Rashan Gary is the top recruit in the Big Ten (image via MGoFish)
With National Signing Day having come and gone, here’s a look at the classes put together by the fourteen teams in the Big Ten. Michigan finished #2 in the conference by just one spot on the national spectrum. All numbers/rankings are using the 247 Composite rankings.
1. Ohio State
National ranking: #4
Total recruits: 25
Prospect average: 91.57
Top three prospects: DE Nick Bosa (5-star, #1 SDE, #8 overall), DE Jonathon Cooper (4-star, #3 WDE, #32 overall), RB Demario McCall (4-star, #2 APB, #44 overall)
2. Michigan
National ranking: #5
Total recruits: 29
Prospect average: 89.96
Top three prospects: DT Rashan Gary (5-star, #1 DT, #1 overall), OT Ben Bredeson (4-star, #5 OT, #39 overall), QB Brandon Peters (4-star, #6 PRO, #61 overall)
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3. Penn State
National ranking: #19
Total recruits: 20
Prospect average: 88.09
Top three prospects: RB Miles Sanders (5-star, #1 RB, #20 overall), OT Michael Menet (4-star, #1 OG, #28 overall), DE Shane Simmons (4-star, #4 WDE, #41 overall)
4. Michigan State
National ranking: #22
Total recruits: 19
Prospect average: 88.52
Top three prospects: DE Josh King (4-star, #6 SDE, #96 overall), WR Donnie Corley (4-star, #15 WR, #107 overall), WR Justin Layne (4-star, #39 WR, #196 overall)
5. Nebraska
National ranking: #24
Total recruits: 21
Prospect average: 87.07
Top three prospects: S Lamar Jackson (4-star, #5 S, #81 overall), OG John Raridon (4-star, #5 OG, #117 overall), QB Patrick O’Brien (4-star, #10 PRO, #201 overall)
6. Wisconsin
National ranking: #32
Total recruits: 26
Prospect average: 85.03
Top three prospects: OT Cole Van Lanen (4-star, #14 OT, #139 overall), DT Garrett Rand (4-star, #21 DT, #184 overall), WR A.J. Taylor (4-star, #14 ATH, #251 overall)
7. Maryland
National ranking: #42
Total recruits: 21
Prospect average: 84.41
Top three prospects: OG Terrance Davis (4-star, #3 OG, #73 overall), WR Tino Ellis (4-star, #52 WR, #277 overall), OG Richard Merritt (4-star, #14 OG, #301 overall)
8. Iowa
National ranking: #46
Total recruits: 25
Prospect average: 84.17
Top three prospects: DE Cedrick Lattimore (3-star, #22 SDE, #496 overall), QB Noah Stanley (3-star, #21 PRO, #533 overall), TE Noah Fant (3-star, #33 ATH, #538 overall)
9. Minnesota
National ranking: #48
Total recruits: 20
Prospect average: 84.42
Top three prospects: LB Carter Coughlin (4-star, #9 OLB, #92 overall), QB Seth Green (3-star, #10 DUAL, #383 overall), WR Tyler Johnson (3-star, #34 ATH, #561 overall)
10. Northwestern
National ranking: #52
Total recruits: 20
Prospect average: 84.45
Top three prospects: RB Jeremy Larkin (3-star, #24 RB, #451 overall), CB Roderick Campbell, Jr. (3-star, #48 CB, #522 overall), DE Tommy Carnifax (3-star, #29 SDE, #626 overall)
11. Indiana
National ranking: #55
Total recruits: 21
Prospect average: 83.44
Top three prospects: WR Jonah Morris (3-star, #18 ATH, #382 overall), OT Coy Cronk (3-star, #48 OT, #560 overall), RB Kiante Enis (3-star, #34 RB, #565 overall)
12. Illinois
National ranking: #71
Total recruits: 25
Prospect average: 81.13
Top three prospects: TE Zarrian Holcombe (3-star, #39 TE, #705 overall), LB Dele Harding (3-star, #27 ILB, #723 overall), QB Eli Peters (3-star, #45 PRO, #995 overall)
13. Rutgers
National ranking: #75
Total recruits: 17
Prospect average: 82.58
Top three prospects: RB Trey Sneed (3-star, #32 RB, #541 overall), LB Solomon Manning (3-star, #44 OLB, #666 overall), QB Tylin Oden (3-star, #30 PRO, #691 overall)
14. Purdue
National ranking: #76
Total recruits: 23
Prospect average: 81.37
Top three prospects: LB Rob Simmons (3-star, #34 OLB, #492 overall), DE Austin Larkin (3-star, #9 JUCO WDE, #117 JUCO), CB Kamal Hardy (3-star, #10 JUCO CB, #119 JUCO)
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