Whether it’s winning at the highest level of college football or sending players to the National Football League, results show that recruiting rankings — contrary to popular belief — do matter. Just ask Alabama, which has won five of the last 10 national titles and finished atop the 247Sports Composite Team Rankings for seven of the last eight years. The Crimson Tide have the most NFL Draft picks in the last decade (77), as well, a mark which includes a whopping 26 first-rounders. Ohio State — with just 64 players drafted and only one national title since 2008, is a bit behind in both departments — but the Buckeyes continue to close the gap thanks to the two best recruiting classes in program history the last two cycles. The 2017 recruiting class holds the distinction of having the highest per-player average of all-time (94.59), while last year’s haul topped that class in…
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