SEC power rating the last 8 years - and why recruiting is more important than coaching (and why some cheat)

Included is a list of NFL players from the SEC schools.

It also strongly compares to the ranking and success of these schools

football success considering the last 8 years.

Why is there such big coverage about recruiting each winter?

Talent wins games.   Sorry, million dollar coaches.

Saban and  Calipari are dominating with the talent rich Alabama football

and Kentucky basketball future pros.

Do you really think they would be where they financially if they

moved to Western Carolina or Missouri State?

This is why people cheat in football recruiting.

(No accusations-but it is the motivation for cheating when it happens.)

The list is from high to low listing schools with NFL player.

Listed also are some of the SEC school’s better known players.

These numbers are a strong and I think accurate correlation to the success of teams

 in the SEC the last 8 years considering their good and bad years,

 not just 2013 and 2014.

Tennessee seems high here but they weregood in the Fulmer days and these

older pros listed below played mostly then.

Missouri, Ole Miss and Texas A&M seem low but

this of course does take into account now  of future NFL players

 on their improved rosters now due to better recruiting.

Saturday Down South listed the number of NFL players from each SEC school and some of their players.

TEAM    NO. OF PLAYERS               NOTEABLES

#1 Alabama       42             Julio Jones, Eddie Lacy, Dre Kirkpatrick, C.J. Mosley

#2 LSU              42             Odell Beckham Jr., D. Bowe, Jeremy Hill, Patrick Peterson

#3 Georgia        39            M. Stafford, Geno Atkins, A.J. Green, Knowshon Moreno

#4 Florida          36             Carlos Dunlap, Joe Haden, Percy Harvey, M. Pouncey

#5 Tennesse      31           Peyton Manning, Arian Foster, Jason Witten, Jerod Mayo

#6 Auburn         27           Cam Newton, Nick Fairley, Karlos Dansby, Ronnie Brown

#7 S, Carolina   28           Alshon Jeffery, Jadeveon Clowney, John Abraham, Melvin Ingram

#8 Texas A&M 25           Johnny Manziel, Mike Evans, Ryan Tannehill, Von Miller

#9 Missouri       22           Aldon Smith, Jeremy Maclin, Ziggy Hood, Blaine Gabbert

#10 Ole Miss    19           Eli Manning, Patrick Willis, Mike Wallace, Michael Oher

#11 Arkansas    15           Peyton Hillis, Darren McFadden, Jason Peters, Jarius Wright

#12 Miss State  15           Fletcher Cox, Johnthan Banks, Darius Slay, K.J. Wright

#13 Kentucky    14           Randall Cobb, Stevie Johnson, Tim Masthay, Jacob Tamme

#14 Vanderbilt  11           Jay Cutler, Jordan Matthews, Zac Stacy