![]() Oliver spurned the entire Power 5, stayed home at Houston and was selected ninth overall by the Buffalo Bills in 2019. Little went to Ole Miss and was drafted in the second round by the Carolina Panthers. Offensive lineman Greg Little and defensive tackle Ed Oliver were both five-star prospects in the Class of 2016. ![]() Here, we examine the core question: If you’re a three-, four- or five-star recruit, which school gives you the best chance to go pro? To prevent small sample sizes, we limited the rankings to schools that signed at least five five-star prospects and 20 four-star prospects. The top and bottom 10 featured some usual suspects and some surprises. Then we tallied the percentages for each school. Using the 247Sports Composite Rating, we tallied the total three-, four- and five-star prospects signed at each of the 65 Power 5 programs from 2009 through 2019 and how many of each star rating were drafted from 2012 through 2022 in the seven-round event that features more than 250 picks each year. ![]() For three-, four- and five-star prospects, which schools had the highest percentage of prospects drafted? ![]() The Athletic dug into 11 years of data to find the answer. ![]() Do prospects really need to attend elite programs such as Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State and Clemson to develop into future picks, or would their chances of success be just as strong at any school with a quality coaching staff? Yet year after year, college coaches survey the recruiting landscape, match it against the NFL Draft numbers … and find analysis lacking. ![]()
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