I wanted to post this for quite some time. I absolutely have fallen in love and been addicted to recruiting for about 10 years. When you look at the trend between school and highly rated recruits, you began to see a direct correlation. Schools like Alabama, Notre Dame, USC, Florida, LSU etc continue to be dominant year in and year out because of their recruiting. This may seem like such an obvious statement and of course for those critics, there are outliers...Texas for the past few years. But for the most part it seems to be a steady and true trend.
Judge me or not, I love to go to Ourlands.com and compare depth charts from schools to their recruits from the past few years. Usually, I will go back to the year a Senior would have committed. That way I can get a complete look at a roster. The most recent was Texas A&M. As we all know, Texas A&M has been dominant for the past few years. They even made a smooth transition from the BIG12 to SEC. Okay, so to my point. Their 2013 class has a pretty interesting story.
I took a screen shot of the top of their class. As I was comparing, I started to see that most of their "TOP" recruits were nowhere on the depth chart. So, I went and googled each of their names. It was very interesting to see what happened.
*Players remaining on roster in BOLD
1. Ricky Seals-Jones: Still with the team and considered a great NFL prospect.
2. Sebastian LaRue: Transfered to Washington State, and after never playing a down was dismissed from the team.
3. Justin Manning: Had to retire due to health issues.
4. Kohl Stewart: Drafted by the Twins and plays in the minor leagues.
5. LaQuvionte Gonzalez: Transfered to Kansas.
6. Jordan Mastrogiovanni: Quit the team after his Sophomore year to focus on school at Texas A&M. Returning this year as a walk-on.
7. Noel Ellis: Back-up Nickelback.
8. Joas Aguilar: Retired early due to back issues.
9. Isaiah Golden: 10 Years for armed robbery.
10. Kameron Miles: Dismissed from team, transferred to JUCO.
11. Ja'Quay Williams: Transfered to Louisville.
In conclusion, here is a perfect outlier. It's crazy to see a Top-10 class turn out this way.
Judge me or not, I love to go to Ourlands.com and compare depth charts from schools to their recruits from the past few years. Usually, I will go back to the year a Senior would have committed. That way I can get a complete look at a roster. The most recent was Texas A&M. As we all know, Texas A&M has been dominant for the past few years. They even made a smooth transition from the BIG12 to SEC. Okay, so to my point. Their 2013 class has a pretty interesting story.
I took a screen shot of the top of their class. As I was comparing, I started to see that most of their "TOP" recruits were nowhere on the depth chart. So, I went and googled each of their names. It was very interesting to see what happened.
*Players remaining on roster in BOLD
1. Ricky Seals-Jones: Still with the team and considered a great NFL prospect.
2. Sebastian LaRue: Transfered to Washington State, and after never playing a down was dismissed from the team.
3. Justin Manning: Had to retire due to health issues.
4. Kohl Stewart: Drafted by the Twins and plays in the minor leagues.
5. LaQuvionte Gonzalez: Transfered to Kansas.
6. Jordan Mastrogiovanni: Quit the team after his Sophomore year to focus on school at Texas A&M. Returning this year as a walk-on.
7. Noel Ellis: Back-up Nickelback.
8. Joas Aguilar: Retired early due to back issues.
9. Isaiah Golden: 10 Years for armed robbery.
10. Kameron Miles: Dismissed from team, transferred to JUCO.
11. Ja'Quay Williams: Transfered to Louisville.
In conclusion, here is a perfect outlier. It's crazy to see a Top-10 class turn out this way.
