) |
| 150 | Southern Miss | Sun Belt | 2.9★ | 7 | Ty Keyes (3★) |
| 151 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2.8★ | 18 | Mike Edwards III (3★) |
| 152 | Toledo | Mid-American | 2.8★ | 18 | Trenton Adkins (3★) |
| 153 | UTEP | Mountain West | 2.8★ | 6 | Gerard Joseph (3★) |
| 154 | Hudson Valley | — | 2.8★ | 11 | Phillip Lee (3★) |
| 155 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2.8★ | 16 | Cam Smith (3★) |
| 156 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 2.8★ | 20 | Tae'Shaun Johnson (3★) |
| 157 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 5 | Marquis Shoulders (3★) |
| 158 | Utah State | Pac-12 | 2.8★ | 5 | Bo Maile (3★) |
| 159 | Ohio | Mid-American | 2.8★ | 14 | Bryce Butler (3★) |
| 160 | Charlotte | American Athletic | 2.8★ | 18 | Steven Parker (3★) |
| 161 | Marshall | Sun Belt | 2.8★ | 9 | Chuck Montgomery (3★) |
| 162 | Harvard | — | 2.8★ | 4 | Conor Easthope (3★) |
| 163 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 2.8★ | 4 | River Helms (3★) |
| 164 | Massachusetts | Mid-American | 2.7★ | 15 | Dominic Schofield (3★) |
| 165 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2.7★ | 18 | Drayton Charlton-Perrin (3★) |
| 166 | Yale | — | 2.7★ | 6 | Ikenna Ugbaja (3★) |
| 167 | Akron | Mid-American | 2.6★ | 16 | Jasaiah Gathings (3★) |
| 168 | Northern Arizona | — | 2.6★ | 8 | Kobe Walton (3★) |
| 169 | Eastern Washington | — | 2.6★ | 5 | Kekoa Visperas (3★) |
| 170 | Navy | American Athletic | 2.5★ | 24 | Tyler Gaskin (3★) |
| 171 | Georgetown | — | 2.5★ | 4 | Dorian Nowell (3★) |
| 172 | Charleston Southern | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Vinson Davis III (3★) |
| 173 | Kennesaw State | Conference USA | 2.5★ | 2 | Arendez Fedd (3★) |
| 174 | Northern Iowa | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Sergio Morancy (3★) |
| 175 | Rhode Island | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Sebastian Sagar (3★) |
| 176 | San Diego | — | 2.5★ | 2 | Vance Jefferson (3★) |
| 177 | Cal Poly | — | 2.4★ | 7 | Jékob Jones (3★) |
| 178 | Army | American Athletic | 2.4★ | 46 | Jordan Burrell (3★) |
| 179 | Idaho | — | 2.3★ | 6 | Tristyn Flores (3★) |
| 180 | Air Force | Mountain West | 2.3★ | 44 | Christien Hawks (3★) |
| 181 | UC Davis | — | 2★ | 4 | Porter Connors (2★) |
| 182 | Howard | — | 2★ | 3 | Richie Ilarraza (2★) |
| 183 | Montana State | — | 2★ | 3 | Kenneth Eiden IV (2★) |
| 184 | Sacramento State | Mid-American | 2★ | 3 | Dorian Hale (2★) |
| 185 | Brown | — | 2★ | 2 | Tim Malo (2★) |
| 186 | Columbia | — | 2★ | 2 | Hayden McDonald (2★) |
| 187 | Southern Utah | — | 2★ | 2 | Jessie Campbell (2★) |
| 188 | Albany | — | 2★ | 1 | Kristen McAdams (2★) |
| 189 | Campbell | — | 2★ | 1 | CJ Tillman (2★) |
| 190 | Elon | — | 2★ | 1 | Donovan Everette (2★) |
| 191 | Fordham | — | 2★ | 1 | Jaden Allen (2★) |
| 192 | Gardner-Webb | — | 2★ | 1 | Donovan Jones (2★) |
| 193 | Mississippi Valley State | — | 2★ | 1 | Tyler McMillan (2★) |
| 194 | Monmouth | — | 2★ | 1 | Kyrik Mason (2★) |
| 195 | Montana | — | 2★ | 1 | Daniel Britt (2★) |
| 196 | Northern Colorado | — | 2★ | 1 | Wilson Clark (2★) |
| 197 | Portland State | — | 2★ | 1 | Mason Packer (2★) |
| 198 | Sacred Heart | — | 2★ | 1 | Xavier Leigh (2★) |
| 199 | The Citadel | — | 2★ | 1 | Javonte Graves-Billips (2★) |
| 200 | Wofford | — | 2★ | 1 | Camden Gray (2★) |
| 201 | Youngstown State | — | 2★ | 1 | Judah Holtzclaw (2★) |