mercredi 25 février 2015

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How each part of the country compares at producing elite high school players and hanging onto them for their college careers.


I split the country into five regions and found where the top 100 247Sports Composite recruits in each of the past five recruiting classes are from. Then I looked at which region each player went to for college.


It's no secret that the best high school football players are in the South. And even though there's a surplus of talent, most it stays right at home. A whopping 91 percent of Southern stars stay within their region for college, with 66 percent going to SEC schools.


While the West Coast isn't quite as loaded, it also keeps a ton of its top-100 blue-chips nearby for college. Eighty percent from the West go to Western schools, likely due to geography. While players in other regions have many options semi-close to home, the Pac-12 is so isolated that it has a big advantage over other conferences for schools in its region.


But players don't always stay in their native regions. The SEC has done a good job pulling stars from the Midwest, East Coast and Southwest, the latter partly due to the addition of Texas A&M. Notre Dame gets a substantial number of players from every region, in many cases beating out entire conferences, thanks to its national brand.


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Region Number of top-100 recruits Percent of top 100
South22645%
West8617%
Southwest7014%
Midwest6212%
East Coast5511%
Canada1

As for conferences themselves, the SEC took more than twice as many top-100 recruits as any other conference, with the Pac-12 making up a little ground.






















































Conference Number of top-100 recruits Percent of top 100
SEC19840%
Pac-129018%
ACC7916%
Big Ten6713%
Big 12439%
Notre Dame214%
American1
Mountain West1

The South has more elite players, so the SEC should get more of them. But players in different regions have different tendencies. Some stay home, but others choose to leave for better opportunities elsewhere.







































Region % Stay % Leave
South91%9%
West80%20%
Midwest77%23%
Southwest60%40%
East Coast35%65%

While the South's SEC and ACC teams have a distinct advantage, the region's also able to keep recruits at home at a higher percentage. Western teams also keep elite recruits at home.


Midwestern teams have generally been able to keep other top programs out, while the Southwest is heavily recruited by the entire country. The East Coast — home to mostly middling teams in the ACC and Big Ten — has only kept elite recruits home 35 percent of the time.


Where top recruits from each region go


East Coast




































Conference Percent of top-100 recruits
ACC33%
Big Ten29%
SEC16%
Notre Dame9%
Pac-129%
Big 124%

Midwest




































Conference Percent of top-100 recruits
Big Ten61%
SEC23%
Notre Dame8%
Big 125%
ACC2%
Pac-122%

South




































Conference Percent of top-100 recruits
SEC66%
ACC26%
Pac-124%
Big Ten2%
Notre Dame2%
Big 121%

Southwest








































Conference Percent of top-100 recruits
Big 1247%
SEC29%
Pac-1210%
Big Ten9%
ACC3%
Mountain West1%
Notre Dame1%

West




































Conference Percent of top-100 recruits
Pac-1280%
SEC7%
Notre Dame6%
Big 123%
Big Ten2%
American1%

Where the best players in each state go


There are some surprises. Of Arizona's 10 top-100 recruits, none went to an Arizona school, while all 10 elite recruits in Mississippi went to a school in-state. As likely expected, Texas, USC, Alabama and Florida State dominated their in-state counterparts over the last five years.


The takeaway? Geography matters a lot in recruiting, but if you know where to go, you can steal some players who might be looking to play far away from home.












































































































































































































State Top-100 recruits By school (schools with one signee in a state unlisted, unless they're all that state has)
Alabama24Alabama 15, Auburn 5, Florida State 2
Arizona10Stanford 2, Texas A&M 2, UCLA 2
Arkansas6Arkansas 3, Alabama 2
California58USC 25, UCLA 7, Cal 4, Oregon 4, Stanford 4, Washington 3, Arizona State 2, Notre Dame 2, Oklahoma 2
Canada1Oklahoma
Colorado1Stanford
Connecticut2Clemson, UCLA
Florida85Florida State 22, Florida 14, Miami 11, Alabama 8, Clemson 8, Notre Dame 3, Ohio State 3, USC 3, Arkansas 1, Auburn 2, Georgia 2, Louisville 2, LSU 2, Stanford 2
Georgia43Georgia 18, Auburn 6, Alabama 4, Clemson 2, Ohio State 2, South Carolina 2
Hawaii2Oregon, Texas Tech
Idaho1Notre Dame
Illinois12LSU 2, Notre Dame 2, Ohio State 2
Indiana5Notre Dame 3
Iowa2Alabama, Iowa State
Kansas2Auburn, Oklahoma
Kentucky3Alabama, Louisville, Notre Dame
Louisiana23LSU 14, Alabama 6
Maryland8Alabama 2, Maryland 2
Michigan10Michigan 4, Michigan State 3, Ohio State 2
Minnesota2Minnesota, Ohio State
Mississippi10Ole Miss 7, Mississippi State 3
Missouri7Missouri 3
Nevada1Notre Dame
New Jersey13Notre Dame 3, Miami 2, Rutgers 2
New Mexico1Notre Dame
New York3Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State
North Carolina17Clemson 4, Florida 3, Georgia 3, North Carolina 2, Tennessee 2
Ohio22Ohio State 16, Michigan 3
Oklahoma5Oklahoma 2
Oregon3Oregon 2
Pennsylvania9Pitt 2
South Carolina6South Carolina 3, Clemson 2
Tennessee8Tennessee 6
Texas64Texas 20, Texas A&M 10, Alabama 5, Baylor 5, LSU 3, Nebraska 3, Ohio State 3, Oklahoma 3, Oregon 2, UCLA 2
Utah4USC 2
Virginia17Virginia 5, Alabama 2, Florida State 2, Ohio State 2
Washington6Washington 3, USC 2
Washington, DC4Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Maryland





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