Covering the USA

ND is number 2 in the recuiting circle. If you look at the number of states covered.

Here are the top 14 teams in the rankings and the number of states they got commits from and the average distance for commits to travel:

1. Tennessee 13 -- 477 miles

2. ND 12 -- 686 miles

3. Michigan 11 -- 763 miles

4. Miami 9 -- 631 miles

4. LSU 9 -- 272 miles

6. Fla 8 -- 418 miles

6. Aub 8 -- 287 miles

6. Pit 8 -- 356 miles

9. Oregon 7 -- 631 miles

10. So. Car 6 -- 270 miles

10. Cal 6 -- 687 miles

10. UGA 6 -- 194 miles

10. USC 6 -- 448 miles

14. Texas 2 -- 211 miles

As we can see, Charlie got around the country pretty well. After a better defensive showing in 2007, we can expect him and the staff to log in a lot more miles.