Welcome to USA TODAY High School Sports‘ Friday Night Notes, a weekly high school football recruiting recap that looks at the latest news from around the country—from the Class of 2022 to ’23 and beyond.
The 2022 recruiting cycle is complete and the recruiting dead period is over, making this weekend the first time recruits can travel to college campuses since the end of January.
Before diving into where some of the elite prospects from the class of 2023 will be this weekend, let’s briefly recap the top 2022 recruiting classes in the nation…
- Texas A&M — seven five-stars, 19 four-stars, three three-stars
- Alabama — three five-stars, 19 four-stars, three three-stars
- Georgia — five five-stars, 15 four-stars, nine three-stars
- Ohio State — two five-stars, 17 four-stars, two three-stars
- Texas — two five-stars, 19 four-stars, six three-stars
- Penn State — three five-stars, 13 four-stars, nine three-stars
- Notre Dame — One five-star, 16 four-stars, four three-stars
- Oklahoma — zero five-stars, 15 four-stars, six three-stars
- Michigan — one five-star, nine four-stars, 12 three-stars
- Clemson — two five-stars, eight four-stars, 10 three-stars
Check out where each five-star recruit (excluding two) in the class of 2022 signed either during the early signing period or on national signing day: Where each five-star recruit in the Class of 2022 signed