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re: States with the Most Recruits in the Top 300 - WOW!

Posted on 1/27/26 at 5:50 pm to
Posted by Tigerdew
The Garden District of Da' Parish
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 1/27/26 at 5:50 pm to
quote:

We've had two middle of the road programs fighting each other - now that we can pay, MSU is out and we're like LSU...no in-state competition.


State has the #2 player from Mississippi signed and 6 of the top 25.

Runts have 5 of the top 25.


WTF are you trying to tell yourself?
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Member since Feb 2013
28976 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 5:51 pm to
Of the 12 players..

Miss St - 3
Vandy - 2
Ole Miss - 2




oof!!
Posted by 304tiger
West Virginia
Member since Jan 2022
2206 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 6:23 pm to
Decades? Try half over half a century.

It's not underachieving at this point, it's who they are.
This post was edited on 1/27/26 at 6:24 pm
Posted by scrooster
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Member since Jul 2012
42490 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 6:38 pm to
That's very very subjective.

Rankings tend to lean toward states with the highest fan engagement for the network sites. That was started by Jim Heckman, Bobby Burton and Jamie Newberg over 25 years ago and it remains the model to this day.

Shannon Terry has continued to feed into that.

That's another reason why Notre Dame always has highly rated classes even when those classes are basically 15-25 worthy.

I've also seen recruits go from two stars to four stars just by flipping their commitment from one program to another.

The HS rankings are highly subjective.

Camps, especially sponsored camps, rely heavily on 40 times, size, weighted scores and other tangibles ... but rarely on the intangibles. The Manning Camp might be the one exception to that.

Posted by BigUglies10
Member since Jan 2026
673 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 7:29 pm to
Ole Petey, Petey couldn’t pull some of those defensive players to Ole Miss? Petey is a hell of a defensive coach and tireless recruiter. Why did you Einsteins not give the kids off Friday and tell them to go home? No power, no food and no way out. Nice leadership. No wonder Kiffin left.
This post was edited on 1/27/26 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
27620 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 7:33 pm to
Yes it does..why have Miss schools and North Carolina been so bad the past 50 years ...every other State has multiple natties. Why are you two so bad is the very obvious question.
Posted by BigUglies10
Member since Jan 2026
673 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 7:37 pm to
1/2 the state - the Delta is functional retards - you have a kid who never had a weight program, went to practice or was coached. You start at square 1 with that type of kid. Holmes Central had more talent than anyone in 5A. Heildberg had more talent than anyone except Kemper County and none won a Championship. Those teams were absolutely loaded with no direction.
Posted by Tammany Tom
Mandeville
Member since Jun 2004
5373 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 8:39 pm to
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Just needed a coach that can recruit.


Seems like your former coach isn’t having a problem recruiting at LSU whatsoever.

247 Team Overall Recruiting Rankings

1. LSU
2. Texas
3. Notre Dame
4. Ohio State
5. Alabama

LINK
Posted by UtahCajun
Member since Jul 2021
3733 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 8:50 pm to
quote:

We've had two middle of the road programs fighting each other - now that we can pay, MSU is out and we're like LSU...no in-state competition.


I hope you're right. Ole Miss >>> MSU
Posted by JSmat931
Member since Jan 2026
65 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 9:02 pm to
Now do that same stat over 15 years and not just 1 year
Posted by JSmat931
Member since Jan 2026
65 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 9:06 pm to
OM (and MSU) issue is that the state only has 2.9 mil ppl. Split that in 2 and it’s 1.45 mil. Maybe give slight edge to OM over MSU in recruiting, so an effective 1.7 mil.

LSU has 4.7 mil by itself. Both have similar nfl per capita, maybe slight edge to Louisiana.

In general, you can predict a team or program success based on the above: population, nfl per capita, and how many in state competition.

Doesn’t always work that way like Indiana, but it does have an effect. It’s why UGA is imo easiest job to have success in.
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