Football Recruiting Budgets

**DrEdward** · 06-13-2012, 05:32 PM

The top spenders on football recruiting in 2011:

Tennessee -- $1,479,099
Alabama -- $980,882
Auburn -- $950,378
Georgia Tech -- $883,430
Arkansas -- $666,419
Georgia -- $623,224
Texas Tech -- $611,910
Florida -- $602,929
Oregon -- $590,683
Texas -- $577,976
North Carolina -- $580,200
Michigan -- $577,663
Illinois -- $545,363
Army -- $511,840
Ole Miss -- $495,233

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech, UNC and Army on the list of the top spending schools.
Private schools are not required to submit such information.

**Austin109** · 06-13-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by DrEdward

The top spenders on football recruiting in 2011:

Tennessee -- $1,479,099
Alabama -- $980,882
Auburn -- $950,378
Georgia Tech -- $883,430
Arkansas -- $666,419
Georgia -- $623,224
Texas Tech -- $611,910
Florida -- $602,929
Oregon -- $590,683
Texas -- $577,976
North Carolina -- $580,200
Michigan -- $577,663
Illinois -- $545,363
Army -- $511,840
Ole Miss -- $495,233

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech, UNC and Army on the list of the top spending schools.
Private schools are not required to submit such information.

Georgia Tech and UNC I can understand. Trying to convince stud players to live in SEC country but play ACC ball is a bit of a sell.

Army makes sense though. The kids don't just commit to the school but have to commit to the army as well. Much harder sales pitch than say... Texas/Bama/Notre Dame

Im personally shocked at how much Tennessee has been spending for what they have been getting in return.

**b756561** · 06-13-2012, 10:52 PM

From looking at the returns UNT has gotten, I'd say their recruiting budget must be somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.98, maybe $2.10.

**TheBigPeach** · 06-14-2012, 09:11 AM

Shocker. I work at the Auburn University Airport, and the Auburn jets (yes, plural, Jet(s)) are always out and about. The cost of jet fuel alone..... lordy. "We'll take 75 a side."

**DrEdward** · 06-14-2012, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by b756561

From looking at the returns UNT has gotten, I'd say their recruiting budget must be somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.98, maybe $2.10.

North Texas -- $126,064 in 2011.

**Super B** · 06-14-2012, 10:54 AM

Southlake Carroll's budget must be up to around $1.5 Million by now, huh?

**DrEdward** · 06-14-2012, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Super B

Southlake Carroll's budget must be up to around $1.5 Million by now, huh?

With Robin Hood, it mostly is transferred to other schools for their use..

**dragonpants** · 06-14-2012, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by DrEdward

The top spenders on football recruiting in 2011:

Tennessee -- $1,479,099
Alabama -- $980,882
Auburn -- $950,378
Georgia Tech -- $883,430
Arkansas -- $666,419
Georgia -- $623,224
Texas Tech -- $611,910
Florida -- $602,929
Oregon -- $590,683
Texas -- $577,976
North Carolina -- $580,200
Michigan -- $577,663
Illinois -- $545,363
Army -- $511,840
Ole Miss -- $495,233

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech, UNC and Army on the list of the top spending schools.
Private schools are not required to submit such information.

Army not spending enough ok so I am a little biased.

**WestPlano006** · 06-15-2012, 04:37 AM

Not seeing OU is a surprise.... Tennessee literally offers any 4* guy in the nation so obviously they are #1.

Texas is so low compared to what I thought. I honestly think OU/TX are 2 of the cleanest teams with Bob and Mack at the helm but still get some of the best talent.

**DrEdward** · 06-15-2012, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by WestPlano006

Not seeing OU is a surprise.... Tennessee literally offers any 4* guy in the nation so obviously they are #1.

Texas is so low compared to what I thought. I honestly think OU/TX are 2 of the cleanest teams with Bob and Mack at the helm but still get some of the best talent.

Oklahoma -- $ 356,414
Oklahoma St. -- $ 226,475

**Austin109** · 06-15-2012, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by WestPlano006

Not seeing OU is a surprise.... Tennessee literally offers any 4* guy in the nation so obviously they are #1.

Texas is so low compared to what I thought. I honestly think OU/TX are 2 of the cleanest teams with Bob and Mack at the helm but still get some of the best talent.

Makes pretty good sense to me why they are low. Think about it. Tech vs Texas in recruiting. Tech is trying to get every player Texas gets and then has to go out and find a whole new group of players once OU/Texas pick their first group of targets apart.

OU and Texas have more people interested in them and are in a huge recruiting area.

**b756561** · 06-15-2012, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by DrEdward

North Texas -- $126,064 in 2011.

Maybe so, but they only get a couple of dollars worth of players in return.

**dragonpants** · 06-15-2012, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by DrEdward

The top spenders on football recruiting in 2011:

Tennessee -- $1,479,099
Alabama -- $980,882
Auburn -- $950,378
Georgia Tech -- $883,430
Arkansas -- $666,419
Georgia -- $623,224
Texas Tech -- $611,910
Florida -- $602,929
Oregon -- $590,683
Texas -- $577,976
North Carolina -- $580,200
Michigan -- $577,663
Illinois -- $545,363
Army -- $511,840
Ole Miss -- $495,233

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech, UNC and Army on the list of the top spending schools.
Private schools are not required to submit such information.

Interesting numbers, I had never given it much thought. I would have guessed the big programs around 1 mill with no reasoning. I guess in a given year on the high end you are trying to get 30 kids at most but look at how many you have to talk to, travel to, provide free camps, transportation for the visits in addition to the assistant coaches cost of travel. I wonder if a school has a private jet/jets how that is calculated. Assuming the pilots are employees and the planes are for the entire school, the only cost to report for football would be fuel so some of these numbers could be significantly higher than what they are reporting.

**Super B** · 06-15-2012, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by DrEdward

With Robin Hood, it mostly is transferred to other schools for their use..

Good Point.

**jesse** · 06-21-2012, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by DrEdward

The top spenders on football recruiting in 2011:

Tennessee -- $1,479,099
Alabama -- $980,882
Auburn -- $950,378
Georgia Tech -- $883,430
Arkansas -- $666,419
Georgia -- $623,224
Texas Tech -- $611,910
Florida -- $602,929
Oregon -- $590,683
Texas -- $577,976
North Carolina -- $580,200
Michigan -- $577,663
Illinois -- $545,363
Army -- $511,840
Ole Miss -- $495,233

I was surprised to see Georgia Tech, UNC and Army on the list of the top spending schools.
Private schools are not required to submit such information.

Georgia Tech is a senior unit of the University of Georgia system, thus not a private school.Although their student and fanbase act as if they were lol.