B1G Recruiting Update: 5-2-2015

Purdue made a big move in the 2016 rankings.

Apologies to those who read this before it went to Blog Heaven.

PURDUE PUR-DID
Darrell Hazell and the Boilermakers picked up their first 2016 commit when cornerback Joshua Hayes committed on Thursday. The three star cornerback plays for Pike High School in Indianapolis. Congrats to Purdue for being the last B1G school to get a commit for 2016.

MOVING ON UP
Rutgers made the biggest move this week by moving up number 10 to number 7 in the B1G. The Scarlet Knights didn't a verbal commit, but the lack of talent selected by Illinois, Northwestern and Maryland moved Rutgers up three positions.

Wisconsin and Minnesota are the only other schools to improve their stock. Wisconsin improved two positions when OLB Mason Stokke gave his verbal on the 22nd. The Gophers were helped by two offensive tackles. Commitments by Sean Foster and Sam Schlueter rocketed Minnesota up to No. 6 on the B1G recruiting leader board.

Attendance at Memorial Stadium won't improve if Illinois continues to drop the ball on the recruiting trail.

BIGGEST LOSERS
If teams move up other teams must move down. Illinois fell the most dropping five spots from 7 down to 12. Rutgers lost two of the three spots it gained last week and fell to number 9. Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana all slipped one slot.

SUBTRACTION BY ADDITION
Michigan State had a big week by adding four commitments to the class of 2016. However, Sparty lost a spot in the rankings and saw its composite average drop .019 points.

THE CROWN STILL FITS
Ohio State did not get a commit this week, but the Buckeyes still sit atop the 2016 B1G recruiting rankings.

B1G RECRUITING RANKINGS 5-2-2015
RANK	(PREVIOUS RANK)	TEAM	AVG. COMP. RATING	CHANGE (+ / -)	COMMITS	NEW COMMITS
1	(1)	OHIO STATE	.931	-----	12	-----
2	(2)	PENN STATE	.923	-----	6	-----
3	(3)	NEBRASKA	.902	+.005	3	-----

4	(5)	THAT TEAM	.887	+.002	6	-----
5	(4)	MICHIGAN STATE	.874	-.019	7	4
6	(6)	MINNESOTA	.862	+.002	6	-----

7	(14)	PURDUE	.850	+.850	1	1
8	(11)	MARYLAND	.845	+.019	7	-----
9	(9)	NORTHWESTERN	.844	+.007	3	1

9	(7)	RUTGERS	.844	-.002	4	-----
11	(10)	WISCONSIN	.837	+.007	4	-----
12	(7)	ILLINOIS	.836	-.003	4	-----

13	(12)	IOWA	.825	-----	2	-----
14	(13)	INDIANA	.813	-----	1	-----

		B1G AVERAGE	.862	-----	4.7	0.43

Source: 247sports.com

Demario McCall (.977) has the second highest composite rating in Ohio State's 2016 class.

2016 B1G NEW COMMITMENTS
TEAM	NAME	POSITION	LOCATION	COMP. RATING
MICHIGAN STATE	JUSTIN LAYNE	WR	CLEVELAND, BENEDICTINE	.932
MICHIGAN STATE	ABDUL ADAMS	RB	WASHINGTON D.C.	.858
MICHIGAN STATE	NOAH DAVIS	TE	CINCINNATI, ST. XAVIER	.850
MICHIGAN STATE	JOE BACHIE	ILB	CLEVELAND, MIDPARK	.828

NORTHWESTERN	RODERICK CAMPBELL JR.	CB	SAINT LOUIS, MO	.862

PURDUE	JOSHUA HAYES	CB	INDIANAPOLIS	.850

ILLINOIS	NONE	-----	-----	-----

INDIANA	NONE	-----	-----	-----

IOWA	NONE	-----	-----	-----

MARYLAND	NONE	-----	-----	-----

MINNESOTA	NONE	-----	-----	-----

NEBRASKA	NONE	-----	-----	-----

OHIO STATE	NONE	-----	-----	-----

PENN STATE	NONE	-----	-----	-----

RUTGERS	NONE	-----	-----	-----

THAT STATE	NONE	-----	-----	-----

WISCONSIN	NONE	-----	-----	-----

Source: 247sports.com

DT Malik Barrow committed to Ohio State on April 19th.

2016 HIGHEST RATED B1G COMMITS PER SCHOOL
RANK	TEAM	PLAYER	POSITION	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	COMP. RATING
1	OHIO STATE	KAREEM WALKER	RB	6-1	210	.994
2	PENN STATE	SHANE SIMMONS	WDE	6-4	221	.971
3	NEBRASKA	JOHN RARIDON	OG	6-4	260	.965

4	MARYLAND	KEANDRE JONES	OLB	6-3	198	.932
4	MICHIGAN STATE	JUSTIN LAYNE**	WR	6-3	180	.932
4	WISCONSIN	ANTONIO WILLIAMS	RB	5-11	210	.932

7	THAT TEAM	ERIK SWENSON	OT	6-7	285	.929
8	MINNESOTA	SEAN FOSTER	OT	6-8	285	.907
9	ILLINOIS	KENTRAIL MORAN	RB	5-10	192	.893

10	RUTGERS	TREY SNEED	RB	5-11	198	.868
11	NORTHWESTERN	RODERICK CAMPBELL JR.**	CB	5-11	180	.862
12	PURDUE	JOSHUA HAYES	CB	6-0	180	.850

13	IOWA	NATE STANLEY	QB	6-4	200	.842
14	INDIANA	PEYTON RAMSEY	QB	6-3	190	.813

			B1G AVERAGE	6-2	214	.906