{"id":756,"date":"2014-09-05T10:33:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2019-03-10T22:38:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T02:38:58","slug":"sec-football-recruits-speed-big-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/blog\/sec-football-recruits-speed-big-ten\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Football recruits more speed than Big Ten?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we crunched 2014 recruiting data on the five &#8220;power&#8221; teams from\u00a0both the\u00a0SEC Conference and Big Ten Conference.\u00a0 What we found was 40 yard dash averages, gathered from ESPN, Rivals and team sites, was nearly identical across the two conferences. So taking 40 times to try to establish a speed differential between SEC and\u00a0Big Ten recruiting classes was NOT possible.\u00a0 Maybe that&#8217;s a no-brainer?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>However we did find a differential in favor of SEC recruits in the average 100 meter time.\u00a0 And the differential was fairly large,<strong>\u00a011.15 seconds compared to 11.36 seconds<\/strong>.\u00a0 Sure, a lot fewer recruits ran the 100 than we have 40 yard times but the differential is striking.\u00a0 Add to that the differential in shot put and long jump averages&#8230;and perhaps the SEC might have an argument?\u00a0 Average <a href=\"https:\/\/tfootballstg.wpengine.com\/player-athletic-index\/\">PAI scores<\/a> and star ratings also favor the SEC, but that was expected.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>See chart below:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1011\" height=\"715\" class=\"size-full wp-image-757\" alt=\"TrackingFootball's   Big Ten vs SEC Recruiting Speed Study\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Big-Ten-vs-SEC-Recruits-2014.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Big-Ten-vs-SEC-Recruits-2014.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/brandbutter.io\/beta\/trackingfootball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Big-Ten-vs-SEC-Recruits-2014-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we crunched 2014 recruiting data on the five &#8220;power&#8221; teams from\u00a0both the\u00a0SEC Conference and Big Ten Conference.\u00a0 What we found was 40 yard dash averages, gathered from ESPN, Rivals and team sites, was nearly identical across the two conferences. 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