SEC Recruiting Territories: What Do They Mean?

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Alabama: 10
Georgia: 5
Texas: 2
Mississippi: 2
Virginia: 1
Tennessee: 1

Total:20

Conclusion: Nick Saban doesn't get to far from the university to get his recruits as all but one is from the Southeast. After all the Big 12 can't get all the Texas recruits. Everyone knows the guy can recruit, but its gotta be a luxury to have the home grown talent he has down there.

So far Saban has 20 players spanning six different states, even though they all speak with pretty much the same accent. One things for sure it limits any confusion.

Well we all know the kinds of players Mr. Petrino likes in his system, let's see how much he spanning the country.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Arkansas: 2
Texas: 2
Missouri: 2
Alabama:1
North Carolina: 1

Total: 8

It seems Bobby boy is trying to span the globe the best he can, hanging out in the Carolinas and the Ozarks. It just isn't quite working out for him yet.

So far he has eight recruits across five different states with the only real reach being the kid from the Tar Heel state.

Well he sorta looks like Gene Chizik. So far the new coach is doing pretty decent in terms of numbers, coming off of a 5-7 season.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Alabama: 6
Georgia: 5
California: 1
Mississippi: 1
Florida: 1

Total: 14

Not too bad for getting ol' Nick's leftovers, and also kudos from taking more talent away from the Pac-10.

So far out of 14 recruits, eight call a different place home.

How much speed can one state have? Florida is so loaded with top recruits there is no way they can keep them all in state. Not that Urban Meyer won't try.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Florida: 10
Georgia: 2
New York: 1
New Hampshire: 1
Alabama: 1
Maryland: 1
North Carolina: 1

Total:17

Though Urban sure doesn't have to go far he isn't afraid to go out and get some one in a different area code. So far out of 17 recruits, seven will be making a big move.

Another guy who can just sit back and let the homegrown talent come to him. Let's see how much he travels.

Georgia: 10
Florida: 7
South Carolina: 1

Total 18

So now we see who gets all the kids that decide that Florida is a terrible place to live. Seven out of eight out-of-state kids would've been Gators with one lone Gamecock flappin' in the wind.

How this guy is fielding a competitive team I have no idea. Either he will get all his recruits at once, or he can pray for a lot talented walk-ons.

At least he can reach out and touch someone from another state with one recruit coming out of Georgia and one out of South Carolina.

Good luck coach everyone else is way ahead so far.

That's right, young talented out-of-state kids Uncle Les wants you, and he ain't afraid to go after you either. Of course he doesn't have to go to far if he doesn't want to. Check it out.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Louisiana: 9
Ohio: 1
Alabama: 2
Texas: 4
Georgia: 2
Tennessee: 1
Virginia: 1
Kansas:1

Total: 21

That equals about 40 percent coming out of state. Not to shabby. It can't be too hard to sell the home of Mardi Gras. However, I'm sure he leaves the Katrina pictures out of the brochure.

Perhaps old Coach Orgeron should been kept on just to recruit. Houston Nutt needs to get back on the trail if he wants to win with players he brings in, because by the looks of it no one is buying the Ole Miss is on the rise hoopla.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Mississippi: 1
Florida: 1
Arkansas: 1
Georgia: 1

Four recruits? Only four people want to attend a top 10 school. Well I'm speechless, maybe Coach Nutt can dig a couple out of his old stompin' grounds of Arkansas but it doesn't look like it.

I know that's not Coach Mullen, but I liked old Sylvester. He deserves a little more credit in my opinion. Hopefully Coach Mullen can prove me wrong, but I don't think anyone can win down there anymore. At least he's beating out his neighbors in Oxford for the local guys.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Mississippi: 6
Alabama: 2

It seems that the new coach needs to go flash some of his rings off to try and lure these kids to Starkville. I blame it all on the cow bells getting taken away.

What a cute pic of Fuzzy and the Ole' Ball Coach. Oh I'm sorry thats right, Spurrier is a ball coach. However, establishing the same success as he had in his past just isn't working out. He still gets around some however as you can see.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

South Carolina: 5
Georgia: 4
Florida: 4
North Carolina: 2

Phone conversation with recruit: "Hello there you may have heard of me, my name is Steve Spurrier, yeah thats right the Ole Ball Coach. I figured I would come visit ya, but I don't know if there are any good golf courses in that area...uh hello, hello, ah hell somebody get my clubs."

The man everyone loves to hate, sure does get around. Apparently recruits from all over are like man this Kiffin guy is crazy. So crazy that he intrigues them all to at least give Tennessee a though. Go to any recruting page, and you will see a 5-7 Tennessee team is on just about all the recruits top choices.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Tennessee: 1
Georgia: 2
California: 3
Florida: 3
South Carolina: 1
Kentucky: 1
Illinois: 2
Mississippi: 1
Louisiana: 1

Total: 15

Every recruit but one call somewhere besides the Volunteer state home. Though his fence isn't finished as far as keeping all the recruits in state as he preached when he first got the job, he sure is fulfilling the promise that he would bring plenty of recruits. I'm sure coaches Zook, Carroll, and the rest of the SEC wishes he would stay inside his fence.

Can some big college that needs a heck of a coach give the guy on the right a job so the guy on the left can finish his days going to coach the Commodores. Bobby Johnson would bring any college back in the picture, for Christ's sake he has made Vanderbilt competitive. Though none of his recruits are that highly rated, he gets plenty from everywhere.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Tennessee: 0
Mississippi: 1
Georgia: 9
South Carolina: 2
New Jersey: 1
Pennsylvania: 1
Alabama: 2
Louisiana: 2
Texas: 1
Florida: 1

Total: 20

Wow Bobby Johnson must love Georgia. Maybe he just has to travel to find smart athletic kids here and there. Or maybe he is turning heads across the country with the job he is doing at the one time SEC doormat.

22 different states have contributed to SEC football so far in this year's recruiting class. Let's see where we are getting our future stars from.

Recruiting Territory Breakdown:

Georgia: 41
Florida: 27
Alabama: 24
Mississippi: 12
Louisiana: 12
South Carolina: 10
Texas: 9
North Carolina: 4
California: 4
Tennessee: 3
Arkansas: 3
Virginia: 2
Missouri: 2
Illinois: 2
New York: 1
New Hampshire: 1
Maryland: 1
Ohio: 1
Kansas: 1
Kentucky: 1
New Jersey: 1
Pennsylvania: 1

Regional stats:

Southeast- 139
Southwest- 9
Midwest- 6
Northeast- 5
West- 4
Northwest- 0

Total- 162

Although SEC coaches do get around and are probably aggravating the other BCS conferences by stealing their top prospects, the South is still lush with recruits. I believe it is a strategy of trying to secure the Southeast before actually venturing off to faraway land to lure people to the SEC.

I have to give the best National recruiting award to Lane Kiffin with Bobby Johnson coming in second. Sure the other schools like Florida, Georgia and Alabama are looking better as far as stars, but the two coaches from Tennessee don't have that much division I talent in-state and are forced to leave their comfort zones. They are both rather new and kinda have to look outside the region, considering Urban, Nick, and Mark got the area locked down.

Conclusion: The SEC is a very appealing to kids around the country. Some just can't bare to leave to far from home. However, that being said a lot of the superior talented kids want to come play for the SEC, because they know they will be playing for the best teams. I look for more and more outsiders to be trying to make their way in, before the recruiting battle is over.