So, this morning, I posted about the 4 and 5 star guys in MO from 2002-2016. I'm going to do the same breakdown here for the three-stars and below. Then I'll combine all the info into a story later this week to give you a complete picture of how Missouri recruits each part of the state.
I used the same parameters as I did when assessing the four and five stars. I will say that I gave Missouri credit for kids like Arthur Miller and Darris Ford who committed to Mizzou but never signed. I eliminated a couple like Jamone Boyd and Edgar Givens who didn't have the option to commit to Mizzou regardless of what our database said. Here's what I found
St. Louis and surrounding area:
66 prospects with Mizzou offers
34 signed with Mizzou
Percentage: 51.5%
Kansas City and surrounding area:
35 prospects with Mizzou offers
20 signed with Mizzou
Percentage: 57.14%
Other:
39 prospects with Mizzou offers
30 signed with Mizzou
Percentage: 76.92%
St. Louis is the lowest here. However, it's not all that far behind KC and it has had nearly twice as many players with offers. What you see is a lot of kids here going places like Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa. Kids that are regional recruits, but not national recruits. It's real easy to figure out: There are more decent but not great schools that recruit STL than KC. On the Kansas City side the main taker is Nebraska with a few Illinois, KSU and KU's thrown in.
Also, if Missouri offers a "non-elite" kid from anywhere outside STL or KC, they pretty much get them. The ones they didn't were Kody Walker, Tyler Evans, Hayden Johnson (Mizzou offered so late it didn't matter), Hale Hentges, Bryce Banks (extenuating circumstances), Justin Thornton, Desmond Sims (never heard of him), Chase Allen (dad coached at KU, wasn't sending him here) and one I can't find now.
Like I said, I'll add up the numbers and see what it tells me. I think what it's going to tell me is that Mizzou has a little tougher time keeping STL guys at home, but it's a small enough number so as to be negligible and not near the scorn it gets vs kids leaving from KC. The greatest success for Missouri with in-state kids lies outside either city, especially when the kid is not an "elite" prospect.
I used the same parameters as I did when assessing the four and five stars. I will say that I gave Missouri credit for kids like Arthur Miller and Darris Ford who committed to Mizzou but never signed. I eliminated a couple like Jamone Boyd and Edgar Givens who didn't have the option to commit to Mizzou regardless of what our database said. Here's what I found
St. Louis and surrounding area:
66 prospects with Mizzou offers
34 signed with Mizzou
Percentage: 51.5%
Kansas City and surrounding area:
35 prospects with Mizzou offers
20 signed with Mizzou
Percentage: 57.14%
Other:
39 prospects with Mizzou offers
30 signed with Mizzou
Percentage: 76.92%
St. Louis is the lowest here. However, it's not all that far behind KC and it has had nearly twice as many players with offers. What you see is a lot of kids here going places like Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa. Kids that are regional recruits, but not national recruits. It's real easy to figure out: There are more decent but not great schools that recruit STL than KC. On the Kansas City side the main taker is Nebraska with a few Illinois, KSU and KU's thrown in.
Also, if Missouri offers a "non-elite" kid from anywhere outside STL or KC, they pretty much get them. The ones they didn't were Kody Walker, Tyler Evans, Hayden Johnson (Mizzou offered so late it didn't matter), Hale Hentges, Bryce Banks (extenuating circumstances), Justin Thornton, Desmond Sims (never heard of him), Chase Allen (dad coached at KU, wasn't sending him here) and one I can't find now.
Like I said, I'll add up the numbers and see what it tells me. I think what it's going to tell me is that Mizzou has a little tougher time keeping STL guys at home, but it's a small enough number so as to be negligible and not near the scorn it gets vs kids leaving from KC. The greatest success for Missouri with in-state kids lies outside either city, especially when the kid is not an "elite" prospect.
