National Signing Day 2017's 7 most important teams: Can anybody break Bama's...
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.With the football season in the books, it is time to turn our...
View ArticleLook at all the former 2-star recruits in the AFC and NFC Championships, but...
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.Columns like this are easy money. At some point, you’d think I’d...
View ArticleThe run-up to National Signing Day is college football’s decommitment season
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.College football recruiting has seen a number of big...
View ArticleMiami is beating Florida as National Signing Day approaches, but the Gators...
Miami is likely to get two players who were once expected to head to Florida.By all accounts, Wednesday was a bad day for Florida on the recruiting trail, as Alligator Army writes. First, South Florida...
View ArticleEverything to know about the recruit hat ceremony on Signing Day
Those hats on the table of the recruit commitment ceremony don’t always represent real offers.It’s a scene that plays out at high schools across the country in early February. A football recruit sits...
View ArticleWith 6 new blue-chips, the USC Trojans are National Signing Day 2017’s best...
If coffee is for closers, USC just drank a venti. USC is one of college football’s blue bloods. And on National Signing Day, the Trojans flexed their recruiting muscle, closing with six four- and...
View ArticleHouston is loaded with defensive backs and receivers in 2018’s recruiting class
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.The first five weeks of the new year are always the busiest for a...
View ArticleThe Miami Hurricanes are off to a scorching start in 2018 recruiting
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.The Miami Hurricanes have the No. 2 recruiting class in the...
View ArticleTexas' best recruits discuss whether the Longhorns and Aggies will bounce back
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.Texas is arguably the most talented state in college football...
View Article'Dead period?' 'Quiet period?' Explaining the NCAA's football recruiting...
The NCAA has a complicated set of rules for coaches and prospects to follow, which affects recruiting.National Signing Day is February 3, and over the next two months, college football fans will hear...
View ArticleWhat Ole Miss’ updated list of self-imposed sanctions means for recruiting
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.Around 2013, Ole Miss transitioned from a middling recruiter to...
View ArticleClemson coordinator’s son is right: South Carolina does not have championship...
But just how far is South Carolina from having national title caliber talent?The offseason is a great time for whimsy and smack talk. South Carolina and Clemson provided just that this week. "We have...
View ArticleNotes on 23 top South Florida football recruits to know for 2018
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.MIAMI, Fla. — The South Florida stop on Nike’s The Opening Camp...
View ArticleNo. 1 Miami might have staying power in recruiting
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.After a great round of college football meetings, it’s time for a...
View ArticleMyles Garrett was a no-doubter as a high school recruit, too
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.Identifying five-star prospects often is really easy. They are...
View ArticleHow 16 top recruits’ 40-yard dash times changed at the 2017 NFL Combine
For years, star recruits were somehow listed as getting slower while entering the pros, thanks to dubious high school 40 times. We’ve sometimes got better numbers these days, though.Up until just a few...
View ArticleWhat goes on during a college football recruiting junior day?
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!). I'm Bud Elliott, SB Nation's National Recruiting Analyst, and in this space I'll be sharing news, rumors and musings on...
View ArticlePredicting how early top 10 football recruiting classes will finish
Welcome to The Crootletter (sign up to get this in your inbox every morning!), SB Nation's daily college football recruiting newsletter.SB Nation’s Richard Johnson and Bud Elliott fired up another...
View ArticleIsaac Taylor-Stuart, San Diego’s top-rated football recruit in years, has...
The tall cornerback has Bama, LSU, Nebraska, and USC on his current short list.“Best player to come out of San Diego in a decade: you think that’s legit?” I asked four-star St. Augustine High...
View ArticleNebraska and 4 others stand out for Manuel Allen, 4-star Cali WR
Calibraska?Eleven players on Nebraska’s 2017 roster hail from California, with five four-star signees from the Los Angeles area in NU signing classes since 2016.So it’s not surprising to hear Manny...
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