2019 SEC Football Recruit Rankings: What they may mean for the team’s future seasons

Teams such as Alabama, Georgia, and LSU consistently perform at much higher standards than other SEC teams such as Kentucky, Vanderbilt, and Missouri. This is influenced by the fact that these higher-performing teams get better recruits than the underperforming teams, and the data I have gathered from 247 sports supports this claim. Now, as most recruits, especially quarterbacks, don’t play or barely play for their first one or two seasons. But despite this, recruits come in every year, and the most important part of this data is showing which teams get higher level recruits, as this will remain relatively similar across their recruiting years.

The graph below shows all SEC teams recruit rankings from 2019 and how many of them are 3, 4, or 5-star recruits. The stacked bar chart is sorted by most 5-star recruits at the top and least 5-star recruits at the bottom. Hovering over the 3 color-coded sections of the graph will give you exact numbers on how many 3, 4, and 5-star recruits are on each team. As you can see, the three teams at the top of the graph have greatly fewer 3-star recruits and are mostly encompassed with 4-star recruits, with a handful of 5 stars recruits. The bottom three teams, in contrast, are made mostly of 3-star recruits with very few 4-star recruits and no 5-star recruits. The top three teams of this chart are also known to perform at a much higher level than the bottom three teams, and the level of recruits has a direct and major impact on this fact, as better players mean more wins due to a consistently higher performance rating.