You don’t need me to tell you that college football recruiting has become a yet-perfected formula of high school visits and transfer portal plundering. This particular post from Howlraiser focuses on the highest rated high school recruit for each Sun Belt program in 2024.

Furthermore, I decided to go with the 247Sports COMPOSITE rating, a score that can differ wildly from 247Sports’ own assessments. 247Sports defines “composite” ratings as:

“The 247Sports Composite Rating is a proprietary algorithm that compiles prospect “rankings” and “ratings” listed in the public domain by the major media recruiting services. It converts average industry ranks and ratings into a linear composite index capping at 1.0000, which indicates a consensus No. 1 prospect across all services.” [Full disclosure: I am not in any way employed or affiliated with 247Sports.]

Bear in mind that there are still athletes listed as signed players who have yet to be granted a score.

Program	Stud Athlete	Pos.	24/7 Composite
Appalachian State	DeNigel Cooper	EDGE	0.8528
Arkansas State	Josh Flowers	QB	0.8778
Coastal Carolina	D’Marius Rucker	RB	0.8678
Georgia Southern	Nasir Smith	DL	0.8736
Georgia State	Deuce Walker	WR	0.8547
James Madison	Tyjai Hopper	S	0.8652
Louisana	Rahji Dennis	WR	0.8761
Marshall	Guylijah Theodule	CB	0.8583
Old Dominion	Daevon Iles	S	0.8337
South Alabama	Tyler Carter	EDGE	0.8686
Southern Miss	Miles Adams	DL	0.8606
Texas State	Kylen Evans	WR	0.8672
Troy	Keion Dunlap	S	0.8639
ULM	Jaden Hamlin	DL	0.8927

Congratulations to ULM for landing the conference’s highest rated player, defensive end Jaden Hamlin, whose composite identifies him as a four-star stud.