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[QUOTE="CbusCuse, post: 3867925, member: 507"]
I don't think its likely these days for any program to have a freshmen starter and have him play through 4 or 5 years. Those players are typically talented and are usually going to be gone after putting out 3 years of tape at the college level.  But that shouldn't matter. A program should have someone ready to step into each position when you essentially recruit one player for every position every year and most positions have 2 or more players in each class that can fill a spot. Fore example at DE, WR, CB, Safety etc you should have multiple guys in each class that could fit the bill.  If you don't have someone that is not a freshman, that is talented enough to step in then you are likely missing on quite a few kids. The exception being when we recruit someone who is just heads and shoulders above the others talent wise and they are ready as freshman. But there is something to be said for being able to tell recruits if you come in as a freshman talented enough and ready to play you could see the field freshman year as a starter.  That could be a good selling point to getting higher end talent.  So you can have a couple here or there that make sense but the majority of your starters should be upper classmen or else your not likely to have a solid record.
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