JessN: Looking back at the Class of 2010

JessN · May 25, 2015

Looking back at the Class of 2010
by Jess Nicholas
TideFans Editor-In-Chief
May 25th, 2015 10:17 PM

. By Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief May 25, 2014 Over the last five years, TideFans.com and NARCAS have taken a look back at old recruiting rankings, partially as a self-check, but also to see how players had progressed since arriving on campus. The mark of a “great” class, five years after the fact, is generally […]

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JessN · May 26, 2015

And as I noted on Twitter, it gets easier to write these stories every year. Most of the Saban guys produce. You don't have to jump through hoops to find out where a lot of them are. Some of the Shula classes just produced some downright weird results five years later.

GrayTide · May 26, 2015

I look forward to this after a class has passed through. Not too many forgettables in this class. Thanks as always.

Drewy26 · May 26, 2015

Jess, you are the reason I joined TideFans initially and articles like this are the reason why. Thanks a million for taking the time to write this. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and it makes me even more comfortable than before that we have by far the best program, top to bottom, in college football.

BamaBrass · May 26, 2015

Wow! I hate to say it but that class was a bit of a disappointment as a whole. Only a few bright spots to go along with quite a few non-contributors.

RTR91 · May 26, 2015

BamaBrass said:
Wow! I hate to say it but that class was a bit of a disappointment as a whole. Only a few bright spots to go along with quite a few non-contributors.

Yep. There have been a few different threads about the 2010 class. Here's one from 2012.

JessN · May 26, 2015

BamaBrass said:
Wow! I hate to say it but that class was a bit of a disappointment as a whole. Only a few bright spots to go along with quite a few non-contributors.

I can't say I agree with that. You're talking about a class that produced 17 guys that were either drafted or invited to NFL camps. Then you have the superstar factor -- Mosley, Milliner, B.Sims -- plus a bunch of guys that either made up the blue-collar foundation of the team or were key reserves. There wasn't much of a bust quotient here -- getting a 65% contribution rate from a class puts it at the top end of Saban classes we've reviewed so far.

If there's a complaint to be made it's that the overall talent level trended to the middle on this class rather than to the top end of the scale, but I thought the class was more than good enough to produce a champion.

JessN · May 26, 2015

Drewy26 said:
Jess, you are the reason I joined TideFans initially and articles like this are the reason why. Thanks a million for taking the time to write this. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and it makes me even more comfortable than before that we have by far the best program, top to bottom, in college football.

Thanks for the kind words. We probably don't say thanks enough for comments like yours. Hard to believe we're almost to the 20-year mark online (back to our days as BamaNation.com) and it's due to our loyal member base more so than the things we write.

PDL · May 30, 2015

JessN said:
I can't say I agree with that. You're talking about a class that produced 17 guys that were either drafted or invited to NFL camps. Then you have the superstar factor -- Mosley, Milliner, B.Sims -- plus a bunch of guys that either made up the blue-collar foundation of the team or were key reserves. There wasn't much of a bust quotient here -- getting a 65% contribution rate from a class puts it at the top end of Saban classes we've reviewed so far.

If there's a complaint to be made it's that the overall talent level trended to the middle on this class rather than to the top end of the scale, but I thought the class was more than good enough to produce a champion.

Completely agree. I was surprised by how well this class produced. Ranking-wise it was one of Saban's most disappointing classes (#4 on Rivals I believe). Jess's write up just goes to show it's not about the initial rankings coming out of high school. It's how they finish their careers. I never would've imagined this class would've outperformed 2008 or 2009.

Great read. Look forward to these every off season.

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