I remember the stat you are referring to, and it was nuts. The exact percentages escape me, but it was something like we’ve put 55-60% of our 5* recruits into the NFL in the last 10 years. The national average was between 15-20%.
4* recruits we’ve whiffed on would be a much broader percentage because we typically take in 18-20 a year. However you are correct when you say we haven’t missed many 5* guys. A few come to mind, BJ Scott, Blake Barnett, Ben Davis, and Kendall Sheffield. Still, it’s a very short list.
What’s even more incredible is that I don’t remember a single year where we missed more than one big recruit. It’s uncanny how good our talent evaluation process is.
I’m no Selma, but it would be interesting to see a year by year breakdown of our top recruits. If someone doesn’t beat me to it, I might look that up later.
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