When did recruiting rankings start?

Since the mid-1990s , many online recruiting websites have offered fans player profiles, scouting videos, player photos, statistics, interviews, and other information, including rankings of both a player and a team's recruiting class. Most of these websites charge for their information.

Has there ever been a 5 star kicker recruit?

Mitstifer recently competed at a 2022 December Showcase Camp. He graded out at the 5.0 star level as a kicker . Mitstifer scored 12 points on field goals and 109.4 points on kick offs.

How many 5 star college recruits are there?

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Updated Big Ten football recruiting class of 2025 rankings by blue-chip ratio (2024)

Ben Kenney

July 22, 2024 7:58 am CT

The class of 2025 recruiting cycle has begun to slow in recent weeks. The July dead period brought an initial wave of commitments early in the month. Now, all focus is turned toward conference media days, training camps and the 2024 college football season.

Those media days for the newly-expanded Big Ten occur this week. Then each program begins their respective training camps before July concludes.

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Any follower of college football knows the significant correlation between recruiting success and on-field wins. Recruiting has long been the lifeblood of the sport, even before pressure was heightened by NIL and the transfer portal. A great indicator of the future power ranking of the new Big Ten Conference is each program’s performance in the 2024, 2025 and 2026 recruiting cycles. Those classes could go on to define how we view the new conference for the next decade.

Furthermore, if there is a strong correlation between recruiting success and on-field wins, then one must also exist between recruiting top talent and winning at the highest level. In other words, the Big Ten’s top contenders are also the ones that bring in the highest-ranked recruits.

Bud Elliott’s blue-chip ratio describes this correlation: No team has won a national title without at least half of its roster comprised of former four- and five-star recruits — or better than a 50% blue-chip threshold. Some have come close, including TCU (2022) and Washington (2023). But none have hoisted the trophy without the requisite talent level.

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So, before Big Ten media days commence and season preparation heightens, we’re looking at the conference’s class of 2025 recruiting rankings through the lens of the blue-chip ratio. Here are those rankings, ordered by the classes with the highest percentage of top-end talent (all numbers via On3):

Northwestern Wildcats

Sep 3, 2023; Piscataway, New Jersey, USA; Northwestern Wildcats interim coach David Braun shakes hands with Northwestern Wildcats wide receiver Jack Kennedy (1) before the game at SHI Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Blue-Chip Ratio: 0%

Blue-Chip Players:0

Commits:18

Average Player Rating:84.45

National Ranking: No. 64

Illinois Fighting Illini

Nov 11, 2023; Champaign, Illinois, USA; Illinois Fighting Illini head coach Bret Bielema reacts to a call during the second half against the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ron Johnson-USA TODAY Sports

Blue-Chip Ratio: 0%

Blue-Chip Players:0

Commits:13

Average Player Rating:86.18

National Ranking: No. 54

Michigan State Spartans

Michigan State’s head coach Jonathan Smith leaves the file after the Spring Showcase on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Nick King/Lansing State Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK

Blue-Chip Ratio: 0%

Blue-Chip Players:0

Commits:15

Average Player Rating: 86.02

National Ranking: No. 52

Minnesota Golden Gophers