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The key college football recruit for each top 25 class: Future X factors and difference-makers
With only a few weeks until signing day, we break down who each Top 25 class already has who can be a college football star.
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COUNTDOWN TO SIGNING DAY
The top 40 college football recruiting classes for 2023: Why Notre Dame is rising
Notre Dame, Michigan and TCU are on the rise, while Texas A&M and Cincinnati are among the teams to tumble in the 2023 recruiting cycle.
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The 2023 recruiting class, by position: The battle for No. 1, top uncommitted prospects and key sleepers
How elite are the Nos. 1 and 2 recruits in the 2023 class? We analyze each position and break down who can be sleepers.
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Top Headlines
TRANSFER PORTAL COVERAGE
College football transfer portal tracker: Latest news on who's in and out
Quarterbacks Brennan Armstrong, Hudson Card and Connor Bazelak are among the players who plan to enter the portal.
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How transfer windows will change college football: Everything we know, and what coaches are saying
The transfer portal opens in less than a month, and coaches and personnel directors are already preparing for the "chaos" element.
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Ranking college football's top 50 transfers
Bo Nix, Hendon Hooker, Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels are among big-name players who have transferred. Who is No. 1?
TOP 2024 RECRUITS
Updated 2024 ESPN Jr. 300 rankings: Top QBs, new five-stars and more risers
College football's 2023 recruiting class is filled with elite quarterback talent, and the 2024 class has the potential to match.
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Key 2024 recruits you need to know, including No. 1 QB
IMG Academy boasts four top-10 prospects in the 2024 recruiting class, but none of them are the No. 1-ranked QB.
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See the full 2024 ESPN Jr. 300
We rank the top 300 college football recruits in the Class of 2024.
FOOTBALL FLASHBACK
We reranked CFB's 2020 recruiting cycle: The best 25 players and top 10 classes
Clemson, Georgia and Alabama ended the 2020 recruiting cycle at 1-2-3. Will Anderson Jr. was barely a top-50 recruit. Things have changed.
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RANKINGS UPDATE
New five-star recruits, star power and Arch Manning at No. 2: Biggest risers in our updated 2023 rankings
Five new recruits earned a coveted fifth star, including commits from Alabama, Notre Dame and USC. Who else climbed the rankings?
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Updated 2023 ESPN 300: See the full rankings
We rank the top 300 college football recruits in the Class of 2023.
TOP FRESHMEN
College football's instant-impact true freshmen: We ranked the top 25 through five weeks
Penn State, LSU, Texas and Texas A&M all boast some of the top freshmen in the country, but who is No. 1 through five weeks?
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HELP IS ON THE WAY
Where Notre Dame, Oklahoma and five other teams are struggling, and recruits who can right the ship in 2023
Texas needs a healthy quarterback. Notre Dame needs playmakers on offense. Good thing they have certain recruits coming in.
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TOP TRANSFERS
College football all-transfer team: Playmakers from USC, Arkansas and ... Marshall?
The Caleb Williams-Jordan Addison duo is paying dividends for USC. But Penn State, Arkansas and UTEP also boast top transfers.
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Top Headlines
- WR Denmark, No. 93 recruit in '24, picks Ducks
- Hill, No. 2 LB in '23, decommits from Texas A&M
- 2024 ESPN 300 DE commits to Pittman, Arkansas
- Prized QB recruit reclassifies to '24, chooses LSU
- QB Sayin commits to Alabama's 'NFL offense'
- Miami lands No. 4 recruit in '23 class, CB McClain
- Huskers' Joseph slips with comment on Coleman
2022's top recruits
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Top 300 players in the Class of 2022
Walter Nolen is one of the top defensive prospects in the Class of 2022, but who are the other top prospects you should keep an eye on?
Recruiting Class Rankings
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Who leads the nation in recruiting?
Here is the latest rankings of all the top recruiting classes from across the country.
NFL No. 1 picks as CFB recruits (ESPN+)
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What No. 1 NFL draft picks were like as college football recruits
Before they were drafted first overall, how good were Matthew Stafford, Joe Burrow and Kyler Murray as college football recruits?
