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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 4095560, member: 635"]
Correct.  Recruiting rankings resolve around immediate impact (5* are strong immediate impact, 4* are impact starters).  If Chestnut was a 5-star (which I think is a reasonable argument when he is a Freshman AA), the class would not be 60th and would reverse the trend to what I responded with (not sure how it goes, but would think the class would be 40-50).

It is the reason you see all the 3*, those are the "development prospects" because recruiting analysts rank where prospects are now, not where they will be.  They don't think a 3* will play as a true frosh.

The reply was meant to be snarky to the graph.  I don't intend the comment to mean that the class is a top 25 class.

However, I do think last years class is better than 60th (and I think Dino's best class).  Enrique Cruz is the best tackle prospect Cuse has seen in awhile (in my eyes).  Umari Hatcher, I thought, was an instant impact WR (and I am giving credit).  Justin Lamson is the first early cycle QB we have hit on since Devito.  Gadsen contributed immediately.  Lockett saw a # of snaps on the DL (way above ranking).  Then add in Hough (Notre Dame interest and people thought immediate contributor before injury), Morris (Utah commit now w/ a ton of interest, sucks for Cuse, but factors into recruiting rankins), Ellis (instant impact OL) and the transfer of Simmons and I think it is hard to argue the class should be ranked 60th.  And the above doesn't get into Geer, where I share sentiment that he is the best DL recruited in that class.
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