Scout
is scheduled to release its first positions rankings including the Scout 300 and
beyond next week. It took an extra month to close the door on the Class of 2009,
but let's take a quick look back at the Class of 2009 as a whole before diving
head first into the Class of 2010 next week.
Scout breaks its recruiting
regions into four main categories and has four regional managers to be in charge
of the rankings that come out of these regions. Those regions can be found here, and they are broken down
as North, Southeast, Midland, and West.
| Region |
# Signees |
| Southeast |
862 |
| North |
696 |
| Midland |
511 |
| West |
372 |
According to the Scout database, the Southeast region
once again paced the nation in sending prep players to the college ranks with a
whopping 862 players that signed scholarships. Texas fueled the Midland region
with 384 signees from the Lone Star State, making up a whopping 75% of the
region's college players in the Class of 2009.
I also broke down the
numbers by BCS Signees by region. The North had the highest percentage of its
Division 1 signees sign with BCS schools. The North Region placed 427 players at
BCS Schools, Southeast: 791, Midland: 267, West: 178.
Texas was once
again the king of the states in signees with 384. Florida comes in at No. 2 with
315, and California is third with 220. Ohio and Georgia typically trade places
from year to year at the No. 4 spot; this year, they shared it, each state
having 157 Division 1 Signees. Georgia outpaced Ohio in BCS Signees 95 to
78.
The state of Louisiana is back on the rise after going backwards in
signees post-Katrina. Louisiana claimed the No. 6 spot with 86 signees, but
being bolstered by instate non-BCS schools, the number of BCS signees out of the
Pelican State fell to 32, which placed Louisiana 13th in number of players sent
to BCS schools.
When looking at states on the rise, one must take a hard
look at the state of Virginia. 73 players were signed from the high school ranks
in Virginia, good enough to tie for 8th with the state of Alabama for overall
signees. 61 of those players signed with BCS Schools, a remarkable percentage
considering there are only two BCS schools within its state borders. The total
of 61 was good enough for 6th in total numbers, and its 84% BCS Signee ratio put
the Old Dominion State in first place for states that signed at least 15 college
prospects.
West Virginia gets the nod for the team that does the most
with the least. The state of West Virginia only produced five D1 signees in the
Class of 2009. Runner ups in this category would include the Nebraska (7) and
Oregon and Oregon State
whose home state only produced 10 signees in 2009.
All told, the Scout
database shows that 2,448 high school players signed college scholarships with
D1 schools for the Class of 2009.
Moving on to the Post Grad ranks,
Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. was once again top of the heap. Robert
Prunty's Tigers placed 22 players in D1 colleges for the Class of 2009. To help
put that number in perspective, that's more players than 22 entire states. John
Schuman's Fork Union team finished second with 10 players headed to D1 colleges
next year. All told, the two Virginia powerhouses made up more than half of all
Post Graduate football players that signed D1 scholarships this
year.
The junior college route to
D1 college is still alive and strong. At this point, 280 players, or roughly 10%
of all D1 signees are coming from the junior college ranks. Non BCS schools
signed junior college players at a higher rate than BCS Schools. 56.4% of Junior
College signees headed to Non-BCS Schools as opposed to 44.3% of high school
players.
The three big states of California (131), Mississippi (39), and
Kansas (37) once again produced the most signees
in the JC ranks, but Texas is popping up on the scene with 25 players
heading to the college ranks. El Camino Community College in Torrence, Calif.
led the nation with 13 signees. The College of the Sequoias in Visilia, Calif.
and Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, Ga. finished tied for second with
11 each.
For a complete look at the signees by state, I've broken it down
by total numbers and BCS signees by state. Of the Independents, Notre Dame was treated as a BCS school, while
the others were treated as Non BCS.
| STATE |
D1 |
|
STATE |
BCS |
| TX |
384 |
|
TX |
190 |
| FL |
315 |
|
FL |
183 |
| CA |
220 |
|
CA |
114 |
| GA |
157 |
|
GA |
95 |
| OH |
157 |
|
OH |
78 |
| LA |
86 |
|
VA |
61 |
| PA |
75 |
|
NC |
43 |
| AL |
73 |
|
PA |
42 |
| VA |
73 |
|
SC |
40 |
| NC |
66 |
|
NJ |
38 |
| MI |
64 |
|
MD |
37 |
| IL |
61 |
|
AL |
36 |
| OK |
54 |
|
LA |
32 |
| MD |
53 |
|
IL |
31 |
| SC |
51 |
|
OK |
30 |
| NJ |
50 |
|
MS |
28 |
| TN |
48 |
|
MI |
27 |
| MS |
46 |
|
IN |
23 |
| IN |
41 |
|
TN |
22 |
| AZ |
38 |
|
AZ |
20 |
| HI |
28 |
|
MO |
17 |
| UT |
26 |
|
NY |
16 |
| KY |
24 |
|
CO |
14 |
| MO |
24 |
|
KY |
14 |
| CO |
23 |
|
WA |
13 |
| NY |
23 |
|
AR |
12 |
| NV |
22 |
|
CT |
11 |
| AR |
20 |
|
IA |
11 |
| WA |
19 |
|
HI |
10 |
| CT |
13 |
|
KS |
9 |
| WI |
12 |
|
MA |
8 |
| IA |
11 |
|
MN |
8 |
| KS |
11 |
|
WI |
8 |
| OR |
10 |
|
OR |
7 |
| MA |
9 |
|
NV |
6 |
| MN |
9 |
|
DE |
5 |
| ID |
8 |
|
DC |
4 |
| DE |
7 |
|
NE |
4 |
| NE |
7 |
|
UT |
4 |
| Can |
6 |
|
Can* |
3 |
| DC |
6 |
|
ID |
3 |
| WV |
5 |
|
NH |
3 |
| NM |
4 |
|
MT |
2 |
| NH |
3 |
|
WV |
2 |
| MT |
2 |
|
AK |
1 |
| AK |
1 |
|
ND |
1 |
| AS** |
1 |
|
AS |
0 |
| ND |
1 |
|
NM |
0 |
| WY |
1 |
|
WY |
0 |
*Canada
**American Samoa