If you’re a college football fan and you’ve been on Twitter in the past couple months, you’ve probably seen the debates about the importance of recruiting rankings and how much stars matter.
Some people argue that recruiting success is the overarching, single-most important factor in the success of a college football program, while others believe coaching and development are more important than the talent of players coming out of high school.
Truly, both are important, but both of these facts are also true: In the past decade, Ohio State has consistently put together some of the best recruiting classes in the country year in and year out, while the Buckeyes have also had more players selected in the NFL draft – a prime indicator of how effectively each school both recruited and developed talent – than almost any other school.