Published February 7, 2013 - 3:30pm
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We fear the day after National Signing Day every year. Why? Once the season ends, signing day carries us right into February. But after February, we’re stuck waiting on spring football in April.
Anyway, the smoke finally cleared away from Alex Collins’ signing situation. Yes, we thought Landon Collins’ mother was a punk; Alex Collins’ mom stole the show,his LOI and hired a lawyer over the situation. Collins, however, signed about an hour ago with Arkansas, but I have a feeling we haven’t heard the last of Mama.
Here are how SEC teams stack up the day after, according to 247Sports’ Composite Team Rankings:
Alabama
26 commitments
No. 1 class in SEC
No. 1 class in the country
Top prospect: LB Reuben Foster
Headlined by ATH Derrick Henry, OLB Jonathan Allen, TE OJ Howard and WR Robert Foster
Most Underrated: RB Alvin Kamara
Biggest Miss: DB Vonn Bell (Signed with Ohio State)
Florida
27 commitments
No. 2 class in SEC
No. 4 class in the country
Top prospect: CB Vernon Hargreaves III
Headlined by OLB Alex Anzalone, RB Kelvin Taylor and OLB Daniel McMillian
Most Underrated: DT/DE Jay-nard Bostwick
Biggest Miss: WR James Clark (Signed with Ohio State)
Ole Miss
27 commitments
No. 3 class in SEC
No. 6 class in the country
Top prospect: DE Robert Nkemdiche
Headlined by DT Lavon Hooks, WR Laquon Treadwell, Laremy Tunsil and Tony Conner
Most Underrated: WR Derrick Jones
Biggest Miss: DE Chris Jones (Signed with Miss State)
LSU
28 commitments
No. 4 class in SEC
No. 7 class in the country
Top prospect: CB Tre’Davious White
Headlined by OT Ethan Pocic, DE Frank Herron, OLB Kendell Beckwith and DT Greg Gilmore
Most Underrated: DE Tashawn Bower
Biggest Miss: DB Priest Willis (Signed with UCLA)
Texas A&M
32 commitments
No. 5 class in SEC
No. 10 class overall
Top prospect: ATH Ricky Seals-Jones
Headlined by WR JaQuay Williams, DT Isaiah Golden and DT Justin Manning
Most Underrated: S Jonathan Wiggins
Biggest Miss: DE Torrodney Prevot (Signed with Oregon)
Auburn
23 commitments
No. 6 class in SEC
No. 11 class in the country
Top prospect: DT Montravius Adams
Headlined by DE Carl Lawson, WR Jason Smith, WR Tony Stephens and QB Jeremy Johnson
Most Underrated: OG Deon Mix
Biggest Miss: CB MacKensie Alexander (Signed with Clemson)
Georgia
32 commitments
No. 7 class in SEC
No. 12 class in the country
Top prospect: QB Brice Ramsey
Headlined by S Tray Matthews, WR Tramel Terry and OLB Leonard Floyd
Most Underrated: DE Davin Bellamy
Biggest Miss: DT Montravius Adams (Signed with Auburn)
South Carolina
21 commitments
No. 8 class in SEC
No. 21 class in the country
Top prospect: OLB Larenz Bryant
Headlined by QB Connor Mitch, DT Kelsey Griffin and RB David Williams
Most Underrated: OLB Skai Moore
Biggest Miss: ILB Yannick Ngakoue (Signed with Maryland)
Arkansas
23 commitments
No. 9 class in SEC
No. 22 class in the country
Top prospect: RB Alex Collins
Headlined by CB Carroll Washington, OG Reeve Koehler, TE Hunter Henry and QB Austin Allen
Most Underrated: ATH Drew Morgan
Biggest Miss: RB Altee Tenpenny (Signed with Alabama)
Mississippi State
22 commitments
No. 10 class in SEC
No. 24 class in the country
Top prospect: DE Chris Jones
Headlined by ATH Ashton Shumpert, ATH Donald Gray, WR Fred Ross and S Justin Cox
Most Underrated: QB Cord Sandberg
Biggest Miss: WR Corey Smith (Signed with Ohio State)
Tennessee
21 commitments
No. 11 class in SEC
No. 29 class in the country
Top prospect: WR Marquez North
Headlined by DE Jason Carr, OLB Jalen Reeves-Maybin, QB Josh Dobbs and WR Ryan Jenkins
Most Underrated: QB Riley Ferguson
Biggest Miss: DB Vonn Bell (Signed with Ohio State)
Vanderbilt
27 commitments
No. 12 class in SEC
No. 30 class in the country
Top prospect: OLB Zach Cunningham
Headlined by QB Johnathon McCrary, DE Landon Stokes, LB Nigel Bowden, and TE Mitch Parsons
Most Underrated: WR Carlos Burse
Biggest Miss: RB Johnathan Ford (Signed with Auburn)
Kentucky
22 commitments
No. 13 class in SEC
No. 36 class in the country
Top prospect: DB Marcus McWilson
Headlined by ATH Ryan Timmons, DE Za’Darius Smith and DE Jason Hatcher
Most Underrated: DT Jacob Hyde
Biggest Miss: QB Asiantii Woulard (Signed with UCLA)
Missouri
20 commitments
No. 14 class in SEC
No. 39 class in the country
Top prospect: DT Josh Augusta
Headlined by S Chase Abbington, WR J’Mon Moore and QB Trent Hosick
Most Underrated: QB Eddie Printz
Biggest Miss: RB Ezekiel Elliot (Signed with Ohio State)
Photo Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Thanks for all the recruits Georgia!
You got that right
247′s Composite Rankings are very misleading, many think they equally weight all the major sites and the don’t. They involve a “proprietary algorithm” that appears to be heavily slanted to their rankings. If you actually average the 4 recruiting sites, here is how the SEC rankings would look:
1. Alabama – 3,1,1,1,1.5
2. Florida- 8,4,2,4,4.5
3. Mississippi – 10, 7, 5,2,6.0
4. LSU -6,6,7,6,6.3
5. Texas A&M – 6,10,8,7,7.8
6. Auburn – 13,8,11,10,10.5
7. Georgia – 9,12,10,12,10.8
8. South Carolina- 21,16,17,20,18.5
9. Mississippi State – 20, 25,25,22,23.0
10. Vanderbilt – 19,19,22,35,23.8
11. Tennessee- 32,20,29,27,27.0
12. Arkansas -34,26,31,23,28.5
13. Kentucky – 40,28,36,39 35.8
14. Missouri – 37,39,38,33,36.8
Key to numbers is – Scouts,Rivals,ESPN,247,Average.
Having read the column on ‘where are the 5 star players now’ I pay less attention to signing day rankings. As far as who’s number one and who’s number 10 etc. Obviously there’s drop off after about number 15. However, knowing that last years first 35 NFL draftee’s only had like 2 five star players in it. Only proves to me the signing day rankings are an ‘in-exact’ science at best. However, Mizzou coming in at 39 nationally could be problematic. In order to compete in the SEC you should probably fall into the top 20 or at least 25.
“ROLL TIDE” But, I’ll say again the number of stars mean nothing unless they are Coached to win once they get there. Mark Ingram was a 3 and 4 star and won the Heisman and a National Championship
This is true…Johnny football was a 3 star and ran all over the sec! Wouldn’t have done that in the big 12 style football games!
priest willis was nuts for not coming to LSU,here in the SEC is where you get your advanced degree in college ball and here at LSU is where you get your doctorate in the defensive back field !