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per ESPN:
Big Ten schools scoured far and wide for talent for their 2016 recruiting classes, with some teams traveling farther than others.
We wondered where all that new talent came from, so we analyzed every team's signing class and determined the geography behind the recruiting. There were 18 different states to bring at least five signees into the league. Here's a look at the Top 10 states from where the Big Ten schools landed 2016 recruits:
T-1. Ohio: 41
T-1: Florida: 41
3. Maryland: 27
T-4. Illinois: 20
T-4. New Jersey: 20
6. Michigan: 19
T-7: Minnesota: 15
T-7. Texas: 15
9. Georgia: 14
T-10. Indiana: 10
T-10: Wisconsin: 10
Some thoughts on this data:
It was an unusually strong year for the state of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers signed 11 homegrown players (including a couple of natives who moved out of state for a year or two). That Minnesota produced as many Big Ten signees as Texas is surprising and probably out of the ordinary.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/130524/where-the-2016-big-ten-signees-came-from
Go Gophers!!
Big Ten schools scoured far and wide for talent for their 2016 recruiting classes, with some teams traveling farther than others.
We wondered where all that new talent came from, so we analyzed every team's signing class and determined the geography behind the recruiting. There were 18 different states to bring at least five signees into the league. Here's a look at the Top 10 states from where the Big Ten schools landed 2016 recruits:
T-1. Ohio: 41
T-1: Florida: 41
3. Maryland: 27
T-4. Illinois: 20
T-4. New Jersey: 20
6. Michigan: 19
T-7: Minnesota: 15
T-7. Texas: 15
9. Georgia: 14
T-10. Indiana: 10
T-10: Wisconsin: 10
Some thoughts on this data:
It was an unusually strong year for the state of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers signed 11 homegrown players (including a couple of natives who moved out of state for a year or two). That Minnesota produced as many Big Ten signees as Texas is surprising and probably out of the ordinary.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/130524/where-the-2016-big-ten-signees-came-from
Go Gophers!!
