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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 3921334, member: 40"]
There was some of this sentiment about several of our recruits last year, and then they were reevaulated and upgraded and a lot of that chatter went away.

I would be shocked -- shocked -- if Cruz doesn't end up as a solid three-star recruit once the dust settles.  And of course, stars / ratings are only one aspect of gauging a recruit's worth.  I fully acknowledge that this kid doesn't have impressive offers [another useful measuring stick].

The recruiting services generally do a good job of evaluating the top prospects, but a much poorer job as you go down the list.  So you have to dig a little bit deeper to try to assess whether a guy is a solid pickup or a warm body.  The size and athletic attributes [baked up a bit by that NYC combine] are good data points, as well.

Edit -- I totally get why people feel that way about Donovan Brown.  On paper, it is a big gamble.  If they'd had "Athlete" as his designation instead of "WR," I wonder if the initial blowback would have been so intense.  But I clearly get the b-list vibes there.
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