re: Class of 2018 Recruiting MEGATHREAD: So Long Old Friend Edition

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2. MORE 2017 RECRUITING NUGGETS

Here are a few interesting tidbits about the 2017 recruiting cycle that I came across doing some research last week.

- Arkansas signed the highest-ranked cornerback in the SEC in Chevin Calloway. That’s a pretty big deal for the Hawgs when you consider the success the SEC has had recruiting the position in years past. With LSU and Florida battling it out for DBU bragging rights recently and Nick Saban’s success in the secondary, this is actually quite a stunner.

- LSU landed only three of the top 10 players in Louisiana for 2017 and Texas landed zero of the top 10 players in Texas. To give you an idea of how insane that statistic is, take a look back at how much those two programs have dominated our Louisiana and Texas state rankings over the years.

- The Big 12 was the only Power Five conference to fail to land a Rivals100 running back despite the state of Texas producing two of them (J.K. Dobbins and Eno Benjamin). The conference also failed to land a Rivals100 offensive lineman as well with Lone Star State linemen heading to Stanford (Walker Little) and LSU (Austin Deculus). The ACC is the only Power Five conference to be shut out of the Rivals100 at linebacker after USC stole Levi Jones from Florida State.

- Oklahoma landed a top 10 California prospect (Addison Gumbs) for the third time in four years.

- For the first time since 2008, the top-ranked prospect in Florida, Texas, California and Georgia all went out of state. The top-ranked 2017 prospects in Florida (Alex Leatherwood) and California (Najee Harris) signed with Alabama. The best that Texas had to offer inked with Florida State (Marvin Wilson) and the top Georgia prospect signed with Stanford (Davis Mills).

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