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Texas A&M signed a monster 2014 class under head coach Kevin Sumlin, but let's see how the Aggies stacked up against other schools in Texas. One thing that immediately jumps out at you is that Texas A&M signed the fewest recruits but still had the most five- and four-star players. In fact, the Aggies signed more five-star players than the entire Big 12 combined. The data I used to create these tables were collected from the 247Sports.com Composite Team Rankings.
| State Rank | Team | Total | 5-star | 4-star | 3-star | Avg | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 91.36 | 277.35 |
| 2 | Texas | 23 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 88.09 | 240.71 |
| 3 | Baylor | 28 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 85.08 | 216.98 |
| 4 | Texas Tech | 27 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 84.26 | 190.18 |
| 5 | TCU | 24 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 83.95 | 188.06 |
Now, let's take a look at individual players. I've color-coded the schools so that it's easier to evaluate how the recruiting classes compare across teams. You'll notice a lot of maroon and white clustering near the top of the list and less pleasant colors near the bottom. The table is sorted by 247Sports.com Rating Score.
| Name | School | Pos | Status | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Garrett | Texas A&M | WDE | Signed | 0.9992 |
| Speedy Noil | Texas A&M | WR | Enrolled | 0.9951 |
| Kyle Allen | Texas A&M | PRO | Enrolled | 0.9950 |
| KD Cannon | Baylor | WR | Signed | 0.9853 |
| Davion Hall | Baylor | ATH | Enrolled | 0.9753 |
| Nick Harvey | Texas A&M | CB | Signed | 0.9698 |
| Derick Roberson | Texas | SDE | Signed | 0.9675 |
| Jerrod Heard | Texas | DUAL | Signed | 0.9653 |
| Frank Iheanacho | Texas A&M | WR | Signed | 0.9589 |
| Armanti Foreman | Texas | WR | Signed | 0.9448 |
| DeShawn Washington | Texas A&M | DT | Signed | 0.9333 |
| Qualen Cunningham | Texas A&M | WDE | Signed | 0.9289 |
| Otaro Alaka | Texas A&M | OLB | Signed | 0.9273 |
| Edwin Freeman | Texas | OLB | Signed | 0.9264 |
| Varshaun Nixon | TCU | APB | Signed | 0.9229 |
| Lorenzo Joe | Texas | WR | Signed | 0.9219 |
| Armani Watts | Texas A&M | S | Signed | 0.9160 |
| Donald Catalon | Texas | RB | Signed | 0.9155 |
| Jermaine Eluemunor | Texas A&M | OT | Enrolled | 0.9144 |
| Zaycoven Henderson | Texas A&M | DT | Enrolled | 0.9118 |
| Terence Williams | Baylor | ATH | Enrolled | 0.9079 |
| Avery Gennesy | Texas A&M | OT | Enrolled | 0.9069 |
| Josh Walker | Texas A&M | OLB | Signed | 0.9068 |
| John Bonney | Texas | S | Signed | 0.9029 |
| Poona Ford | Texas | DT | Signed | 0.8994 |
| T'Kevian Rockwell | Baylor | OLB | Commit | 0.8929 |
| Jarrett Johnson | Texas A&M | WDE | Signed | 0.8916 |
| Zach Ledwik | Texas A&M | OT | Signed | 0.8894 |
| Foster Sawyer | TCU | PRO | Signed | 0.8891 |
| Payton Hendrix | Texas Tech | S | Signed | 0.8866 |
| Ishmael Zamora | Baylor | WR | Signed | 0.8834 |
| James David | Baylor | ILB | Commit | 0.8834 |
| Emanuel Porter | TCU | WR | Signed | 0.8833 |
| Nigel Bethel | Texas Tech | CB | Signed | 0.8807 |
| Patrick Mahomes | Texas Tech | PRO | Signed | 0.8807 |
| Roderick Bernard | Texas | WR | Signed | 0.8792 |
| Jermaine Roberts | Texas | CB | Signed | 0.8778 |
| Jamal Jeffery | Texas A&M | WR | Signed | 0.8767 |
| Ty Barrett | TCU | OT | Signed | 0.8767 |
| Ian Sadler | Texas Tech | WR | Signed | 0.8748 |
| Joshua Reynolds | Texas A&M | WR | Enrolled | 0.8746 |
| Koda Martin | Texas A&M | OT | Signed | 0.8697 |
| Blake Whiteley | Texas | TE | Enrolled | 0.8685 |
| Josh Keys | Texas Tech | CB | Enrolled | 0.8675 |
| Justin Stockton | Texas Tech | RB | Signed | 0.8672 |
| Andrew Beck | Texas | ILB | Enrolled | 0.8665 |
| Nick Foster | TCU | CB | Signed | 0.8660 |
