Interesting read on class rankings, expenditures, & NFL draft picks

[oracle79 3,569]

I know we've discussed the importance of recruiting rankings and stars a lot in the past, but I found 3 fairly recent articles that break recruiting down and compare those results to a team's wins, how much a team spends on recruiting, and how many active NFL players a team produces.  Pretty interesting read if you click on the articles to go more in depth.  I just copied a few of relevant charts from each article.

WINS

SEC

School	Win Total	Avg. Recruiting Class Ranking (conference rank)	Difference
Alabama	55	2.0 (1)	0
Georgia	42	4.0 (2)	0
LSU	36	7.3 (3)	0
Florida	33	14.5 (6)	+2
Auburn	33	9.5 (4)	-1
Mississippi State	32	24.3 (10)	+4
Texas A&M	32	14.8 (7)	0
Kentucky	29	34.5 (12)	+4
Tennessee	27	14.0 (5)	-4
Ole Miss	26	21.3 (9)	-1
South Carolina	25	21.0 (8)	-3
Missouri	24	38.5 (13)	+1
Vanderbilt	21	52.3 (14)	+1
Arkansas	21	30.0 (11)	-3

 

EXPENSES

Power Five Spending Ranking Among Schools Examined	School	Football Recruiting Expenses in FY18	2018 Recruiting Class Ranking	2019 Recruiting Class Ranking	4/5-Star Recruits in Last Two Classes
1	Georgia	$2,626,622	1st	2nd	42 (30/12)
2	Alabama	$2,344,057	5th	1st	41 (36/5)
3	Texas	$1,823,307	3rd	3rd	36 (32/4)
4	Clemson	$1,790,976	7th	10th	25 (19/6)
5	Texas A&M	$1,710,101	17th	4th	29 (27/2)
6	Florida State	$1,581,347	11th	19th	22 (22/0)
7	Michigan	$1,397,784	22nd	8th	23 (21/2)
8	Penn State	$1,369,428	6th	13th	33 (29/4)
9	LSU	$1,287,344	15th	5th	27 (23/4)
10	Oklahoma	$1,264,809	9th	6th	29 (25/4)
11	Nebraska	$1,250,674	23rd	18th	13 (13/0)
12	Florida	$1,155,802	14th	9th	30 (30/0)
13	Kansas	$1,141,379	60th	68th	3 (3/0)
14	Auburn	$1,081,836	12th	11th	29 (27/2)
15	Minnesota	$1,081,075	38th	45th	3 (3/0)
16	Iowa State	$1,079,430	55th	46th	3 (3/0)
17	Utah	$1,052,271	33rd	42nd	6 (6/0)
18	Oregon	$997,019	13th	7th	24 (23/1)
19	North Carolina	$984,871	20th	32nd	11 (11/0)
20	Ohio State	$944,354	2nd	14th	35 (29/6)

 

DRAFT PICKS

School	4/5-Star Recruits (2007-16)	Avg. Recruiting Class Ranking (2007-16)	Number of NFL Players on 53-Man Roster	Active NFL Players/Blue-Chip Recruits
Alabama	180	2.8	56	31.1%
Ohio State	143	13.2	43	30.0%
LSU	150	6.4	35	23.3%
Florida	132	7.3	35	26.5%
Florida State	130	7.8	32	24.6%
Miami (FL)	88	16.2	32	36.3%
Oklahoma	109	12.7	31	28.4%
Georgia	127	7.8	30	23.6%
Texas A&M	86	19.3	28	32.5%
Clemson	93	16.9	27	29.0%
Auburn	117	10.8	26	22.2%
USC	139	5.7	25	17.9%
Notre Dame	129	10.8	25	19.3%
Tennessee	104	13.5	24	23.0%
South Carolina	73	20.6	24	32.8%
Michigan	110	15.4	23	20.9%
UCLA	98	24.1	23	23.4%
Texas	150	7.6	22	14.6%
Ole Miss	69	20.2	21	30.4%
Oregon	75	19.9	16	21.3%

NOTE: The number of 4/5-star recruits does not take into account transfers who left or joined a program.

[IronMan70 3,277]

Very interesting charts. Thanks

[amsterjam 107]

I figured UA probably spent more than Auburn but I didn't realize it was over twice as much. And that's just for the over the table stuff they are allowed to report. No telling what they really spend.

[creed 1,635]

1 hour ago, amsterjam said:

I figured UA probably spent more than Auburn but I didn't realize it was over twice as much. And that's just for the over the table stuff they are allowed to report. No telling what they really spend.

How do they spend twice as much on the same number of recruits? Especially, since they really don't have to recruit hard to get the players they want, or at least that's the narrative we hear. 

[Sizzle 3,909]

The one that’s confusing me is Ohio state.... didn’t think they’d be that low on the spending but always top 5 in recruiting 

[oracle79 3,569]

The chart showing the percentage spent on football from the overall recruiting budget is eye opening also.

The financial numbers listed below are also from the 2018 fiscal year.

