Just spent the past couple of hours reviewing 247 recruiting classes for SU going back as far as 1999. The following were the results, although a disclaimer or two. I don't think 1999 figures are accurate although there were a number of notable player in that class and it was probably top 25 . Otherwise, they gave 5 stars to Averill Collins, Marcus Sales, and Andrey Baskins, and there were several 4 stars in the GRob years as well. One other thing, it seems that the avg. per player number (which I moved 2 decimal points to the left) was inflated in the more recent years.
Nat. rank ACC rank avg. per player
1999 1 1 70.00
2000 18 3 71.98
2001 29 5 71.46
2002 not available
2003 55 12 79.13
2004 58 11 77.70
2005 64 13 79.38
2006 58 11 79.51
2007 51 12 80.56
2008 46 10 83.06
2009 103 14 77.60
20010 69 13 81.51
2011 60 10 80.69
2012 61 11 80.81
2013 73 12 81.28
2014 50 10 83.26
2015 31 7 81.72
Some final comments: The present rank of 31 I think has something to do with the number of verbals we have, since the majority of schools have a lower number of commits. As other schools get more commits that may change the numbers. However, when our recruits play their senior seasons, that may well effect the final numbers also. I think we have more talent than we are presently being given credit for. I was surprised that there were several NFL players that were only given 2 stars over the years. Last but not least, I think there is a progressive movement upward in the talent level we are bringing in and we are headed in the right direction... even by the numbers.
