If you’re wondering why that four-star receiver your team signed has yet to become a star, it’s because he’s not all that rare.

The SEC contains nine different former five-star receivers and 45 different former four-star receivers at the start of 2015. That’s a ton of athletic pass-catchers.

Texas A&M (3), Alabama (2) and LSU (2) all claim multiple five-star receivers.

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Here’s a look at the team-by-team talent, followed by a few observations:

Team Total 4 or 5-star WRs Avg. Rating Other WRs
Alabama 6 4.1 1
Arkansas 2 3.1 7
Auburn 7 3.6 5
Florida 5 3.4 7
Georgia 6 3.8 3
Kentucky 1 3.1 11
LSU 7 3.9 3
Mississippi State 3 3.2 10
Missouri 1 3.1 10
Ole Miss 5 3.3 8
South Carolina 2 3.2 9
Tennessee 5 3.6 3
Texas A&M 6 3.7 6
Vanderbilt 0 2.9 9
  • Four different schools can line up at least a half-dozen “quality” receivers, rated four or five stars out of high school: Auburn (7), LSU (7), Alabama (6) and Texas A&M (6). Alabama (4.1) and LSU (3.9) have the highest average rating at receiver in the SEC.
  • As always, making an impact in the SEC isn’t limited to four- and five-star athletes. D.J. Chark (LSU), Brandon Powell (Florida), De’Runnya Wilson (Mississippi State), Cody Core (Ole Miss), Pharoh Cooper (South Carolina) and Josh Reynolds (Texas A&M) all were three-star recruits, and all should be tremendous wideouts in 2015.
  • There’s a huge discrepancy in the amount of scholarship receivers on each SEC team, ranging from a low of six (Georgia) to a high of 13 (Mississippi State).
  • We could be underestimating Florida’s receiving corps. Based solely on recruiting rankings, Jim McElwain’s Gators tie Tennessee for first in the SEC East with five “quality” receivers. The Gators are pretty close to Ole Miss and Auburn based solely on paper talent.
  • Kentucky, Mississippi State and Missouri each have at least 10 receivers that were rated two- or three-stars.
  • Vanderbilt is the only SEC team without a four- or five-star receiver on the 2015 roster.

Here’s a team-by-team breakdown of the scholarship receivers in the SEC. Star ratings listed below are based on the 247Sports composite rankings.

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

5: Robert Foster, Calvin Ridley
4: ArDarius Stewart, Cam Sims, Derek Kief, Chris Black
3: Raheem Falkins

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

4: Keon Hatcher, Jojo Robinson
3: Jared Cornelius, Eric Hawkins, Cody Hollister, Damon Mitchell, Dominique Reed, Deon Stewart
2: Drew Morgan

AUBURN TIGERS

4: D’haquille Williams, Jason Smith, Ricardo Lewis, Tony Stevens, Melvin Ray, Darius Slayton, Ryan Davis
3: Stanton Truitt, Jonathan Wallace, Marcus Davis, Myron Burton Jr., Jaylon Denson

FLORIDA GATORS

4: Alvin Bailey, Ahmad Fullwood, Latroy Pittman, Demarcus Robinson, Valdez Showers
3: Raphael Andrades, Kalif Jackson, Brandon Powell, Ryan Sousa, Chris Thompson, C.J. Worton, Antonio Callaway

GEORGIA BULLDOGS

5: Terry Godwin
4: Jayson Stanley, Shakenneth Williams, Isaiah Mckenzie, Justin Scott-Wesley, Malcolm Mitchell
3: Tae Crowder, Michael Chigbu, Reggie Davis

KENTUCKY WILDCATS

4: Thaddeus Snodgrass
3: Jabari Greenwood, Tavin Richardson, Therrell Gosier, Ryan Timmons, Dorian Baker, Blake Bone, Garrett Johnson, Jeff Badet, Alex Montgomery, Rashad Cunningham, T.V. Williams

LSU TIGERS

5: Tyron Johnson, Malachi Dupre
4: Derrick Dillon, Jazz Ferguson, Trey Quinn, John Diarse, Avery Peterson
3: Brandon Martin, D.J. Chark, Kevin Spears

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS

4: Donald Gray, Malik Dear, Fred Ross
3: Deddrick Thomas, Dontea Jones, Justin Johnson, Farrod Green, De’Runnya Wilson, Fred Brown, Joe Morrow, Gabe Myles, Shelby Christy, Jesse Jackson

MISSOURI TIGERS

4: Nate Brown
3: Johnathon Johnson, Ronnell Perkins, Emanuel Hall, Justin Smith, Richaud Floyd, DeSean Blair, Keyon Dilosa, Wesley Leftwich, J’Mon Moore, Thomas Richard

OLE MISS REBELS

5: Laquon Treadwell
4: Damarkus Lodge, Van Jefferson, Damore’ea Stringfellow, Markell Pack
3: Quincy Adeboyejo, Collins Moore, Derrick Jones, Trey Bledsoe, Dayall Harris, Cody Core
2: Quintavius Burdette, Alex Weber

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

4: Jalen Christian, Shaq Davidson
3: Christian Owens, D.J. Neal, Jerad Washington, Pharoh Cooper, Terry Googer, Shamier Jeffery, Christian Owens, Deebo Samuel, Jerad Washington

TENNESSEE VOLS

4: Preston Williams, Pig Howard, Josh Malone, Marquez North, Jason Croom*
3: Josh Smith, Johnathon Johnson, Cody Blanc

*We’ve excluded Von Pearson, who is indefinitely suspended.

TEXAS A&M AGGIES

5: Christian Kirk, Speedy Noil, Ricky Seals-Jones
4: Kemah Siverand, Frank Iheanacho, Edward Pope
3: Damion Ratley, Josh Reynolds, Jamal Jeffery, Jeremy Tabuyo, Sabian Holmes
2: Jalyn Judkins

VANDERBILT COMMODORES

3: Jared Pinkney, Rashad Canty, C.J. Duncan, Ronald Monroe, Latevius Rayford, Caleb Scott, Trent Sherfield, DeAndre Woods
2: Kris Kentera