Power Ranking SEC Football Recruiting Class Post High School All-America Games

The SEC has a ton of talent coming in. Power ranking the recruiting classes proved to be a tougher task than expected because 12 of the 14 SEC schools have top-36 classes. 

With all of the High School All-America games done, the SEC recruiting classes all picked up some talented prospects and showcased it this weekend. The biggest winner this weekend was Florida by winning the Caleb Brantley sweepstakes.

With help from Rivals.com, we'll go over the the different classes from the SEC. Follow along with us as we rank the SEC recruiting classes from worst to best.

14. Kentucky

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 1

No. of 3-star recruits: 13

Much like their actual play on the field, this class has shown to be the worst in the SEC. That shouldn't be blamed on Mark Stoops—he just got there. 

They did get four very underrated athletic offensive line prospects. Jake Boynton and Justin Day are a pair of tackle prospects who are tall with great length. They also got a pair of guards from Florida, and the four linemen in this recruiting class could be the long-term starters.

Za'Darius Smith is a 4-star prospect who was also recruited by some of the top programs in the nation. He could end up starting early and helping the poor Kentucky defense right away.

13. Arkansas

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 1

No. of 3-star recruits: 13

Hunter Henry—a 4-star tight end from Little Rock, Ariz.—is the best player in this class. He's a 6'6", 235-pound speedster who could provide an option early on for the Arkansas offense. After him, it's surprising to see there is only one offensive lineman committed.

Bret Bielema has a pedigree from Wisconsin of building amazing offensive lines, and he will have to build on some of the old Petrino recruits to get there. Give Bielema more than just this short offseason, and he should have an excellent class...next year.

12. Missouri

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 1

No. of 3-star recruits: 17

Just one 4-star prospect has to be concerning for the long-term hope of the team. However, Gary Pinkel has been there forever, and I don't see him losing his job for not getting enough top prospects. 

Chase Abbington is the only 4-star prospect he brought in. However, the 6'4", 210-pound athlete projects well as a receiver prospect with 4.4 speed and good hands. Abbington has the tools to start right away, and with the amount of multiple receiver sets Missouri runs, he should at least see a ton of playing time.

11. Vanderbilt

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 2

No. of 3-star recruits: 19

Vanderbilt has 21 prospects committed and they are all 3 stars or higher. I would have personally rated them higher if they had more 4-star prospects than they have now. However, this is still a talented class and also what has become the new normal for James Franklin.

The best two prospects in the class are the leaders on their respective sides of the ball: 4-star linebacker Nigel Bowden has the potential to become a sideline-to-sideline middle linebacker, while 4-star quarterback Johnathon McCrary has the build and arm to be another Jay Cutler.

10. Mississippi State

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 3

No. of 3-star recruits: 13

Cord Sandberg is a coup for this class. He's a 4-star quarterback from Bradenton, Fla., and was being courted by LSU and Clemson, among others. He also leads a plethora of wide receivers and athletes in this year's class. 

Dan Mullen is another one of the coaches who tries to hit his home state and surrounding states hard. 11 of his 20 commits are from Mississippi. Of the nine that aren't, five of those players are from either Alabama or Louisiana.

9. Tennessee

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 4

No. of 3-star recruits: 13

Rome wasn't built in a day. And rebuilding Tennessee into a great program won't happen in just a year. However, Butch Jones is the right man for the job and will start off with at least four 4-star recruits in his inaugural recruiting class. 

It's a linemen heavy class that's headlined by Tennessee natives OL Austin Sanders and DE Jason Carr. These two are some of the top linemen in the state of Tennessee, and by keeping them at home, Butch Jones will start to build the program how it should be built.

8. Ole Miss

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 4

No. of 3-star recruits: 16

Ole Miss isn't going to get a ton of early contributors with this type of class. They'll get some depth early, but will have some guys they can develop into long-term starters. Their overall amount of commits should make Hugh Freeze happy. 

Something that should make the defensive coordinator in Oxford happy is the pair of massive interior defensive linemen they are bringing in. Herbert Moore is a 335-pound behemoth and Lavon Hooks or Jarran Reed should be his partner in crime if they can develop into a top-notch nose tackle-under tackle pairing. 

