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Changing face of college football results in blue-chip prospects making some surprising choices
Three of the top five recruits signed with home-state schools, highlighting a shift as traditional powerhouses lose dominance in college football recruiting, 247Sports data shows.
- Three of the 247Sports Composite's top five prospects signed with home-state schools unaccustomed to five-star recruits, while Nashville Christian quarterback Jared Curtis chose Vanderbilt over Georgia Tuesday.
- Amid revenue sharing and transfer-portal changes, recruiting services found a flattening curve reducing blue-blood programs' exclusive hold and some schools hesitate to tie up 20% in quarterback budget decisions.
- Vanderbilt Commodores converted on-field success into recruiting momentum by landing Jared Curtis, the nation's top-ranked prospect this week, highlighting program-level shifts.
- Coaches and programs now weigh investment trade-offs as programs lacking recent success rally around a program-changing talent, with Clark Lea, Vanderbilt coach, highlighting alternatives to `inheriting success`.
- The trend suggests long-term competitive balance could shift, as years ago most top recruits clustered at Ohio State and Alabama, while Penn State's coaching search decimated its class Wednesday.
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Changing face of college football results in blue-chip prospects making some surprising choices
The changing landscape of college football means the nation’s premier recruits are no longer signing with the same handful of programs.
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