to Iowa's and IU's.
I track recruiting classes for Purdue based on what other BCS/Power 5 conference has offered that player per Rivals. I break it down into three levels: Those that did not receive any other P5 offers other than Purdue; those that received a single additional P5 offer in addition to Purdue (Purdue 1), and; those that received two or more P5 offers in addition to Purdue (Purdue 2). I don't try and make a distinction between a player that got 30 offers and a player that got just two additional.
I also compare Purdue's class to those from IU's and Iowa's. I've picked these two schools to use for comparison as A. Conference Rivals and B. Similar demographics in terms of population and competition.
The results are in for this year's class (BTW, until announced otherwise, I'm still counting Turner in Purdue's camp) and are listed below in terms of percentages, along with the historical numbers from 2009 to the present.
2008
Purdue 1 - 50% Purdue 2 - 27%
IU 1 - 15% IU 2 - 15%
Iowa 1 - 68% Iowa 2 - 44%
2009
Purdue 1 - 68% Purdue 2 - 45%
IU 1 - 42% IU 2 - 26%
Iowa 1 - 53% Iowa 2 - 32%
2010
Purdue 1 - 71% Purdue 2 - 50%
IU 1 - 28% IU 2 - 12%
Iowa 1 - 79% Iowa 2 - 74%
2011
Purdue 1 - 60% Purdue 2 - 53%
IU 1 - 67% IU 2 - 14%
Iowa 1 - 87% Iowa 2 - 74%
2012
Purdue 1 - 73% Purdue 2 - 46%
IU 1 - 60% IU 2 - 44%
Iowa 1 - 67% Iowa 2 - 46%
2013
Purdue 1 - 65% Purdue 2 - 52%
IU 1 - 64% IU 2 - 55%
Iowa 1 - 67% Iowa 2 43%
2014
Purdue 1 - 44% Purdue 2 - 33%
IU 1 - 69% IU 2 - 58%
Iowa 1 - 62% Iowa 2 - 38%
2015
Purdue 1 - 46% Purdue 2 - 38%
IU 1 - 86% IU 2 - 77%
Iowa 1 - 48% Iowa 2 - 19%
One thing that has lowered Purdue's numbers a bit over the years is that they have tended to offer more scholarships to Special Team's players (kickers, punters, snappers) than the other two schools. Those players don't typically receive the same attention from P5 schools and help to drag down the numbers. If you took Makowski and Schopper out of the equation for Purdue, their numbers this year would be 52% and 43%. Neither IU or Iowa took a scholarship kicker this year so their numbers would remain the same.
IU had an unusually high number for both their Tier 1 and Tier 2 recruits, basically as high as did Iowa in 2011. Those numbers represent a significant jump for them in the last year to two years from where they have been historically.
On the other side of the coin, Iowa dropped significantly for both of their tiers and posted their lowest numbers as we've seen since I've been tracking.
Purdue stayed largely at the same levels as they were in 2014, dropping slightly with the Tier 1 and rising slightly with the Tier 2 recruits. Both levels are down significantly from 2013.
As has been stated elsewhere, Hazell and his staff need to be right on a number of these recruits. You can chalk up some of these lower numbers to simply trying to fill the roster and create some depth. Going forward into 2016, however, and it's smaller than normal class, I'd like to see the numbers for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 recruits at least revert back to where they were in 2012 if not approach the levels we saw this year out of IU.
Edited for Jones 2015 offers and added in 2008 data.
This post was edited on 2/11 7:34 PM by CalBoiler
I track recruiting classes for Purdue based on what other BCS/Power 5 conference has offered that player per Rivals. I break it down into three levels: Those that did not receive any other P5 offers other than Purdue; those that received a single additional P5 offer in addition to Purdue (Purdue 1), and; those that received two or more P5 offers in addition to Purdue (Purdue 2). I don't try and make a distinction between a player that got 30 offers and a player that got just two additional.
I also compare Purdue's class to those from IU's and Iowa's. I've picked these two schools to use for comparison as A. Conference Rivals and B. Similar demographics in terms of population and competition.
The results are in for this year's class (BTW, until announced otherwise, I'm still counting Turner in Purdue's camp) and are listed below in terms of percentages, along with the historical numbers from 2009 to the present.
2008
Purdue 1 - 50% Purdue 2 - 27%
IU 1 - 15% IU 2 - 15%
Iowa 1 - 68% Iowa 2 - 44%
2009
Purdue 1 - 68% Purdue 2 - 45%
IU 1 - 42% IU 2 - 26%
Iowa 1 - 53% Iowa 2 - 32%
2010
Purdue 1 - 71% Purdue 2 - 50%
IU 1 - 28% IU 2 - 12%
Iowa 1 - 79% Iowa 2 - 74%
2011
Purdue 1 - 60% Purdue 2 - 53%
IU 1 - 67% IU 2 - 14%
Iowa 1 - 87% Iowa 2 - 74%
2012
Purdue 1 - 73% Purdue 2 - 46%
IU 1 - 60% IU 2 - 44%
Iowa 1 - 67% Iowa 2 - 46%
2013
Purdue 1 - 65% Purdue 2 - 52%
IU 1 - 64% IU 2 - 55%
Iowa 1 - 67% Iowa 2 43%
2014
Purdue 1 - 44% Purdue 2 - 33%
IU 1 - 69% IU 2 - 58%
Iowa 1 - 62% Iowa 2 - 38%
2015
Purdue 1 - 46% Purdue 2 - 38%
IU 1 - 86% IU 2 - 77%
Iowa 1 - 48% Iowa 2 - 19%
One thing that has lowered Purdue's numbers a bit over the years is that they have tended to offer more scholarships to Special Team's players (kickers, punters, snappers) than the other two schools. Those players don't typically receive the same attention from P5 schools and help to drag down the numbers. If you took Makowski and Schopper out of the equation for Purdue, their numbers this year would be 52% and 43%. Neither IU or Iowa took a scholarship kicker this year so their numbers would remain the same.
IU had an unusually high number for both their Tier 1 and Tier 2 recruits, basically as high as did Iowa in 2011. Those numbers represent a significant jump for them in the last year to two years from where they have been historically.
On the other side of the coin, Iowa dropped significantly for both of their tiers and posted their lowest numbers as we've seen since I've been tracking.
Purdue stayed largely at the same levels as they were in 2014, dropping slightly with the Tier 1 and rising slightly with the Tier 2 recruits. Both levels are down significantly from 2013.
As has been stated elsewhere, Hazell and his staff need to be right on a number of these recruits. You can chalk up some of these lower numbers to simply trying to fill the roster and create some depth. Going forward into 2016, however, and it's smaller than normal class, I'd like to see the numbers for both Tier 1 and Tier 2 recruits at least revert back to where they were in 2012 if not approach the levels we saw this year out of IU.
Edited for Jones 2015 offers and added in 2008 data.
This post was edited on 2/11 7:34 PM by CalBoiler
