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Rivals.com takes a historical look this week at its five-star honorees through the years. In this series, Rivals.com ranks the best five-star facts within certain topics each day. Today's topic: The Big Three.
Beginning with the class of 2002, the first year of numerical and star rankings in our Rivals.com database, every recruit has strived to receive this honor, the ultimate in football recruiting rankings. However, over that time only 421 high school recruits have actually accomplished it. Some have thrived while others have disappointed, but overall it has been an interesting ride.
Not surprisingly, three states stand out when it comes to the quantity of five-stars produced from the class of 2002 until the class of 2015. Leading the way is Florida, with 72, followed by California with 53 and Texas with 49. This means that these three states have produced around 41 percent of the five-star recruits. With this many five-stars in each of these three states, it is normal for people to remember the success stories more than the disappointments. However, the reality is that the negatives tend to outnumber the positives.
4 Recent Trends From 2010 to 2014, only eight of the 25, or 32 percent of the top five players have come from Florida, California or Texas. During those years, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri and New Jersey have all had top five recruits.
"I love the diversity, I really do," said Farrell. "I think the recent trend comes with a better ability to scout and see kids from every place. In the early days we relied upon film and one all-star game, but nowadays you can see everyone and almost every top kid goes against other top players at all-star camps or games. It really makes a huge difference for kids from smaller states."
https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1781933
Go Gophers!!
Rivals.com takes a historical look this week at its five-star honorees through the years. In this series, Rivals.com ranks the best five-star facts within certain topics each day. Today's topic: The Big Three.
Beginning with the class of 2002, the first year of numerical and star rankings in our Rivals.com database, every recruit has strived to receive this honor, the ultimate in football recruiting rankings. However, over that time only 421 high school recruits have actually accomplished it. Some have thrived while others have disappointed, but overall it has been an interesting ride.
Not surprisingly, three states stand out when it comes to the quantity of five-stars produced from the class of 2002 until the class of 2015. Leading the way is Florida, with 72, followed by California with 53 and Texas with 49. This means that these three states have produced around 41 percent of the five-star recruits. With this many five-stars in each of these three states, it is normal for people to remember the success stories more than the disappointments. However, the reality is that the negatives tend to outnumber the positives.
4 Recent Trends From 2010 to 2014, only eight of the 25, or 32 percent of the top five players have come from Florida, California or Texas. During those years, Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri and New Jersey have all had top five recruits.
"I love the diversity, I really do," said Farrell. "I think the recent trend comes with a better ability to scout and see kids from every place. In the early days we relied upon film and one all-star game, but nowadays you can see everyone and almost every top kid goes against other top players at all-star camps or games. It really makes a huge difference for kids from smaller states."
https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1781933
Go Gophers!!
