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2018 B1G Recruiting: March's Rankings, Commitment Board and More 3/1/17

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March 1, 2017 at 4:30pm
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Feb. 2018

Volume 2 brings changes to the rankings and 11 new players to the B1G. Two schools combined for seven commits and Jaelen Gill gives Ohio State another 4★ offensive weapon. How much longer can James Franklin hold on to the top spot?

This piece has information on:

  • 247's B1G Rankings
  • Comprehensive Stars Chart
  • Top B1G committed players by position and Ohio State's top offers
  • Charting the B1G's 2018 average player ratings
  • Charting Ohio State's committed players
  • Committed players by school
  • Open commit/decommit board in the comment section

Since 2/10, the B1G added 11 players, with eight of the new additions occurring within the last nine days. 

P.J. Fleck and Minnesota brought in the biggest haul with four commits. DT Elijah Teague (.864), gives the Gophers the highest rated DT in the conference.

President's Day was not a day of rest for Paul Chryst and Wisconsin. Three defensive players from the Cheese State pledged allegiance to their home college. SDE Boyd Dietzen (.853) is ranked 22nd at his position and is the highest ranked of the three new Badgers.

Yesterday (2/28), WR Joseph Scates (.940) became the first 2018 B1G commit to become a decommit. The top two schools for the 6'3" Dayton Dunbar junior are Alabama and Ohio State. Will the talented receiver stay in the great state of Ohio, or will he roll down to Alabama?  

Today, Ohio State received great news from a local player. Jaelen Gill, of Westerville South, will spend his college Saturday's in historic Ohio Stadium. Gill is currently ranked as the nation's third best all-purpose back and has a rating of .982. The 6'1" speedster turned heads as a freshman in 2015 with his quickness and ability to catch the ball out of the backfield. 

The 2018 Composite Team Rankings as of 3/1/2017 according to 247

247 B1G RANKINGS
B1G RANK TEAM COMP. RATING NATIONAL RANK
1 PENN STATE 218.19 1
2 OHIO STATE 109.05 9
3 (+3) WISCONSIN 82.78 13
4 (-1) MICHIGAN STATE 71.99 15
5 MICHIGAN 69.72 17
NEBRASKA 63.27 23
7 (+3) MINNESOTA 58.45 25
  B1G AVERAGE 52.57  
8 (-1) NORTHWESTERN 26.89 41
9 (-1) IOWA 25.71 43
10 (-1) INDIANA 9.99 66
11 ILLINOIS 0.00 71
11 MARYLAND 0.00 71
11 PURDUE 0.00 71
11 RUTGERS 0.00 71
  AVERAGES 52.57 38.4

Penn State remains the top team in the Big Ten and the nation. However, Ohio State and Michigan continue get new pledges and they should pass Franklin and the Nittany Lions by the start of the 2017 season. 

Wisconsin and Minnesota made the biggest noise this cycle by adding seven new players and earning a combined 94.66 composite rating points. It will be interesting to see if Chryst and Fleck can finish in the top 5 of the B1G for the 2018 recruiting season.

Seven teams landed below the conference's average rating of 52.57. Of the seven teams below the average, four do not have a player committed. That number should change when this is updated next month.

B1G Stars Breakdown

Although Penn State has seven more players than Ohio State, the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions are the only teams in the B1G lead with 5★ commits. Below, the teams are broken down by the stars in the '18 class.

No. of Recruits and Stars for B1G Teams
RANK TEAM 5★ 4★ 3★ 2★ NR TOTAL
1 PENN STATE 1 9 1     11
2 WISCONSIN     6     6
3 OHIO STATE 1 3       4
4 MICHIGAN STATE   2 2     4
5 MINNESOTA     4     4
6 MICHIGAN   3       3
7 NEBRASKA   2 1     3
8 NORTHWESTERN     2     2
8 IOWA     2     2
10 INDIANA     1     1
11 ILLINOIS            
11 MARYLAND            
11 PURDUE            
11 RUTGERS            
  B1G TOTAL 2 19 19     40
  B1G AVERAGE 0.1 0.5 0.5     2.8

Hopefully every team will have a commit when this is updated in April.

