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Every B1G team’s top-rated recruit in the last five years
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Recruiting rankings are one of the most interesting things to look back on. Guys like Ezekiel Elliott weren’t even ranked in the top five in Ohio State’s 2013 recruiting class while Noah Spence is a consensus top-five recruit in the country. You don’t remember Spence? That’s probably because he’s at Western Kentucky after two failed drug tests.
Here’s every Big Ten team’s top rated recruit in the last five years. You might not recognize some of these names.
East
Indiana
2014 class: Rashard Fant, 4-star CB
Maryland
2012 class: Stefon Diggs, 5-star WR
Michigan
2014 class: Jabrill Peppers, 5-star DB
Michigan State
2014 class: Malik McDowell, 4-star DT
Ohio State
2012 class: Noah Spence, 5-star DE
Penn State
2013 class: Christian Hackenberg, 5-star QB
Rutgers
2011 class: Savon Huggins, 5-star RB
West
Illinois
2011 class: Jon Davis, 4-star TE
Iowa
2010 class: C.J. Fiedorowicz, 4-star TE
Minnesota
2014 class: Jeff Jones, 4-star RB
Nebraska
2011 class: Aaron Green, 4-star RB
Northwestern
2012 class: Ifeadi Odenigbo, 4-star DL
Purdue
2012 class: Ryan Watson, 4-star DL
Wisconsin
2012 class: Dan Voltz, 4-star OL
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.