We took inventory of the 2025 highschool recruiting lessons for all 16 groups within the new look Massive 12 forward of a busy month of official visits in June. Let’s reassess that progress with one thought on every program whereas the summer time lifeless interval continues.
(All rankings are from the 247Sports Composite up to date by July 2.)
Arizona
Nationwide rank: forty sixth
Convention rank: seventh
Variety of commits: 17
Common participant score: 86.15
The Wildcats have the third-lowest common participant score within the league, however this system did get a much-needed inflow of recruits as first-year head coach Brent Brennan added 15 commits within the month of June. Seven of these hail from Texas — clearly a concerted effort for the brand new Massive 12 members — together with three-star working again Wesley Yarbrough, the top-rated commit within the class. Zona additionally flipped in-state cornerback Dajon Hinton from Arizona State.
Arizona State
Nationwide rank: thirty first
Convention rank: fifth
Variety of commits: 18
Common participant score: 86.84
First-year broad receivers coach and former NFL All-Professional Hines Ward is already paying dividends for Kenny Dillingham and the Solar Devils. On the heels of touchdown a dedication from four-star, top-200 prospect Adrian Wilson in April, Hines led the cost on June commits from three-star wideouts Cameron Dyer and Cory Butler. Dyer, who performs quarterback for La Cueva Excessive College however will come to ASU as a receiver, was named New Mexico’s 2023 Gatorade Participant of the Yr after tallying 55 whole touchdowns throughout a state championship run.
Let’s work. #COMMITTED #FORKSUP #ActivateTheValley 🔱🔱🔱🔱🔱 pic.twitter.com/Xi6hk6L5pV
— Cameron Dyer (@camdyer7) June 5, 2024
Baylor
Nationwide rank: 51st
Convention rank: ninth
Variety of commits: 13
Common participant score: 86.49
Baylor is pushing for a turnaround with head coach Dave Aranda again pulling the strings on protection. The Bears added some much-needed velocity to the secondary final month with in-state commitments from hybrid security Bo Onu and cornerback Leo Almanza, each of whom are highschool monitor standouts. Onu ran the 100 meters in 11.38 seconds as a junior, and Almanza posted 22.04 seconds within the 200 meters this spring.
Nationwide rank: 58th
Convention rank: thirteenth
Variety of commits: 15
Common participant score: 85.00
BYU is mentioning the rear by way of per-player common score, however the Cougars added a large dedication atop the category final month in four-star, top-400 recruit Lamason Waller. The rangy 6-foot-2 broad receiver from outdoors Los Angeles was a precedence goal for BYU and picked Provo over gives from a slew of top-tier faculties within the SEC and Massive Ten.
Nationwide rank: fifty fifth
Convention rank: twelfth
Variety of commits: 15
Common participant score: 86.79
Including size has been an emphasis for head coach Scott Satterfield after a disappointing first 12 months within the Massive 12, which was mirrored within the measurables of Cincinnati’s June commitments. The Bearcats added high-three-star wideouts CJ Crite (6-1) and Mikkel Skinner (6-3), in-state linebackers Paul Nelson (6-2) and Terrell Holcomb (6-3), cornerback Jordyn Woods (6-3), and offensive linemen Jahari Medlock (6-6) and Jeremiah Kelly (6-3 with 33.5-inch arms).
Nationwide rank: 79th
Convention rank: sixteenth
Variety of commits: 5
Common participant score: 87.51
The Buffs and Deion Sanders added solely two commits final month, however Colorado additionally has the third-highest common participant score within the Massive 12. And a kind of two commits was a giant one: Chauncey Gooden, a four-star, top-400 prospect out of Nashville who tasks as an inside offensive lineman. Gooden selected CU over a listing of finalists together with Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon and Tennessee.
Nationwide rank: forty first
Convention rank: sixth
Variety of commits: 16
Common participant score: 86.58
Enormous month for first-year head coach Willie Fritz, who added 11 commitments in June to push the Coogs into the highest half of Massive 12 recruiting rankings. The crown jewel of that scorching month was Demetris Dean, a four-star, top-400 offensive deal with. Houston has proven a capability previously to win in-state recruiting battles, courting again to Ed Oliver, and Fritz’s capacity to reel in elite Texas recruits corresponding to Dean with some extent of regularity can be paramount as this system continues within the Massive 12.
Iowa State
Nationwide rank: sixty fourth
Convention rank: fifteenth
Variety of commits: 12
Common participant score: 86.24
It was a comparatively quiet month on the path for Iowa State and head coach Matt Campbell, including 5 commits. Three-star working again Ryver Peppers was the very best rated of the bunch, selecting the Cyclones over Massive 12 rival Kansas State. ISU additionally landed three-star defensive lineman B.J. Carter out of Florida, a state that has produced some impression gamers for this system lately, together with quarterback Rocco Becht, receiver Jayden Higgins and up to date defensive lineman switch Kenard Snyder.