Joseph Scates committed to Michigan State on 1/18/17. He is now the first player of the 2018 class to decommit from a B1G school.

Top B1G committed players by position and Ohio State's top offers

TOP 2018 B1G COMMITTED OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
POS. PLAYER 247 COMP. POS RK SCHOOL OSU'S TOP OFFERs
DUAL EMORY JONES 984 1 OHIO STATE CASEY THOMPSON (936 / 5)
PRO JASON WHITTAKER 867 20 NORTHWESTERN ARTUR SITKOWSKI (961 / 4) committed to Miami 2/27
APB RICKY SLADE 983 1 PENN STATE TJ PLEDGER (982 / 2)
RB BRIAN SNEAD 966 4 OHIO STATE ZAMIR WHITE (998 / 1)
FB          
WR JUSTIN SHORTER 959 14 PENN STATE JALEN HALL (997 / 1)
TE ZACK KUNTZ 967 1 PENN STATE JEREMY RUCKERT (964 / 2)
C          
OG EMIL EKIYOR 952 4 MICHIGAN JAMAREE SALYER (996 / 1)
OT CHRIS BLEICH 896 24 PENN STATE JACKSON CARMAN (995 / 1)
DEFENSE          
SDE AIDAN HUTCHINSON 925 8 MICHIGAN XAVIER THOMAS (999 / 1)
WDE MICAH PARSONS 999 1 PENN STATE KJ HENRY (987 / 1)
DT ELIJAH TEAGUE 864 34 MINNESOTA TARON VINCENT (993 / 10)
ILB NICK TARBURTON 897 11 PENN STATE TERDJA MITCHELL (987 / 2)
OLB  OTIS REESE 928 8 MICHIGAN PAYTON WILSON (947 / 4)
CB ERIC FULLER 944 20 NEBRASKA PATRICK SURTAIN JR (998 / 1)
SAF JAIDEN WOODBEY 982 3 OHIO STATE BJ FOSTER (994 / 1)
ATH XAVIER HENDERSON 915 16 MICHIGAN STATE BLUE SMITH (951 / 4)


Charting the B1G's Average Player Ratings

CHARTING 2018'S AVG PLAYER RATINGS*
RANK TEAM FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL
OHIO STATE .978 .979        
MICHIGAN .941 .935        
3 PENN STATE .931 .934        
4 (+1) NEBRASKA .913 .913        
5 (-1) MICHIGAN STATE .923 .883        
  BIG AVERAGE .890 .880        
6 (+4) MINNESOTA   .849        
7 (-1) WISCONSIN .857 .845        
8 (-1) NORTHWESTERN .835 .835        
9 (-1) IOWA .829 .829        
10 (-1) INDIANA .800 .800        
11 ILLINOIS            
11 MARYLAND            
11 PURDUE            
11 RUTGERS            

Kickers, punters and long snappers are not included in player averages.

Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes widened their lead on the second place Wolverines. Ohio State went up one point to .979 average and Michigan lost 4 points. There is a long way to go, but the Buckeyes 44-point lead looks secure with the projected prospects on the horizon. 

Minnesota made the biggest jump this cycle, will Maryland or Rutgers make a move this month?

Ohio State finished with a 35-point lead at the end of 2017. Meyer now has a 44-point lead in '18. How far will he finish ahead of the pack?

Meyer
Will Urban Meyer have the top class in the B1G in February?

Charting Ohio State's committed 2018 players

CHARTING OHIO STATE'S 2018 COMMITTED PLAYERS
RANK PLAYER FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
1 EMORY JONES 984 984            
2 JAIDEN WOODBEY 984 982            
2 JAELEN GILL   982            
4 BRIAN SNEAD 967 966            

2018 B1G Commitments as of 2/9/17

Below you will find every team in the Big Ten and the players in the 2018 class who have committed to play at each university.

  • Players in bold are new commits since 2/10/2017.
  • The +/- represents the movement in a player's rating since 2/10.
  • Kickers/punters/long snappers are not included in the team average. 

