The Oregon Ducks have consistently been able to land some of the best recruiting classes under coach Dan Lanning. In the NIL era in college football, programs have to be willing to open their checkbooks to land elite talent. Oregon Reportedly Among Top Spenders in Recruiting Oregon head coach Dan Lanning leads practice for the Ducks Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Eugene. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters ConnectThere’s never been a more expensive time to recruit high school talent. On3 spoke to anonymous general managers about just how much some of these recruits are costing and who the biggest spenders have been. “It feels like $350,000 was the starting price for a low four-star this year,” said an SEC general manager. “We’ve reached the period where everyone has an agent. There are no layups anymore in high school recruiting. Nothing is even reasonably priced.”According to these anonymous general managers, among the top spenders are Oregon, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Miami, and Notre Dame.Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman addresses the media prior to introducing Gerad Parker as the new Irish offensive coordinator Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 at Notre Dame Stadium
Ndi Ndfb Marcus Freeman Parker Pc 02202023 | USA TODAY Network via Reuters ConnectThis would check out when looking at Rivals most updated 2027 recruiting class rankings. Their top four consists of all of those schools minus Texas Tech. No. 1: Texas A&M Aggies No. 2: Notre Dame Fighting Irish No. 3: Miami Hurricanes No. 4: Oregon Ducks No. 5: Oklahoma Sooners Oregon has the No. 4 ranked class in the country with 23 total commitments. 15 of these commits are rated either four or five stars. The most recent commits are from four-star athlete Tae Walden Jr. and four-star cornerback Hayden Stepp. Oregon head coach Dan Lanning surveys drills during a \"Saturday Night Live\" event to host youth football players at Autzen Stadium Saturday, July 30, 2022.
