In my continuing quest to
prove I have no life whatsoever learn some data analysis skills, I have created a monster table that has tabulated all of the FBS recruits from the states that I consider part of the Pac-12's natural recruiting footprint (CA, WA, OR, ID, UT, AZ, HI, CO).
A few notes:
--The time period I used was '08-'16. I would prefer to have the last two cycles included, but I found easily readable CSV files of older classes online. I am pretty sure the source was Scout. Extracting ALL of the records from the Rivals or 247 databases requires ninja skills I don't yet posses.
--In order to keep the list of High Schools somewhat manageable, I filtered out schools that produced less than 3 recruits over that time frame.
--I am still working on my Tableau skills. Ideally I will create a table that can be drilled down to the individual recruit level and is sortable by star-ranking, etc.
High Schools Producing the Most Recruits in Pac-12 FootprintHere is the money (screen) shot for California. It includes all high schools that produced double digit recruits over that time frame - averaging out to a minimum of a little over a recruit per cycle.
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IE Life
The biggest takeaway, is that outside of CA there are very few high schools that produce Pac-12 level recruits year in and year out.
Of course we all know this, but looking at the numbers, it is pretty sobering.
2018 class we signed kids from the following schools that had produced 10 or more recruits over the designated time period:
De la Salle
Mission Viejo
Centennial (AZ)
In 2019 we have offers to kids from:
St. John Bosco (5)
Mater Dei (4)
Oaks Christian (2)
Long Beach Poly (2)
De La Salle (2)
Lutheran
Narbonne
Punahou
I'd be curious how schools like USC, Stanford, and others are recruiting outside the Pac-12 footprint versus inside.
I just need to get away from all the fun projects I have been doing around the house.
It's a hell of a thing when you have more free time on weekdays than on the weekends, but I am married and just moved into a house we remodeled. It cuts into my time spent in the basement.