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[QUOTE="44cuse, post: 461183, member: 693"]
I'm not saying you are wrong, so please don't take it that way.  (Standard caveat for the sensitivity of this board).

But how do you know this?  Plenty of players get drafted and their schools fail to capitalize on that players success.  IMO, this Staff has yet to face the scenario of having the opportunity to capitalize on a high round draft pick.  Yes, Chandler was a high pick, but we have not seen the recruiting results of that yet.

Unless you are talking about the first 5 or 6 picks, most high school football players have absolutely no idea which player went where.  As far as high school recruiting in concerned (and it applies to both sports), it is how the Staff packages the results of the players in their system that really matters most (and, btw...truly successful programs frame the spectrum of NFL developed talent to kids who barely play but walk out in significantly better situations).

My point is that just having players drafted in the first or second round isn't really as significant to recruiting as people might (logically) think.  Certainly a positive...no question.  But it's what the Staff does with it that matters more than anything.

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