Accumulating all that talent at a position where a rotation is counter productive could end up having the opposite effect. I think back to when Spurrier rep with QB was its highest (as a result of Shane Matthews and, especially Danny Wuerffel) and he signed several top-rated QBs in the country year-after-year for like 3 or 4 straight seasons. I remember as a kid thinking they'd be unbeatable as a result, ha. He then proceeded to play musical chairs with a bunch of talented but inconsistent QBs for the next several years (Doug Johnson, Jessie Palmer, Rex Grossman, Brock Berlin) and only Grossman in 2001 had similar success to either Matthews or Wuerffel (Matthews was second team All-American his junior year, Grossman was the Heisman runner-up in 2001, Wuerffel won the Heisman in UF's championship 1996 season). Likewise, Spurrier's results on the field declined from 1999-2001, despite having a strong defense. Hoke as DC from 1999-2001 may not have been as strong as Stoops from 1996-1998, but defense was not the problem for UF in 1999 and 2000 (7 combined losses those two years).
Fast forward to last year at OSU. Meyer's prowess to develop a QB was probably at its highest (Chris Leak, Tim Tebow, and then a THIRD string QB wins the natty under his watch...goodness!). Anyone who watched OSU last year would know that the QB position was most likely the weakest link on the team, despite having two QBs on the roster who were preseason hyped for the Heisman and given a first round draft grade. A third highly regarded QB moved to WR and he previously had started for 2.5 seasons at QB.
Then take the recent A&M example. Sumlin has done an incredible job developing lower rated QBs that fit his system and put up video game stats, and, of course, there was Manziel. He then proceeds to sign at least two (maybe even three?) 5-star QBs in the next couple classes. The 2015 season then has a QB battle and neither blue chip play up to their ranking or the bar set by previous Sumlin-coached QBs.
The point? Perhaps signing highly rated QBs every year can be detrimental to those QBs on the roster and to the offense as a whole. Perhaps a lower rated QB who fits a system and may be more inclined to play a support role is better every other season. This might sound crazy to essentially take a dive every other recruiting season at the QB position but there's plenty of examples in the modern football era of how stacking a roster with mega recruits at the QB position each and every year can have the opposite effect on future on-the-field results. I don't think any other position on the field would have this kind of paradoxical outcome.
Skipping in 2017 on the QB position would not be disastrous for UT. However, if JG were to win the 2017 QB race as a RS freshmen, than both upperclassmen QBs are likely to transfer, which would then be disastrous for our QB depth. This possibility would be the only reason signing a QB in 2017 might be necessary. I don't think JG wins the QB race in 2017 anyway, so I say we skip. That's pure speculation, however. Irrespective, we should sign a QB in 2018 and we need a QB that can lead our team for 2-3 years by at least 2019, if we don't find that caliber of QB in 2018. It appears that TL has trended away from us entirely, and EJ still has a visit coming up but has named OSU his leader. EJ would be wise to consider the depth chart that's developing at his position at OSU, however. It's not a matter of beating out competition in such a scenario. It's about having too much talent for a coach to settle on one single guy and then bouncing back-and-forth between several talented options only to have them all playing while looking over their shoulder at the sideline (figuratively) instead of focusing on playing the game.
