National Signing Day: Big 12 classes in the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings
The new National Signing Day once again brought plenty of drama to the table as schools looked to begin inking their recruiting classes. The Big 12 has eight teams in the top 50 of the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings.
In order to create the most comprehensive and unbiased team recruiting ranking, the On3 Team Recruiting Rankings is solely based on the On3 Industry Ranking — a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. The On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings is the most advanced and accurate team ranking in the industry.
The top 10 Big 12 recruiting classes in the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings can be found below.
1. Texas Tech — 89.424
1 five-stars | 5 four-stars | 14 three-stars | 21 total commits
Top Commit: Temple (Texas) Lake Belton Five-Star Plus+ wide receiver Micah Hudson, No. 6 in On3 Industry Ranking
The Red Raiders have their centerpiece pledge in Five-Star Plus+ WR Micah Hudson, who committed on Sept. 11. He’s the lone top-100 pledge in a class that is entirely built on in-state recruiting. Of the 21 commits, all hail from the Lone Star State.
Prosper (Texas) four-star OT Ellis Davis is the No. 120 recruit and No. 7 OT in the cycle, while Pflugerville (Texas) Weiss four-star safety Peyton Morgan checks in as the No. 189 prospect and No. 12 safety. Sachse (Texas) four-star EDGE Cheta Ofili and Hutto (Texas) four-star QB Will Hammond also help highlight the class.
2. UCF — 87.857
0 five-stars | 5 four-stars | 13 three-stars | 18 total commits
Top Commit: Rockledge (Fla.) four-star safety Jaylen Heyward, No. 233 in On3 Industry Ranking
The Golden Knights are on track to bring in a top-30 recruiting class nationally, headlined by four-star safety Jaylen Heyward, the lone top-300 prospect on Gus Malzahn’s pledge list. Of the 20 commits in the class, 18 hail from either Florida or Georgia.
Five additional commits rank inside the top 400 in the On3 Industry Ranking: Conroe (Texas) Oak Ridge four-star RB Frankie Arthur, Loganville (Ga.) Grayson four-star TE Kylan Fox, Fairburn (Ga.) Langston Hughes four-star safety Jakob Gude, Fox’s Loganville four-star teammate IOL Waltclaire Flynn Jr and Melbourne (Fla.) Central Catholic four-star WR DayDay Farmer.
3. TCU — 87.583
0 five-stars | 3 four-stars | 16 three-stars | 21 total commits
Top Commit: Brownsboro (Texas) four-star wide receiver Gekyle Baker, No. 117 in the On3 Industry Ranking
Like Texas Tech, the Horned Frogs’ recruiting class is heavy on in-state recruits, as 82% of the class comes via Texas. Four-star WR Gekyle Baker and Fort Worth (Texas) Aledo four-star QB Hauss Hejny are each top-200 pledges. Hejny is the No. 12 signal-caller this cycle.
Missouri City (Texas) Hightower four-star RB Jeremy Payne and Tyler (Texas) Legacy three-star EDGE Travis Jackson help push TCU’s class near the top 30 in the nation. Payne is one of two Texas burners in the class, alongside Decatur three-star Nathaniel Palmer.
4. Kansas — 86.928
0 five-stars | 3 four-star | 13 three-stars | 16 total commits
Top Commit: Goodyear (Ariz.) Desert Edge four-star EDGE Deshawn Warner, No. 184 in On3 Industry Ranking
The Jayhawks have added just one commitment since August, but Lance Leipold and Co. have KU toward the top of the conference rankings on the recruiting trail. Four-star EDGE Deshawn Warner, Hazel Crest (Ill.) Marian Catholic four-star safety Austin Alexander and Katy (Texas) four-star EDGE Dakyus Brinkley all hold blue-chip status at the top of the class.
Kansas also has a Lone Star flair, as half of its top six highest-ranked commits are from Texas. The Jayhawks are without an in-state commitment this cycle.
5. Colorado — 86.850
1 five-star | 3 four-stars | 4 three-stars | 8 total commits
Top Commit: Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy five-star offensive tackle Jordan Seaton, No. 9 in On3 Industry Ranking
Deion Sanders landed his big fish in five-star OT Jordan Seaton, who made a surprising commitment to the Buffaloes on Dec. 7, but is yet to sign his letter of intent. Seaton was followed soon after by Silsbee (Texas) four-star WR Dre’lon Miller, the No. 67 recruit and No. 15 WR in the cycle. Statesboro (Ga.) four-star CB Kam Mikell also checks in as a top-100 recruit in the class.
