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A solid college football coaching staff isn’t just key for winning football games, it’s imperative to win on the recruiting trail, too. Having coaches capable of bringing in some of the top talent is key in the sport.
With the 2019 recruiting period now over, we thought it’d be fun to see which coaches were the best recruiters on every B1G team, and how they stacked up with the rest of the conference. The rankings come via 247Sports.
Here was this season’s most valuable recruiter for every team in the B1G:
Michigan
Top recruiter: Chris Partridge, LB coach
B1G ranking: 1
No. of commits: 9
Top signee: Daxton Hill, DB
Penn State
Top recruiter: Ja’Juan Seider, RB coach
B1G ranking: 2
No. of commits: 6
Top signee: Devyn Ford, RB
Ohio State
Top recruiter: Ryan Day, QB coach (new head coach)
B1G ranking: 3
No. of commits: 4
Top signee: Garrett Wilson, WR
Nebraska
Top recruiter: Ryan Held, RB coach
B1G ranking: 7
No. of commits: 7
Top signee: Wandale Robinson, RB
Illinois
Top recruiter: Cory Patterson, TE coach
B1G ranking: 9
No. of commits: 5
Top signee: Isaiah Williams, ATH
Michigan State
Top recruiter: Terry Samuel, WR coach
B1G ranking: 11
No. of commits: 5
Top signee: Devontae Dobbs, OG
Wisconsin
Top recruiter: Mickey Turner, TE coach
B1G ranking: 14
No. of commits: 5
Top signee: Logan Brown, OT
Purdue
Top recruiter: Jamarcus Shephard, WR coach
B1G ranking: 17
No. of commits: 4
Top signee: David Bell, WR
Iowa
Top recruiter: Seth Wallace, DC
B1G rank: 25
No. of commits: 5
Top signee: Jestin Jacobs, LB
Northwestern
Top recruiter: Louis Aneyi, RB coach
B1G rank: 26
No. of commits: 5
Top signee: Genson Hooper-Price, WR
Indiana
Top recruiter: Mark Hagen, DL coach
B1G rank: 28
No. of commits: 5
Top signee: Beau Robbins, DE
Minnesota
Top recruiter: Clay Patterson, TE coach
B1G rank: 37
No. of commits: 4
Top signee: Gervarrius Owens, DB
Maryland
Top recruiter: Cory Robinson, CB coach
B1G rank: 38
No. of commits: 4
Top signee: Cortez Andrews, LB
Rutgers
Top recruiter: Lester Erb, ST coordinator
B1G rank: 44
No. of commits: 4
Top signee: Aaron Young, RB
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB