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[QUOTE="ottodaorange, post: 1080461, member: 567"]
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.
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