Only 8 commits are in the class as Sanders hits the transfer portal heavy. Other top commits for the Buffs this cycle include West Bloomfield (Mich.) four-star DL Brandon Davis-Swain and JUCO WR Zycarl Lewis.
6. Arizona State — 86.452
0 five-stars | 1 four-stars | 18 three-stars | 19 total commits
Top Commit: Seattle O’Dea four-star running back Jason Brown, No. 213 in On3 Industry Ranking
The Sun Devils finally landed a blue-chip commitment on Dec. 5 in the form of four-star RB Jason Brown, a top-200 recruit and the No. 15 RB in the cycle. He’s the lone top-400 prospect in the fold for Kenny Dillingham.
Like many other Big 12 programs, Texas prospects bolster Arizona State’s class. Aledo three-star CB Chris Johnson, Mesquite North three-star WR Elijah Baesa, Lewisville three-star CB Tony-Louis Nkuba and Dickinson three-star CB Rodney Bimage are among the Texans committed.
7. Utah — 86.387
0 five-stars | 2 four-stars | 11 three-stars | 14 total commits
Top Commit: Draper (Utah) Corner Canyon four-star quarterback Isaac Wilson, No. 279 in On3 Industry Ranking
An in-state duo headline the Utes’ 2024 class: Four-star QB Isaac Wilson and his Corner Canyon teammate, four-star IOL Isaiah Garcia. Wilson has risen up the ranks and is now the No. 18 QB in the cycle, while Garcia is the No. 19 IOL. They are the No. 1 and No. 2 players in Utah, respectively.
Las Vegas Arbor View three-star WR David Washington and Playa Del Ray (Calif.) St. Bernard three-star WR Zacharyus Williams bolster the wideout room, while the three-star safety trio of Houston Jersey Village’s Maurice Evans, Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei’s Jeilani Davis and American Fork’s (Utah) Davis Andrews do the same for the DB room in Salt Lake City.
8. West Virginia — 85.846
0 five-stars | 1 four-stars | 20 three-stars | 22 total commits
Top Commit: Melbourne (Fla.) Central Catholic four-star wide receiver DayDay Farmer, No. 397 in the On3 Industry Ranking
The Mountaineers check in at No. 50 nationally thanks to an NSD flip of four-star WR DayDay Farmer from UCF. Upper Marlboro (Md.) Charles Herbert Flowers three-star EDGE Obinna Onwuka joins Farmer atop the class and is one of four prospects out of Maryland in the class. Other top commits include Akron (Ohio) Archbishop Hoban three-star LB Rickey Williams, Pittsburgh Bishop Canevin three-star safety Jason Cross and Douglasville (Ga.) Douglas County three-star CB Jacob Boyce.
9. Arizona — 86.366
0 five-stars | 2 four-star | 17 three-stars | 19 total commits
Top Commit: Chandler (Ariz.) Basha four-star quarterback Demond Williams Jr., No. 265 in On3 Industry Ranking
The Wildcats sit outside of the top-50 classes nationally but own a top-10 class in their conference. Four-star QB Demond Williams Jr. is the No. 16 gunslinger in the cycle, while Long Beach (Calif.) Jordan four-star RB Jordan Washington is the other blue-chipper in the mix. Other top commits include Scottsdale (Ariz.) Desert Mountain three-star ATH Dylan Tapley and Seattle Garfield three-star ATH Rahshawn Clark.
10. Kansas State — 86.337
0 five-stars | 1 four-stars | 13 three-stars | 15 total commits
Top Commit: Shawnee (Kan.) Mill Valley four-star offensive tackle Gus Hawkins, No. 305 in On3 Industry Ranking
Kansas State’s class developed late in the cycle, as the Wildcats pulled off multiple flips down the stretch. Highlighting the class is four-star OT Gus Hawkins and Troup (Texas) four-star WR Trae Davis. The likes of Jarrell (Texas) three-star WR Jacques Spradley-Demps, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman three-star RB De Von Rice and Topeka (Kan.) Seaman three-star safety Callen Barta all flipped in favor of Chris Klieman and Co.
11. Cincinnati
12. Oklahoma State
13. Iowa State
14. BYU
15. Houston
16. Baylor