Nationwide rank: 54th
Convention rank: eleventh
Variety of commits: 14
Common participant score: 86.08
Half of the Jayhawks’ 10 commits in June got here on the identical day — Father’s Day, June 16. All 5 recruits play protection, together with high-three-star linebacker Kenyon Rivera out of Georgia’s Buford Excessive College. Regardless of having the league’s second-lowest common participant score, Kansas additionally added a headliner with an in-state dedication from Juju Marks, a four-star, top-400 offensive line prospect.
Kansas State
Nationwide rank: 63rd
Convention rank: 14th
Variety of commits: 12
Common participant score: 87.40
After a strong run in June, the Wildcats hooked a whopper on July 1 with a dedication from five-star tight finish Linkon Treatment, a top-30 prospect who could be Okay-State’s highest-rated highschool signee of the 247Sports period. We wrote about this system’s pursuit of Treatment final month, and Kansas State delivered throughout a late-June official go to. The 6-foot-6 recruit from Goodland, Kansas — on the alternative facet of the state from KSU’s Manhattan campus — is a large recruiting win for head coach Chris Klieman.
Nationwide rank: twenty eighth
Convention rank: third
Variety of commits: 17
Common participant score: 87.11
The Pokes beefed up the defensive trenches with a trio of defensive position commitments from Michael Riles, Jordan Covington and Alexander McPherson. Riles is the highest-touted of the bunch, a four-star, top-350 prospect from Port Arthur, Texas, and the second-highest rated decide to Oklahoma State’s class behind four-star quarterback Adam Schobel.
Nationwide rank: 14th
Convention rank: 1st
Variety of commits: 21
Common participant score: 88.23
Nobody within the Massive 12 has had a greater summer time on the recruiting path than the Horned Frogs, who reeled in 4 four-star, top-400 prospects over the course of a month. It began on the final day of Could with a dedication from Chad Woodfork, a 6-foot-4 edge rusher from outdoors of Houston and close to top-100 recruit based on the 247Sports Composite rankings. The run ended with a dedication from four-star cornerback Micah Strickland, a top-150 recruit from Brownsboro, Texas, who measures 6-feet tall with a 6-foot-6 wingspan.
Funky city, I’m residence 🐸 https://t.co/Pveu8Acovo
— Chad Woodfork (@chad_woodfork) Could 31, 2024
Nationwide rank: twenty ninth
Convention rank: 4th
Variety of commits: 17
Common participant score: 86.78
Let’s give some flowers to Texas Tech assistant Justin Johnson. The Pink Raiders broad receivers coach and passing recreation coordinator (nicknamed “Coach Juice”) has had some massive recruiting wins in his two seasons in Lubbock, most notably five-star wideout Micah Hudson from final 12 months’s banner class. In 2025, Johnson has a hand in commitments from a pair of four-star, top-400 in-state receiver prospects — Tristian Gentry final fall and Bryson Jones final month. Jones, a 6-foot-1 goal out of Frisco, Texas, additionally logged 11.56 seconds within the 100 meters earlier this 12 months.
Nationwide rank: fiftieth
Convention rank: eighth
Variety of commits: 11
Common participant score: 88.38
The Knights are at the moment eighth within the Massive 12 recruiting rankings for 2025 however have the league’s highest common participant score. That mark obtained a bump in current weeks due to commitments from a pair of high-three-star in-state prospects: cornerback Rukeem Stroud and wideout Carl Jenkins Jr. Stroud, a 5-foot-11 prospect out of Tampa, flipped from Wisconsin to UCF, the place he joins wideout and highschool teammate Santonyo Isaac, a fellow 2025 recruit.
Utah
Nationwide rank: 52nd
Convention rank: tenth
Variety of commits: 13
Common participant score: 86.38
9 of 11 2025 commits over the previous month play protection. The linebacking unit specifically obtained a lift with commitments from Christian Thatcher, Cyrus Polu and Max Fonoimoana. Thatcher is a four-star, top-350 prospect from Las Vegas who picked Utah over Colorado, Kansas and Washington. Polu is an in-state pick-up, and Fonoimoana, who may also play as a rush finish, is a legacy recruit, the youthful brother of security Brock Fonoimoana and grandson of former Utes quarterback Invoice Cravens.
Nationwide rank: twenty seventh
Convention rank: 2nd
Variety of commits: 21
Common participant score: 86.46
The Mountaineers dipped down into Florida for 4 commits in June, with offensive coordinator Chad Scott and assistants Bilal Marshall (RBs) and ShaDon Brown (DBs) making some critical in-roads within the Sunshine State. Working again Deandre Desinor is the highest prize from that haul, a four-star prospect out of Delray Seaside, simply north of Fort Lauderdale. The 5-foot-9 spark plug ought to match properly into West Virginia’s run-heavy offense.
(Picture of TCU coach Sonny Dykes: Sam Hodde / Getty Photos)