7. Auburn

No. of 5-star recruits: 2

No. of 4-star recruits: 6

No. of 3-star recruits: 5

Gus Malzahn is showing why he got hired in the first place. What this class lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality. He has a pair of 5-star players coming in that could start right off the rip in Muscle Shoals, Alabama defensive end Dee Liner and Alpharetta, Ga., defensive end Carl Lawson.

The one guy that is going to be fun to watch Malzahn develop is 4-star quarterback Jeremy Johnson. The 6'6" gunslinger from Montgomery, Ala., could compete for a starting job early. The only curious aspect to this recruiting class is the pair of kicking prospects he has gotten to commit.

6. South Carolina

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 5

No. of 3-star recruits: 15

In what looks like a surprisingly average recruiting class for the Gamecocks, they still have a ton of talent coming into Columbia for 2013. Connor Mitch is the best prospect of the group and is a quarterback who could end up as a three- or four-year starter when all is said and done.

Another headliner of the class is D.J. Park from Dillon, S.C. He's a massive 6'6", 335-pound lineman who can eventually take over at left tackle. RB David Williams could be the earliest impact player of the class, as Steve Spurrier loves to play his running backs early.

5. Georgia

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 14

No. of 3-star recruits: 15

Georgia kicks off this year's recruiting class with a trio of mammoth 310-plus pound defensive tackles who could also end up as defensive ends in the 3-4 they run. They also brought in Tramel Terry, a tremendous athlete who can play receiver, running back or even corner.

Mark Richt is bringing in another one of his Georgia-centric recruiting classes as well. 15 of his 29 commits for this year are from Georgia, with the majority of them in the greater Atlanta area.

4. Texas A&M

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 15

No. of 3-star recruits: 19

Picking up 4-star receiver Tony Stevens only helped their class. The 6'3" receiver is the 15th 4-star prospect to commit to Texas A&M. That says a ton for how Kevin Sumlin is running his program. While he doesn't have any 5-star recruits, he's shown that he doesn't need them to win 10 games in a season.

A ton of these players are joining Sumlin for the opportunity to play with Johnny Manziel. The Heisman winner has been a huge draw in recruiting this season and will be one for at least another year. That shouldn't discount another thing that Texas A&M could be a dark horse for in 2013: a national title.

3. Florida

No. of 5-star recruits: 1

No. of 4-star recruits: 13

No. of 3-star recruits: 10

Florida's Will Muschamp has brought in a ton of talent to the Gators and continues his streak this year. Headlined by Vernon Hargreaves III—a top-rated defensive back from the Tampa area—the Gators have a ton of talent along the speed positions of defensive back, receiver and running back this year.

Muschamp did get some talented defensive linemen this year. Caleb Brantley was one that declared during the All-American weekend, and he could be a long-term nose tackle for the defense in Gainesville.

2. Louisiana State

No. of 5-star recruits: 0

No. of 4-star recruits: 17

No. of 3-star recruits: 8

Les Miles has always been able to collect top prospects at LSU. This year is no different. They have one of the best recruiting classes this year. The class this year is headlined by lineman as opposed to playmakers. 

Josh Boutte, Andy Dodd and Ethan Pocic could end up being the left side of the Tigers line for at least two years together. Add in the seven defensive linemen that Miles added to the program, and this class looks like it's got a ton of early contributors.

1. Alabama

No. of 5-star recruits: 2

No. of 4-star recruits: 12

No. of 3-star recruits: 7

Alabama has arguably the best recruiting class in the entire country right now. So the fact that they are the best in the SEC shouldn't shock anyone. Their class is headlined by Ashburn, Va., defensive end Jonathan Allen and Autauga, Ala., tight end O.J. Howard.

Their plethora of 4-star prospects will only help with the rankings. Nick Saban has always been an excellent recruiter, and winning two of the last three championships and playing in a third championship game in four years only help his case.

All stats used are either from Pro Football Focus's Premium Stats, ESPN.com, CFBStats.com or NFL.com. 

Scott Carasik is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. He covers the Atlanta Falcons, NFL and NFL draft. He is also the Falcons analyst at Drafttek, runs the NFL draft website ScarDraft.com and hosts Kvetching Draftniks Radio.

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