Ohio's top college recruits

(Clockwise from top left) Hubbard's George Hill, Cincinnati Elder's Tommy Kraemer, Cleveland Benedictine's Justin Layne and North Ridgeville's Demario McCall are among the top college football prospects in Ohio's Class of 2016.

(Photo courtesy 247Sports.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio has a lot of high school football talent. You know that. We know that. But which college football program gets the most of it? Ohio State? Michigan State? West Virginia?

We weren't sure, so we decided to check.

Using the top 100 prospects in the Class of 2016 on 247Sports.com, we made note of where each player has signed.

HIGHLIGHTS

Kentucky - and not Ohio State - signed the most Top 100 recruits in the Class of 2016. However, the Wildcats didn't sign anybody ranked higher than No. 29 (Huber Heights Wayne CB Tobias Gilliam). Their lowest-ranked recruit was No. 70.

Ohio State got three of the top five and four of the top 10 recruits in the Class of 2016.

Seven of Ohio State's nine recruits were in the top 16, and all nine were in the top 32. While the Buckeyes didn't nab the most Top 100 recruits, they clearly got the most quality.

Notre Dame got just two of the top 100 recruits, but made them count, landing No. 1 Tommy Kraemer, an offensive tackle from Cincinnati Elder, and No. 4 Liam Eichenberg of Cleveland St. Ignatius, also a tackle.

Cincinnati, Ohio and Toledo combined for 10 top 100 recruits, but none were ranked higher than 48, which was Ohio recruit Keevon Harris, an ATH from Labrae.

West Virginia tied Michigan State with eight Ohio Top 100 recruits. The Mountaineers' class was topped by No. 6 Brendan Ferns, a LB from St. Clairsville, but their next highest recruit was at No. 30.

The Spartans' Ohio signees were topped by Cleveland Benedictine WR Justin Layne at No. 9 and Huber Heights Wayne QB Messiah deWeaver at No. 11.

Pitt has three signees in the top 20, led by Hubbard RB George Hill at No. 7.

Ball State, which tied with Indiana at Pitt, had all five recruits ranked between Nos. 81 and 99.

THE LIST

(Teams are ranked by number of Top 100 recruits, followed by top-ranked player signed. All players are 3 stars unless noted.)

11 - Kentucky: No. 29 Tobias Gilliam, Huber Heights Wayne, CB.

9 - Ohio State: No. 2 Jonathon Cooper, Gahanna Lincoln, DE. 4 stars.

8 - Michigan State: No. 9 Justin Layne, Cleveland Benedictine, WR. 4 stars.

8 - West Virginia: No. 6 Brendan Ferns, St. Clairsville, LB. 4 stars.

6 - Northwestern: No. 18 Jeremy Larkin, Cincinnati LaSalle, RB.

5 - Ball State: No. 81 Drew Plitt, Loveland, QB.

5 - Indiana: No. 13 Jonah Morris, Akron Archbishop Hoban, ATH.

5 - Pitt: No. 7 George Hill, Hubbard, ATH. 4 stars.

4 - Ohio: No. 48 Keevon Harris, Labrae, ATH.

3 - Cincinnati: No. 61 Ty Sponseller, William Mason, LB.

3 - Iowa State: No. 25 Deshaunte Jones, Cincinnati Colerain, ATH. 3

3 - Penn State: No. 28 Alex Gellerstedt, Dublin Coffman, OT.

3 - Toledo: No. 62 Obi Anunike, Lewis Center Olentangy, WR.

2 - Bowling Green: No. 75 Elijah Cunningham, Springboro, QB.

2 - Miami (Ohio): No. 56 Tyrece Speaight, Upper Arlington, ATH.

2- Notre Dame: No. 1 Tommy Kraemer, Cincinnati Elder, OT. 4 stars.

2 - Syracuse: No. 64 Andrew Armstrong, Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, LB.

2 - Wisconsin: No. 19 Griffin Grady, Dublin Coffman, LB.

The following teams signed one player

Auburn: No. 10 Prince Simmons, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, DE.

Boston College: No. 20 Ethan Tucky, Delaware Rutherford B. Hayes, LB.

Buffalo: No. 76 Jordan Overton, Lyndhurst Brush, ATH.

Eastern Michigan: No. 85 Vincent Calhoun, Middletown, S.

Fordham: No. 86 Alex Hall, Louisville, OT.

Iowa: No. 72 Lance Billings, Lorain Clearview, S.

Louisville: No. 21 Seth Dawkins, Franklin Heights, S.

Maryland: No. 59 Terek Zingale, Macedonia Nordonia, OT.

Navy: No. 79 Jacob Harrison, Centerville, QB.

Nebraska: No. 22 Tony Butler, Lakewood St. Edward, CB.

Purdue: No. 58 Terrance Landers Jr., Dayton Dunbar, WR.

Tennessee: No. 46 Nathan Neihaus, Cincinnati Colerain, OT.

Wake Forest: No. 43 Brandon Chapman, Grove City, TE.

NOTE: Five of the Top 100 are still unsigned.