Big 12 + A&M recruiting: Where each team ranks nationally in 2019
Recruiting never sleeps.
While college football fans eagerly await kickoff of the 2018-19 season, their favorite programs are in mid-season form on the recruiting trail angling for the inside track on the best 2019 recruits across the country.
Here is a look at how each Big 12 program (plus Texas A&M) is doing on the trail so far, according to 247Sports.
Texas A&M
2019 ranking: 2
Commitments: 18
5-stars: 2
4-stars: 6
3-stars: 9
Average recruit grade: 89.82
Total: 246.38
Top recruit: 5-star OT Kenyon Green (Humble, TX/Atascocita)
DFW recruits: 5-star S Brian Williams (Dallas/Bishop Dunne); 4-star S Demani Richardson (Waxahachie); 4-star WR Kam Brown (Colleyville Heritage); 4-star TE Baylor Cupp (Brock); 2-star K Caden Davis (Coppell)
Final 2018 ranking: 17
Oklahoma
2019 ranking: 6
Commitments: 13
5-stars: 1
4-stars: 8
3-stars: 4
Average recruit grade: 92.14
Total: 230.02
Top recruit: 5-star WR Theo Wease (Allen, TX)
DFW recruits: Wease; 4-star TE Austin Stogner (Plano Prestonwood Christian); 4-star WR Trejan Bridges (Hebron); 4-star OG EJ Ndoma-Ogar (Allen)
Final 2018 ranking: 9
Texas
2019 ranking: 18
Commitments: 10
5-stars: 1
4-stars: 6
3-stars: 3
Average recruit grade: 92.37
Total: 196.17
Top recruit: 5-star OT Tyler Johnson (Conroe, TX)
DFW recruits: None
Final 2018 ranking: 3
TCU
2019 ranking: 25
Commitments: 14
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 1
3-stars: 13
Average recruit grade: 86.38
Total: 172.08
Top recruit: 4-star QB Max Duggan (Council Bluffs, IA/Lewis Central)
DFW recruits: 3-star CB Donavann Collins (Cedar Hill); 3-star CB William Jones (Mansfield Summit); 3-star LB Wyatt Harris (Aledo)
Final 2018 ranking: 25
Oklahoma State
2019 ranking: 31
Commitments: 15
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 1
3-stars: 13
Average recruit grade: 84.57
Total: 163.78
Top recruit: 4-star TE Grayson Boomer (Collinsville, OK)
DFW recruits: 3-star DT Jayden Jernigan (Allen); 3-star OT Preston Wilson (Argyle); 3-star DE Isreal Isuman-Hundley (Argyle Liberty Christian); 3-star DT Xavier Ross (Cedar Hill);
Final 2018 ranking: 33
Iowa State
2019 ranking: 37
Commitments: 14
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 0
3-stars: 14
Average recruit grade: 84.90
Total: 158.61
Top recruit: 3-star DE Blake Peterson (Beresford, SD)
DFW recruits: None
Final 2018 ranking: 55
Baylor
2019 ranking: 38
Commitments: 12
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 1
3-stars: 11
Average recruit grade: 86.06
Total: 155.84
Top recruit: 4-star QB Jacob Zeno (San Antonio/John Jay)
DFW recruits: 4-star RB Qualan Jones (Cedar Hill Trinity Christian); 3-star S Solomon Turner (Plano Prestonwood Christian)
Final 2018 ranking: 30
Texas Tech
2019 ranking: 42
Commitments: 12
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 1
3-stars: 11
Average recruit grade: 84.90
Total: 145.52
Top recruit: 4-star DE Steven Parker (Dallas/South Oak Cliff)
DFW recruits: Parker; 3-star WR La'vontae Shenault (DeSoto); 3-star WR Trey Cleveland (Arlington); 3-star LB Bryce Robinson (Sachse)
Final 2018 ranking: 73
West Virginia
2019 ranking: 73
Commitments: 6
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 0
3-stars: 6
Average recruit grade: 83.80
Total: 79.04
Top recruit: 3-star LB Lee Kpogba (Winston Salem, NC/Parkland)
DFW recruits: None
Final 2018 ranking: 35
Kansas State
2019 ranking: 86
Commitments: 4
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 0
3-stars: 4
Average recruit grade: 84.55
Total: 57.08
Top recruit: 3-star ATH Velton Gardner (Dallas/Skyline)
DFW recruits: Gardner; 3-star OG Trevor Stange (Coppell)
Final 2018 ranking: 71
Kansas
2019 ranking: 101
Commitments: 2
5-stars: 0
4-stars: 1
3-stars: 1
Average recruit grade: 87.27
Total: 34.47
Top recruit: 4-star QB Lance LeGendre (New Orleans/Warren Easton)
DFW recruits: None
Final 2018 ranking: 61