 

2018 BIG TEN EAST COMMITS (23)
SCHOOL NAME POS RANK RATING +/- COMMIT DATE
OHIO STATE
BRIAN SNEAD


EMORY JONES


JAIDEN WOODBEY


JAELEN GILL
RB


DUAL


SAF


APB
4


1


3


3
966


984


982


982
-1





-2


 
7/22/2016


7/29/2016


2/7/2017


3/1/2017
    AVG 2.8 979    
             
INDIANA
JORDAN JUSEVITCH SAF 85 800   1/21/2017
    AVG 85.0 800    
             
MARYLAND
ZERO COMMITS          
    AVG 0.0 0    
             
MICHIGAN
OTIS REESE


EMIL EKIYOR


AIDAN HUTCHINSON
OLB


OG


SDE
6


4


8
929


952


925
-1 6/18/2016


10/2/2016


2/21/2017
    AVG 6.0 935 -6  
             
MICHIGAN STATE
XAVIER HENDERSON


JOSEPH SCATES


TRENTON GILLISON


THEO DAY


CHRISTIAN JACKSON
ATH


WR


TE


PRO


CB
14


23


10


21


75
915


940


915


863


840









 
9/9/2106


1/18/2017


1/29/2017


2/26/2017


3/1/2017
    AVG 30.0 883 -40  
             
PENN STATE

 

MICAH PARSONS


CHRIS BLEICH


JUSTIN SHORTER


PAT FREIERMUTH


ZACK KUNTZ


JUSTIN FIELDS


ISAIAH HUMPHRIES


CHARLIE KATSHIR


JESSE LUKETA


RICKY SLADE


NICK TARBURTON
WDE


OT


WR


SAF


TE


DUAL


SAF


OLB


OLB


APB


ILB
1


24


14


7


1


3


26


41


24


1


11
999


896


959


935


967


980


896


863


895


983


897
+1





-1


-1


-1


+1








+15


-1


+15
2/27/2016


4/7/2016


8/6/2016


8/16/2016


11/26/2016


12/1/2016


12/31/2016


2/2/2017


2/3/2017


2/3/2017


2/9/2017
    AVG 13.9 934 +2  
             
RUTGERS
ZERO COMMITS          
    AVG 0.0 0    

Highlights of Jaelen Gill against Westerville Central when he was a freshman in 2015:

 

BIG TEN WEST COMMITS (17)
SCHOOL NAME POS RANK RATING +/- COMMIT DATE
ILLINOIS
ZERO COMMITS          
    AVG 0.0 0    
             
IOWA
MIKE BRUNER


JEFFREY JENKINS
OLB


OG
63


41
826


832
  10/23/2016


1/22/2017
    AVG 52.0 829    
             
MINNESOTA
BENJAMIN SAPP III


JALEN MAYFIELD


BRENNAN ARMSTRONG


ELIJAH TEAGUE
CB


OT


DUAL


DT
69


57


23


34
844


842


846


864
  2/11/2017


2/18/2017


2/19/2017



2/25/2017
    AVG 45.8 849 +5  
             
NEBRASKA
CAMERON JURGENS


MASRY MAPIEU


ERICK FULLER
TE


DT


CB
5


46


20
948


845


944
-2





-1
8/6/2015


6/17/2016


1/18/2017
    AVG 23.7 912 -1  
NORTHWESTERN
JASON WHITTAKER


PAYNE HE'BERT
PRO


OT
19


76
867


803
  12/10/2016


1/13/2017
    AVG 47.5 835    
PURDUE
ZERO COMMITS          
    AVG 0.0 0    
             
WISCONSIN
BEN BRYANT


REGGIE PEARSON


TRENT INGALLS


BOYD DIETZEN


CJ GOETZ



MASON PLATTER
PRO


SAF


SAF


SDE


ILB



OLB
22


47


54


22


36


68
863


857


850


853


826


822
  12/7/2016


8/27/2016


10/29/2016


2/20/2017


2/20/2017


2/20/2017
    AVG 41.5 845 +2  


If you receive news of  a player committing to a B1G school during the month of March post it in the comment section.

 

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