School	Football Recruiting Spending	Recruiting Spending For All Sports	Percent Spent On Football
Alabama	$2,344,057	$3,310,990	70.7%
Georgia	$2,626,622	$3,990,422	65.8%
Clemson	$1,790,976	$2,804,471	63.8%
Florida State	$1,581,347	$2,557,066	61.8%
Texas	$1,823,307	$3,199,072	56.9%
Texas A&M	$1,710,101	$3,036,727	56.3%
Colorado	$635,077	$1,144,052	55.5%
Utah	$1,052,271	$1,964,161	53.5%
Boise State	$414,229	$773,739	53.5%
Oregon	$997,019	$1,878,901	53.0%
Iowa State	$1,079,430	$2,038,311	52.9%
North Carolina	$984,871	$1,883,458	52.2%
Auburn	$1,081,836	$2,083,737	51.9%
Penn State	$1,369,428	$2,708,778	50.5%
Oklahoma	$1,264,809	$2,542,581	49.7%
Florida	$1,155,802	$2,329,421	49.6%
Nebraska	$1,250,674	$2,545,583	49.1%
Kansas	$1,141,379	$2,326,971	49.0%
Minnesota	$1,081,075	$2,215,207	48.8%
LSU	$1,287,344	$2,661,602	48.3%
UCLA	$764,620	$1,620,167	47.1%
Oregon State	$674,239	$1,443,224	46.7%
Michigan	$1,397,784	$3,011,982	46.4%
Cal	$647,842	$1,397,437	46.3%
East Carolina	$369,776	$805,605	45.9%
Michigan State	$766,139	$1,689,263	45.3%
Georgia Tech	$585,680	$1,313,034	44.6%
Rutgers	$824,271	$1,881,103	43.8%
Cincinnati	$374,630	$856,882	43.7%
Virginia	$727,972	$1,740,460	41.8%
Ole Miss	$704,836	$1,683,435	41.8%
Missouri	$685,834	$1,657,753	41.3%
Maryland	$539,299	$1,308,607	41.2%
Washington State	$523,791	$1,269,423	41.2%
Washington	$714,872	$1,740,611	41.0%
South Carolina	$861,747	$2,128,667	40.4%
West Virginia	$626,311	$1,546,908	40.4%
Oklahoma State	$715,492	$1,817,717	39.3%
Louisville	$724,742	$1,847,150	39.2%
Purdue	$555,565	$1,459,650	38.0%
Kansas State	$509,760	$1,391,023	36.6%
Arizona	$545,968	$1,495,385	36.5%
Houston	$251,975	$698,178	36.0%
Illinois	$739,680	$2,069,031	35.7%
Iowa	$608,755	$1,712,668	35.5%
Virginia Tech	$563,744	$1,588,752	35.4%
Arizona State	$531,807	$1,543,683	34.4%
Ohio State	$944,354	$2,819,239	33.4%
Mississippi State	$453,116	$1,353,555	33.4%
Indiana	$692,972	$2,125,054	32.6%
NC State	$548,062	$1,781,451	30.7%
Connecticut	$432,480	$1,406,823	30.7%
Kentucky	$791,863	$2,718,456	29.1%
Texas Tech	$535,362	$1,833,803	29.1%
Wisconsin	$350,695	$1,224,327	28.6%

[aucanucktiger 1,791]

Also interesting IMO that Bama's top rated recruit for each of the last two years have both now entered the transfer portal. 🤔

[toddc 13,194]

19 minutes ago, aucanucktiger said:

Also interesting IMO that Bama's top rated recruit for each of the last two years have both now entered the transfer portal. 🤔

The DL from New Jersey is a beast, but it looks like he’s wanting to get home.

[AUinfusion 390]

On 9/6/2019 at 8:21 PM, Sizzle said:

The one that’s confusing me is Ohio state.... didn’t think they’d be that low on the spending but always top 5 in recruiting 

I think that this chart only includes the above-board spending 😎

[AUinfusion 390]

I have been saying for a LONG time that we aren't as close, talent wise, as we like to think to teams like bama and uga. Bama has averaged something like five 5star recruits each class for the past four or five years, to our one 5start recruit per class, and we lose about 1/2 of our 5stars to attrition. UGA has easily matched bama the last two years, and they were still beating us about three to one the two years before that. Those are the difference maker players, IMHO. I love our team and our players, but it would help if we had a couple more super top dogs on the team. 

[McLoofus 35,182]

28 minutes ago, AUinfusion said:

I have been saying for a LONG time that we aren't as close, talent wise, as we like to think to teams like bama and uga. Bama has averaged something like five 5star recruits each class for the past four or five years, to our one 5start recruit per class, and we lose about 1/2 of our 5stars to attrition. UGA has easily matched bama the last two years, and they were still beating us about three to one the two years before that. Those are the difference maker players, IMHO. I love our team and our players, but it would help if we had a couple more super top dogs on the team. 

We're close enough in talent at every position group but one. Unfortunately, it's a pretty important one. We did a great job recruiting that position group in this cycle. Hope it's not too late.