Even Alabama sometimes reels in high-profile recruits that don’t produce much on the field. Like evaluating college players ahead of the NFL draft, projecting the future skill set of high school teenagers as an imperfect endeavor.
Here are the biggest recruiting busts for all 14 SEC schools during the last five years.
- Alabama: 2009-11 wide receivers
- Arkansas: Korliss Marshall
- Auburn: 2010 class
- Florida: 2010 class
- Georgia: Tray Matthews
- Kentucky: 2009 quarterbacks
- LSU: Russell Shepard
- Mississippi State: Montrell Conner
- Missouri: Dorial Green-Beckham
- Ole Miss: Patrick Patterson
- South Carolina: 2012 wide receivers
- Tennessee: 2010 class
- Texas A&M: 2013 defensive class
- Vanderbilt: 2014 class
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
