College football recruiting rankings: Grading the Class of 2017 – The Athletic

Theres no better way to assess a recruiting class than waiting to see how it actually performed. Its time once again to review how college footballs highest-rated recruiting classes from four years ago panned out. This year, were re-ranking the best recruiting classes of 2017.

During this four-year period, 16 programs that inked top-25 classes on signing day in 2017 have made head coaching changes. More than one-fourth of the top 100 recruits in this class have transferred. Which programs managed to overcome all that volatility and find success thanks to this recruiting cycle?

Weve made this a signing day tradition at The Athletic with our re-ranks of the class of 2014, class of 2015 and class of 2016. The annual goal of this project is to recognize the programs and coaching staffs that have done the best job of identifying great players, developing them, retaining them and winning with them. This year, six programs are making repeat...

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College football recruiting rankings: Grading the Class of 2017 - The Athletic