I'll lead with saying it's always a good thing to pull kids out of Georgia - build that pipeline. But...
Anyone else concerned our class is trending to be worse than last year's and we're almost full? Always happy to add a kid who picks the Vols over the mutts, but he actually brought our average class score down. Yes, I know stars aren't everything but that sounds like something B*tch Jones would say. Please someone tell me we have some elite talent coming to supplement this class or that we'll process kids at the end of the cycle.
no, i'm not concerned one bit. and i just wouldn't worry about it to be honest.
it's may and we have 22 commits. we have more commits than anyone in the top 50, we're 5 clear of 2nd place. and 2nd place is OSU.....lol.
there's zero chance we make it to december w/out attrition.....there are several very high profile adn top 200 type prospects we're in on.....more than what our current class size will allow to be signed when it's all said and done, so there's no way we don't see changes.
doesn't mean we'll get them all mind you, but there'll be room made for the ones we do.
last thing, this recruitng cycle, as far as ratings and rankings go, is just not normal because all the camps this spring and summer have been cancelled....so there's no additional evaluations being done by the services, just reviewing stats, Jr. film and any camps they did get to before everythign got shut down.
that probably doesn't mean a ton for the guys that are already rated inside the top 150-200...but for the ones outside it....yeah, it probably doesn't help them get noticed as much as htey would have. or even just going to a particular program's camp and earning an offer, that puts you on radar screens too. and none of it is happening. (personally, i think that's why you saw some of hte early offers and acceptted committments early on...an effort by the staff to get a few kids some notice, with an understanding that their spot may not be "secured"...but take the committment now, and that helps the kid find outher suitors along the way that may not have ever heard of him, or get services to rank the kid and give him an eval).
so i wouldn't fret one bit about ratings right now. our lowest rated kid, Isaac Washington is a kid that we re-recruited hard after he decommitted.....the staff loves that kid. by all accounts, everyone that's evaluated Miles Campbell raves about his athleticism, catch radius, strength etc....
anyway.....this class will wind up being a top 10 class when it's all said and done. maybe higher if we do land a few more of those big fish.....either way, we're going to put the 19, 20 and 21 classes back to back and i think by the time we get to 21 and 22 seasons, we're gonna look at these two classes and realize how good they were.....
tl/dr version........no, not concerned at all.