Zach does good work.
https://www.seccountry.com/florida/...da-getting-more-interest-from-5-star-recruits
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Why aren’t we getting more interest from 5-star prospects when we are improving but in need of talent?
(From @SeiboldG8r)
Unless you’re Alabama or Ohio State, the last two national champions who happen to have the best coaches in college football, it’s hard to land 5-star recruits.
There’s only 30 or so every year and they’re spread out across the country. You have to be able to recruit nationally and pluck prospects from anywhere you please.
UF is not there yet under Jim McElwain, even though his program is on an upward trajectory. It will take an SEC title or a national championship for the Gators to regain that appeal.
If you’re Florida, you hope that you can get one or two of the 5-star prospects in your state. In McElwain’s first class, the Gators got a pair of them.
Last year, there was only one 5-star recruit from Florida, and his brother played for the Buckeyes. This year there are five prospects from the Sunshine State with a 5-star rating.
Trevon Grimes, an Ohio State WR commit, grew up two hours away from OSU in Indiana. Auburn offensive tackle commit Calvin Ashley is from Orlando but attends high school in Washington, D.C.
Then there’s wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (Deerfield Beach), offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood (Pensacola) and cornerbacks Stanford Samuels III (Hollywood) and Shaun Wade (Jacksonville).
Wade is originally from Alabama and looks like he could flip from Ohio State to the Crimson Tide, while Samuels is an FSU legacy who committed to the Seminoles.
So in reality, Jeudy and Leatherwood are the only true Floridians that UF had a shot with this year, and both committed to Alabama over Florida. The Gators finished in second place … it happens.
The coaches are still trying to flip Jeudy and Leatherwood, but look, they can’t land every recruit. They beat out Alabama, Auburn and host of other schools for CeCe Jefferson and Martez Ivey in 2015.
There’s no doubt that 5-star prospects are important and help win championships, but they don’t define a recruiting class. And every school not named Alabama or Ohio State is only in the mix for a few of them in each cycle.
https://www.seccountry.com/florida/...da-getting-more-interest-from-5-star-recruits
Relevant text here for the lazy:
Why aren’t we getting more interest from 5-star prospects when we are improving but in need of talent?
(From @SeiboldG8r)
Unless you’re Alabama or Ohio State, the last two national champions who happen to have the best coaches in college football, it’s hard to land 5-star recruits.
There’s only 30 or so every year and they’re spread out across the country. You have to be able to recruit nationally and pluck prospects from anywhere you please.
UF is not there yet under Jim McElwain, even though his program is on an upward trajectory. It will take an SEC title or a national championship for the Gators to regain that appeal.
If you’re Florida, you hope that you can get one or two of the 5-star prospects in your state. In McElwain’s first class, the Gators got a pair of them.
Last year, there was only one 5-star recruit from Florida, and his brother played for the Buckeyes. This year there are five prospects from the Sunshine State with a 5-star rating.
Trevon Grimes, an Ohio State WR commit, grew up two hours away from OSU in Indiana. Auburn offensive tackle commit Calvin Ashley is from Orlando but attends high school in Washington, D.C.
Then there’s wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (Deerfield Beach), offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood (Pensacola) and cornerbacks Stanford Samuels III (Hollywood) and Shaun Wade (Jacksonville).
Wade is originally from Alabama and looks like he could flip from Ohio State to the Crimson Tide, while Samuels is an FSU legacy who committed to the Seminoles.
So in reality, Jeudy and Leatherwood are the only true Floridians that UF had a shot with this year, and both committed to Alabama over Florida. The Gators finished in second place … it happens.
The coaches are still trying to flip Jeudy and Leatherwood, but look, they can’t land every recruit. They beat out Alabama, Auburn and host of other schools for CeCe Jefferson and Martez Ivey in 2015.
There’s no doubt that 5-star prospects are important and help win championships, but they don’t define a recruiting class. And every school not named Alabama or Ohio State is only in the mix for a few of them in each cycle.
