This was one of the deepest classes of recruits the state has ever seen- maybe the deepest. Let's look at which teams were able to take advantage, and which teams got left out in the cold.

The Wildcats hung on to legacy commit Jalen Harris despite efforts from Oregon, Illinois and Notre Dame to pull him away, and took advantage of the talented My-King Johnson's recruitment cooling off to pull a talented pass rusher from the school that sits in Arizona State's shadow. There are some who believe Drew Dixon is a pro-level prospect, so keeping him in southern Arizona had to feel good. And who knows, maybe Rhett Rodriguez can make a name for himself playing for his father's team. I also think that for the fifth year in a row, Rich Rodriguez has outdone Todd Graham for in-state walk-ons.

NINE recruits from the state of Arizona, including eight from the east valley. Arizona State didn't get everyone it wanted, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. They were among Isaiah Pola-Mao and Austin Jackson's final schools, and lost Jared Poplawski to Colorado on signing day, but the sting of those misses is mitigated by beating Oregon out for Ryan Kelley, Alabama out for Brandon Ruiz, and securing high priority targets Tyler Johnson and KJ Jarrell.

The Bruins have had a few misses from Arizona over the years, but they've also had some hits, especially with Brett Hundley, Paul Perkins and Kenny Lacy. They almost came up empty-handed in this recruiting class, but late runs at Jax Wacaser and Sean Seawards paid off, and they convinced promising DE/OLB Odua Isibor to forgo his Ivy League dreams and spend the next 4-5 years in Westwood. These are all players I believe will eventually be starting games for UCLA.

When you land two Rivals100 prospects out of Arizona in one class, you're a winner. Sure, both Isaiah Pola-Mao and Austin Jackson had family ties to the school, but the Trojans still faced stiff competition form Arizona State and Washington for both players.

Northern Arizona pulled in a talented local class, including five players I believe to be FBS level talent: Chance Brewington, Jonas Leader, Max Michalczik, Terrell Brown and Eddie Rivas.

In my opinion, the Jackrabbits landed the most intriguing prospect in the 2017 class with Daniel Callendar, who had several FBS offers, as well as the biggest lock to be productive in Rashie Hodge. Two commits, two wins.

Hawaii hasn't been rewarded for its strong recruiting efforts in Arizona- that is until they landed both Micah Vanterpool and Donovan Dalton in this year's class. Perhaps that will open the door for more players to want to be Warriors in future classes.

If it had just been Max Fine alone, I'd have been impressed with this RMAC school's recruiting haul, but they also managed to get Connor Goetz, Tony Rodriguez, Shadow Mountain, Sebastian Spencer and Malachi Wilkins. Five players from five different schools that I think could all be a great fit.

I'm not sure how this Northwest Minnesota school is doing it, but they keep persuading talented Arizona prospects to take official visits in the dead of winter, and landing them! Jordan Frieberg had lots of options, but he saw Crookston as the best fit. As did Bo Addicott, Ty Love, Elizsha Bear-Encinas, DeAndre Ector, Brendan Kinnee, and Reyes Lara. It looks like UMC is here to stay as an option for Arizona prospects.

I never understood why SUU, a beautiful school not far from the Arizona State line, didn't recruit Arizona as heavy as they should, but last year they landed Case Hatch, and this year they ended up with a talented trio in Lelon Dillard, Ryan Johnson and Bryan Beckon.

I like the flip of Daniel Peabody from San Jose State, and I think Mesa CC's Aaron Blackwell can make an impact for the Lobos. They were extremely active in Arizona, and even though they only came out with two prospects, I think they deserve some recognition for the effort.

Illinois is at least trying. They went 0/11 on high school and JuCo prospects this year, and have only landed one JuCo player out of Arizona in the last decade. We'll see if they keep looking at Arizona in 2018.

The Cowboys offered nine prospects in the state of Arizona, up from last year's effort, but landed none of them. On more than a few occasions, Wyoming has lost out on Arizona prospects to either FCS schools, or had prospects elect to go the JuCo route. They currently only have two Arizonans on the roster, and essentially lucked into getting John Okwoli last year. Meanwhile, several others Arizonans have left the team after only a short time in Laramie, like MCC's Skylor Clinton.

San Diego State is a beautiful campus in an incredible city, with a football team that's trending upward. So how in the world did they miss on all seven JuCo prospects they offered, and why'd they only offer seven high school prospects? They probably could have had Mark Walton if they had just pursued him sooner.

What's the point of playing a game in the west valley against Arizona if you're not going to use the brand recognition and moment to offer local prospects. People in Arizona love BYU, and the school has a long, rich history of contributions from Arizonans. Instead, they send out two offers to local high school players (but they did get one). It'll be interesting to see what Donovan Hanna is able to accomplish in Provo.

Every year Adams State goes on a giant offer spree, and every year a lot of the kids they offer find out the scholarship money just isn't there. It's like they're getting a coupon for education instead of an actual scholarship offer. I think Adams County, Colorado is an incredible place, and they have a great campus, but if they're going to make it rain offers in Arizona, it's be nice if some of that rain was made of real raindrops.

For a school that's not far from the Arizona border, they're a lot less active recruiting the state than they used to be. They still seem to do an OK job of chasing under-the-radar offensive linemen.

Nami Tuitu'u was a great find, but to lose out on both Chance Brewington and Terrell Brown to Northern Arizona can't happen if Utah State wants to be competitive in the Mountain West.

They went 1/19 on offers to Arizona high school and JuCo prospects, and while the one they got, Dylan Brown, is a kicker that I think will have a great career in Las Cruces, a school with that kind of proximity to Arizona needs to close some of these kids.

Boise State had a great year recruiting in the state of Arizona, earning commitments from Chase Cord, Mike Young, Sean Seawards and Mesa Community College's Rathen Ricedorff and Isiah Moore. The problem for them was that Mike Young wasn't able to qualify, and Sean Seawards was offered by UCLA at the last minute, and flipped to the Bruins. They also made a run at Micah Vanter Pool, but he had already shut down his recruitment. The Broncos have shown a commitment to recruiting in Arizona, and if either Ricedorff or Cord end up starting games for them, it should help them in future efforts.

A year after raiding the state of Arizona, Oregon State went all in and offered 16 players from the high school and JuCo ranks. They managed to land Kolby Taylor as an early enrollee, and JuCo gems Craig Evans and Dionte Sykes, but they also lost out on TJ Green, who flipped to Utah after being named a four-star. Red Mountain and Pima CC alum Xavier Davis also flipped to Kansas State. Don't expect Gary Andersen to slow down in his recruitment of Arizona, however. At both Utah State and now at Oregon State, he's always been around to take advantage of the growing talent pool.

Had Jared Poplawski not flipped, Colorado would have missed out completely on thei 2017 class. As it stands, the idea that Colorado only offered seven high school prospects from Arizona this cycle is head-scratching.

They thought they had Ryan Johnson and CJ Jarmon, but both players flipped at the last minute. As it stands, Dalton Cash and Roshaun Johnson are two players that should make an impact on this Vandals roster.

Some of Arizona's elite prospects that went FBS will always remember San Jose State being one of their first offers, but once those players started getting bigger offers, SJSU never really moved on to the next tier. I think Jonas Leader was a big miss, and losing Daniel Peabody to New Mexico wasn't pretty, but I'm a big fan of Tyler Stevens' potential at guard for the Spartans, so I won't go as far as saying they're losers.