So for 2020 we only have 4 and 3 star players. They may be good kids but if we ever want top 5 recruiting rankings to actually have a shot to beat the likes of Clemson, Bama, Georgia etc... Then we need to recruit some 5 star players or 5 star talent. When our back ups are 5 star athletes and as good as our starters then we will be back to out glory days.
Well 17 of the top 25 teams last year had 10 or better wins, 5 of those being SEC schools. So yeah 10 win seasons are pretty attainable.
It has been a while since I had these numbers but I did some work looking at this.I would recommend everyone that feels like we NEED 5* recruits to google "3* players in pro bowl". You may be shocked at what you see.
-AR12
-Matt Ryan
-Dak Prescott
-Arron Donald
-Akib Talib
It goes on and on at every position.
The list is quite impressive and may even change your mind because
It'll also show you the recruiting services are actually wrong more than they are right. What we need is the right body types, motor and ability to fit what we need. Who cares what 247s opinions are? This team has been getting drilled for the better part of a decade and there are those that think the answer is simply listen to 247? Hell naw! I say listen to the coaches that actually EVALUATED these players and their abilities in person because their jobs depend on it, Watched a game personally instead of a recruiting service that truthfully has no idea about a kid they have never seen. We put WAYYYY too much trust into pencil pushers that most have never even played the game.
Gibbs was reclassified as a three star by the time he transferred. Always the possibility he has more potential at receiver than db, so who knows.We also got two 5* transfers from Mi and GA.
I don't doubt that every word of that is true. Depending on the source you got it from originally but there may be a slant to it. It's a safe bet to assume that 80% of said 5* recruits went to teams that were already apart of a winning program rather than one in "rebuild" mode. In other words they went the easier route of maintaining vs the harder of making a difference. Thus eventually being drafted simply because their team helped them look better as most of their teams did in HS.It has been a while since I had these numbers but I did some work looking at this.
Roughly 50% of the relative few that earned a Rivals 5* rating at that point ended up being drafted in a 5 year or so period. So you can say that's pretty accurate. The others performed at lesser levels for a variety of reasons to include injuries and things Rivals couldn't predict. A good number... were just not that good.
Significantly less, call it maybe 20%, of 4* players were drafted.
IIRC, only a few percent of 3* and below players were drafted. Again working off memory maybe around 2%. But they give a LOT of 3* ratings. I believe in those years about half of the NFL draft was made up of former 3* players. Essentially they miss about as many "5* players" as they find... but the 3* players who are actually 5* talents constitute less than 5% of all 3* recruits.
You can win by finding underrated guys on a consistent basis... but your better statistical bet is getting your share of the 4/5* players too.