{"id":387350,"date":"2026-07-05T23:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/387350\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:00:13","slug":"where-san-diego-states-2027-recruiting-class-ranks-in-the-new-pac-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/387350\/","title":{"rendered":"Where San Diego State&#8217;s 2027 recruiting class ranks in the new Pac-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5e\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/san-diego-state\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego State Aztecs\u00a0<\/a>wrapped up recruiting for the class of 2027 by hosting some high-exposure visits to the San Diego area and is now in the six-week dead period that runs through Aug. 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">The Aztecs received commitments from 27 players, many of whom announced their plans to play for SDSU with social media posts that showed them posing with fancy cars parked on the home sideline at Snapdragon, or enjoying a cruise on San Diego Bay.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">While those posts portrayed swag and sizzle, the Aztecs finished in the middle of the reborn Pac-12, which, for football, will have eight teams in its inaugural season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">The Aztecs had the fourth-best recruiting haul according to 247sports.com and the fifth-best according to On3.com. They had the most commits, 27.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">According to 247sports, Fresno State was No. 1 with 180.40 points and 22 commits, followed by Boise State with 159.96 points and 13 commits, Oregon State with 159.80 points and 18 commits, and SDSU with 157.65 points and 27 commits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">The rest of the rankings included Washington State at No. 5 with 157.63 points and 20 commits, Texas State with 157.08 points and 17 commits, Colorado State with 112.05 points and 20 commits and Utah State with 0 points and zero commits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">Fresno State led the way with 22 three-star recruits while SDSU had 15.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\"><a href=\"http:\/\/on3.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On3<\/a>\u00a0had Boise State first, followed by Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State and Washington State.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What coach Sean Lewis said<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">\u201cFrom a college standpoint, everyone wants to hit the dead period and be able to focus on their team,\u201d Lewis told the San Diego Union-Tribune. \u201cBeing able to put most of their time and effort and energy preparing their team for the upcoming season, that\u2019s what your current team has earned. Also, I think the high school coaches and kids and agents and handlers have all understood this is the time when this happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">The early signing period isn\u2019t until December but most players commit far earlier than that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">\u201cIt\u2019s great for the high school kids. I think most high school seniors going into their senior year know where they\u2019re going to college,\u201d Lewis told the U-T. \u201cIt allows you to enjoy your senior year, know where your future is and map out what that plan is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recruiting class highlights<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">The Aztecs\u2019 class of 2027 is fairly evenly split between defense and offense, with an emphasis on defensive line and wide receiver, followed by safety and offensive line.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">The Aztecs have 17 commits from the state of California and four from the San Diego area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">Among the intriguing commits is two-way player Xavior Jones of Central East in Fresno, who picked the Aztecs over his hometown Bulldogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">The San Diego-area players include Isaac Cook, a 1,000-yard receiver from Cathedral Catholic, which is the alma mater of Aztecs senior running back Lucky Sutton and linebacker Tano Letuli.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0San Diego State Aztecs\u00a0wrapped up recruiting for the class of 2027 by hosting some high-exposure visits to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-387350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}