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 University 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, 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