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The best college football recruits we've ever seen
Jadeveon Clowney might be the best college football recruit in the ESPN era, but not all top prospects panned out.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The unheralded recruits who became stars for each top-25 team
Michael Thomas, J.J. Watt and Baker Mayfield are among former under-the-radar recruits who became stars in college and in the NFL.
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Top Headlines
RECRUITING
Predicting where the top 2021 college football recruits will commit
Where will Tommy Brockermeyer, Korey Foreman and college football's other top prospects in the 2021 class decide to play?
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RECRUITING
How USC football plans to 'take back the West' in recruiting
After finishing outside the top 50 in recruiting in 2020, USC has a plan to keep California's top prospects within the state and return to the top.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING
Updated rankings for the 2021 ESPN 300 college football prospects
Which high school football prospects could be the next big-time college football players? We update the ESPN 300 rankings.
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2021 college football recruiting class rankings
Ohio State, North Carolina and Tennessee have already gotten off to fast starts in building their 2021 recruiting classes.
The complete 2021 ESPN 300
We rank the top 300 high school football prospects in the Class of 2021.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO NFL DRAFT
College football takeaways from the 2020 NFL draft
When it came to the NFL draft, the SEC ruled once again, Las Vegas continued raiding last season's national title game and the Indianapolis Colts learned to #RespectTheSpecs.
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Top 2020 NFL draft prospects who started as overlooked college football recruits
Jordan Love and Brandon Aiyuk are among potential first-round NFL draft picks who couldn't crack the ESPN 300 recruiting rankings coming out of high school.
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NCAAF
Tua at USC? Joe Burrow at Nebraska? Recent recruiting 'What Ifs' that would change college football
What would have happened to the balance of power in the Pac-12 had Alabama's star QB chosen USC? Imagine if Joe Burrow got an offer from his dad's alma mater, Nebraska? And what if Justin Fields stuck with his original Penn State pledge?
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Ranking college football's top 25 recruits regardless of class
How does Class of 2023 signal-caller Arch Manning -- the nephew of Peyton and Eli -- stack up against the game's top prospects? Find out as we rank the top high school players across all graduating classes.
NCAAF
College football coaches pick their top 2020 recruits
We polled 66 college football coaches and asked who they thought were the best incoming freshmen.
Top Headlines
- Auburn uses Texas connection to land OL commit
- QB son of Jon Kitna commits to play for Gators
- Harbaugh flips as LB Hood commits to Michigan
- ESPN 300 linebacker Colson commits to Michigan
- Buckeyes add ESPN 300 CB Burke to No. 1 class
- Champ coach suspended after alleged practices
- Clemson lands ex-UGA baseball recruit as QB
2019's top recruits
- Kayvon Thibodeaux/@kayvonT8
Top 300 players in the Class of 2019
In the first ESPN 300 rankings for the 2019 class, DE Kayvon Thibodeaux tops the rankings and is one of nine linemen in the top 10.
2019 Class Rankings
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Michigan jumps to fourth in Class Rankings
Michigan continues its move up the Class Rankings, jumping into the No. 4 spot.
Where do top players come from?
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College football recruiting's true battlegrounds
Where do college football's best players come from? Like in an election, winning in the battleground counties can produce classes full of recruits that make the difference in winning it all.