| Cameron Hampton | Texas | OLB | Signed | 0.8647 |
| Dorian Leonard | Texas | WR | Signed | 0.8634 |
| Terrell Cuney | Texas | OC | Signed | 0.8632 |
| Kealvin Davis | Texas A&M | OT | Signed | 0.8631 |
| Kenny Iloka | TCU | S | Enrolled | 0.8625 |
| Chris Platt | Baylor | WR | Signed | 0.8601 |
| Jarell Broxton | Baylor | OG | Enrolled | 0.8600 |
| Frank Kee | TCU | OG | Enrolled | 0.8594 |
| Derrick Dixon | Texas Tech | S | Signed | 0.8587 |
| Josh Pelzel | Baylor | OG | Signed | 0.8585 |
| Byron Daniels | Texas Tech | WR | Signed | 0.8566 |
| Cordell Dorsey | Baylor | OLB | Commit | 0.8554 |
| Grayson Muehlstein | TCU | PRO | Signed | 0.8550 |
| Jakari Dillard | Texas Tech | WR | Signed | 0.8545 |
| Jourdan Blake | Baylor | ATH | Signed | 0.8543 |
| Dominique Robertson | Texas Tech | OT | Signed | 0.8535 |
| Devin Lauderdale | Texas Tech | WR | Enrolled | 0.8529 |
| Dakota Allen | Texas Tech | ILB | Signed | 0.8520 |
| Jordan Feuerbacher | Baylor | TE | Enrolled | 0.8514 |
| Corey McBride | TCU | WR | Signed | 0.8501 |
| Garrett Gray | Texas | WR | Signed | 0.8495 |
| Jake McMillon | Texas | SDE | Signed | 0.8489 |
| Chris Nelson | Texas | DT | Signed | 0.8489 |
| Kevin Shorter | Texas | ATH | Signed | 0.8481 |
| Demarcus Felton | Texas Tech | APB | Signed | 0.8463 |
| Cameron Batson | Texas Tech | WR | Signed | 0.8449 |
| Jason Hall | Texas | S | Signed | 0.8438 |
| Blake Blackmar | Baylor | OG | Signed | 0.8417 |
| Rika Levi | Texas Tech | DT | Signed | 0.8416 |
| Alex Anderson | Texas | OG | Enrolled | 0.8398 |
| Jah'Shawn Johnson | Texas Tech | S | Signed | 0.8395 |
| Chris Sanders | Baylor | CB | Enrolled | 0.8393 |
| Verkedric Vaughns | Baylor | CB | Signed | 0.8392 |
| Josh Malin | Baylor | SDE | Signed | 0.8389 |
| D'Onta Foreman | Texas | RB | Signed | 0.8383 |
| Torrance Mosley | TCU | ATH | Signed | 0.8382 |
| LJ Collier | TCU | WDE | Signed | 0.8379 |
| Nick Orr | TCU | S | Signed | 0.8377 |
| Keland McElrath | Texas Tech | DT | Enrolled | 0.8344 |
| Patrick Lawrence | Baylor | OT | Signed | 0.8342 |
| Travin Howard | TCU | S | Signed | 0.8315 |
| Xavier Jones | Baylor | WDE | Signed | 0.8311 |
| Connor Wilson | Texas Tech | S | Signed | 0.8308 |
| Robert Castaneda | Texas Tech | OG | Signed | 0.8307 |
| Ryan Parker | TCU | WR | Signed | 0.8307 |
| Ridwan Issahaku | TCU | CB | Signed | 0.8294 |
| Tevin Madison | Texas Tech | CB | Signed | 0.8291 |
| Devonte Jones | Baylor | OG | Signed | 0.8270 |
| Vin Ascolese | TCU | ILB | Signed | 0.8267 |
| Jamarcus Howard | Texas Tech | CB | Commit | 0.8263 |
| Greg Roberts | Baylor | WDE | Commit | 0.8249 |
| Chance Waz | Baylor | S | Signed | 0.8229 |
| Ryan Griswold | TCU | OT | Signed | 0.8227 |
| Donovan Wilson | Texas A&M | S | Signed | 0.8224 |
| Austin Schlottmann | TCU | OT | Signed | 0.8220 |
| Brandon Thorpe | Texas Tech | SDE | Signed | 0.8178 |
| Chris Bradley | TCU | OLB | Signed | 0.8174 |
| Elijah Rodriguez | Texas | OT | Signed | 0.8166 |
| Justin Murphy | Texas Tech | OT | Signed | 0.8160 |
| Jamie Jacobs | Baylor | WDE | Signed | 0.8157 |
| Casey McDermott Vai | TCU | SDE | Signed | 0.8148 |
| Ira Lewis | Baylor | DT | Signed | 0.8138 |
| Michael Coley | Texas Tech | WR | Signed | 0.8115 |
| Blake Mahon | Baylor | TE | Signed | 0.8110 |
| Grant Campbell | Baylor | ILB | Enrolled | 0.8100 |
| Desmon White | TCU | ATH | Signed | 0.8089 |
| Shaquille Davis | Texas Tech | OT | Signed | 0.8056 |
| Tion Wright | Baylor | CB | Enrolled | 0.8056 |
| Andrew Morris | Baylor | DT | Signed | 0.8004 |
| Stefan Beard | Baylor | OG | Commit | 0.8000 |
| Joseph Clark | Texas Tech | S | Commit | 0.7980 |
| Corry O'Meally | TCU | CB | Signed | 0.7959 |
| Trey Elliott | TCU | OT | Signed | 0.7944 |
| Marcus Smith | Texas Tech | DT | Signed | 0.7926 |
| Ty Summers | TCU | ATH | Signed | 0.7744 |
