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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 813422, member: 3201"]
I think when you are talking sheer number of great athletes, there's also more of a chance a great player has been down the bench or splitting time, leading to a 3 star rating based on just not enough of a track record.
 
Our running back Devonta Freeman was a two star RB when Jimbo offered him before his senior year.  He had been backing up an SEC running back who ended up going to Kentucky.  He did have a great senior year and blew up to four stars, but some of that star inflation was certainly due to FSU's offer, that's just the way those things work.  Had FSU not found and offered him, maybe he's a 3 star based on limited time.
 
Now if Freeman went to school in say, New Hampshire, then that same kid that was a 2-star as a junior would have been putting up state record level numbers from freshman year on, and would have been a 4-star from the jump probably and everyone is after him.
 
Just saying that due to the depth of athletes, you can find kids in FL/GA/TX etc that are 4 or high 3-star talent, that are just squeezed out or overshadowed by competition.  In less competitive areas, those kids are going to shine, and the chance of finding a diamond in the rough is less.  That's why having great connections in those areas that can turn you on to kids like that is super important.
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